California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to ...

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Starting Jan. 1, Californians can request the removal of their personal information from online platforms. The new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) launched ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Starting on January 1, Californians can go to the state’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), to request that online data brokers delete all of their personal ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing that education technology provider Illuminate Education to delete unnecessary student data and improve its security to settle allegations related to an ...

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec Electronic waste, or e-waste, is projected to reach 82 million metric tons by 2030, with ...

Data brokers are required by California law to provide ways for consumers to request their data be deleted. But good luck finding them. More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ ...

Snowflake wants to reduce enterprises’ reliance on data engineers and data scientists for unstructured data analysis with its new SQL functions powered by generative AI. Snowflake is adding generative ...

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On March 23, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”) filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Missouri, potentially setting in motion the sale of genetic data collected from more than 15 million ...