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Using the same email, phone number, payment method, and other identifiers makes it easier for data brokers and attackers to profile your activity. Anonyome Labs explains how separate digital personas can reduce correlation and limit the impact of breaches, spam, and identity theft. [...]
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Privacy advocates are urging Maryland officials to investigate data brokers they say are selling personal data to police and federal immigration agencies, in potential violation of the state's strong data privacy law.
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California's privacy regulator has authorized a new rulemaking process on opt-out signals, increased fees for data brokers, and opened a comment period on proposed amendments to the Delete Request and Opt-Out (DROP) framework.
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California has moved to fine data brokers, marking what is being described as a significant enforcement action in the state's ongoing effort to regulate the industry. The development is prompting legal advisers to counsel businesses on how to reduce their compliance exposure.
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Data brokers collect and sell detailed personal information, and that information can be used to craft highly targeted scams against the people it describes. The risk goes beyond spam — specificity makes these scams harder to spot and easier to fall for.
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California has begun enforcement under its Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) rules, focusing on whether data brokers have registered with the state and are honoring consumer opt-out requests. The enforcement phase marks a shift from rulemaking to active accountability for companies that collect and sell personal data.
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California's privacy regulator has fined a data broker for allegedly failing to register and honor consumer opt-out requests, as required under state law. The action targets a core compliance obligation that data brokers operating in California must meet.
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California has taken significant regulatory action targeting data brokers, marking a notable step by a U.S. state to curb the industry that profits from buying and selling personal information about residents.
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A Lawfare piece makes the case for the Department of Justice's Bulk Data Security Program, citing a 2026 Electronic Privacy Information Center finding that 33 data brokers disclosed selling or sharing data with parties flagged under California's Delete Act.
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A data broker has agreed to pay $116,000 to settle violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act and the Delete Act, in an enforcement action by the California Privacy Protection Agency. The case marks one of the early uses of the Delete Act, which requires data brokers to honor deletion requests made through a central state-run system.
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Stanford HAI has published a case study examining how California regulates data brokers as artificial intelligence reshapes the ways personal information is collected, sold, and used. The piece focuses on California as a test case for whether existing data broker rules are built for an AI-driven environment.
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A Stanford study found that only 9% of data brokers comply with California's data broker privacy law, suggesting widespread non-compliance across the industry.
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A California brief indicates that growing privacy demands are pushing up the fees charged by data brokers, suggesting that compliance costs or opt-out requirements are creating financial pressure on the industry.
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California's privacy agency discussed enforcement of the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) program alongside a potential increase in fees charged to registered data brokers. The conversations reflect ongoing efforts to operationalize California's data broker deletion framework.
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California is moving to raise the fees data brokers must pay to register with the state and is beginning the rulemaking process to establish audit requirements for those companies. The changes would expand the regulatory pressure on an industry that profits from collecting and selling personal information.
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Through data brokers, ICE is buying the information you provided to open a credit card.
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Military conflict with Iran has brought renewed attention to the data privacy risks facing U.S. servicemembers, particularly the potential for adversaries to exploit personal information gathered through commercial data brokers, apps, and algorithmic systems. The concern centers on whether existing protections are sufficient when geolocation, biometric, and behavioral data on military personnel are widely available.
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An Electronic Frontier Foundation report found that some advertising software development kits bundled into mobile apps are automatically routing users' location data to location data brokers. The investigation traced how these SDKs create a direct pipeline between everyday apps and the broader location data industry.
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Advertising SDKs bundled into mobile apps routinely harvest users' location data and route it to data brokers, often without developers realizing it. That data has ended up in law enforcement investigations, including immigration enforcement operations.
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New Jersey has enacted a data broker law that places compliance obligations not only on data brokers themselves but also on companies that supply personal data to them. The law separately bans the sale of certain sensitive personal data categories.
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California is moving forward with a new platform aimed at regulating data brokers as states across the country tighten oversight of the industry. The effort reflects growing momentum at the state level to impose stricter controls on companies that collect and sell personal information.
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If you live in California you can now tell data brokers to delete your personal information. Here’s how to do it LA Public Press
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California's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) mandate takes effect this week, requiring more than 600 registered data brokers to honor deletion requests through a centralized system. Brokers that fail to comply face fines of $200 per day.
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California's Privacy Protection Agency board is set to take up several active regulatory items at its August meeting, including opt-out preference signals, the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform compliance audits, and rules governing data brokers. The meeting reflects the agency's ongoing effort to build out enforcement infrastructure under California's privacy framework.
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