California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers
privacy.ca.gov/drop/ Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Data brokers are the invisible engines of the data surveillance economy. It's hard to escape. Until. — California just opened a website to delete (and keep deleting) your information from 500+ data brokers in one fell swoop. — Try it if you're in California and LMK how it goes! privacy.ca.gov/drop/ Thorin Klosowski / @thorinklosowski.com : Californians! You can now tell data brokers to delete your information on CA's new DROP site. It was a little clunky yesterday and this morning but it seems like they've worked out most of the kinks (deletion doesn't happen until Aug anyway) privacy.ca.gov/DROP/ Serge Egelman / @v0max : Those in California can now go here to request that data brokers delete their data: privacy.ca.gov/drop/ — This is a good thing, however, it's far from a complete solution. 🧵 — 1/ Tom Richardson / @tomrichardson : Looks like the site is under maintenance right now. Here's the main page. — privacy.ca.gov/drop/about-d... Cynthia Brumfield / @metacurity.com : Today is the first day Californians can use a legislatively mandated platform to request that online platforms delete their data. — privacy.ca.gov/drop/about-d... Forums: r/California : California launches free Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) to request deletion of personal data from data brokers r/LosAngeles : Delete request and opt-out platform (DROP) r/technology : r/LosAngeles : Happy New Year, LA and all of California! DROP (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform) is live!