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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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California is increasing fees charged to data brokers to fund a new tool for the state's privacy agency. The move ties industry revenue directly to the cost of overseeing that industry.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly purchasing access to credit card records through data brokers, according to the headline and excerpt. The data in question is the personal information consumers provided when applying for credit.
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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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The Center for Democracy and Technology has published an issue brief focused on what it calls the data broker loophole, a gap that allows data brokers to collect and sell personal information outside the reach of stronger privacy protections that apply to other industries.
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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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California has launched a new data privacy program that requires data brokers to delete personal information within 90 days of a deletion request. The program creates a formal process for residents to act against brokers who collect and sell their personal data.
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California residents can now formally request that data brokers delete their personal information, according to a new guide on exercising that right. The process is available to state residents and targets the largely opaque industry that buys and sells personal data.
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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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New Jersey has passed a broad law requiring data brokers and data collectors to register with the state. The legislation marks one of the more expansive state-level efforts to bring commercial data trading into a formal regulatory framework.
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California's DELETE Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) lets state residents submit a single request to compel all registered data brokers to delete their personal information and stop selling or sharing it.
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A new analysis from the IAPP examines how regulators are approaching enforcement against data brokers, focusing specifically on the handling of sensitive personal information. The report maps the current enforcement landscape as state and federal authorities increasingly scrutinize broker practices.
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322,000 Californians sign up to have data brokers delete their personal information The Mercury News
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New Jersey has passed a data broker law that imposes the highest compliance costs of any such state law in the United States, targeting companies that collect and sell personal information about residents. The law places new obligations on data brokers operating in the state.
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California has launched a one-click tool that allows residents to direct data brokers to stop collecting or selling their personal information. A public investigation is underway to test whether brokers are actually honoring those requests.
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Connecticut has updated its privacy law with several new provisions, including rules for data brokers, a ban on selling geolocation data, restrictions on using surveillance-based data for pricing, and new requirements around genetic data. The changes expand the state's existing consumer privacy framework across several high-sensitivity data categories.
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Following a joint investigation by The Markup and CalMatters that exposed how website code was obstructing Californians' ability to submit data deletion requests, much of that obstructive code has since been removed from broker sites.
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