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Californians Can Protect Their Personal Data with One Click. Help Us Test if It Works – The Markup

The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform lets residents send one-click deletion requests to hundreds of data brokers, and reporters are testing compliance.

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A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate. Hello there, Our names are Colin and Mohamed, and we’re both journalists at CalMatters and The Markup. If you haven’t heard yet, California is offering a new way for people to protect their data — and we want your help tracking its rollout and effectiveness. Data brokers are largely unknown companies that make a business out of collecting of…

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themarkup.org broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
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