National Public Data has returned under new ownership as a free people search engine. While it purports to rely on publicly available information, you still should remove your records.

Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters reached out for comment, multiple companies have stopped the practice.

Legal scholar Victoria Haneman is arguing that dead people’s estates should have the right to digital deletion—to protect against 'digital resurrection' and give them 'the right to be dead.' ...

The State Board of Education approved a $415,000 contract with the California company Thursday to transfer the data to a new company and delete it at PowerSchool.

Insurance company Allianz Life has confirmed that the personal information for the "majority" of its 1.4 million customers was exposed in a data breach that occurred earlier this month.

23andMe is out of bankruptcy. You should still delete your DNA. Bankruptcy made 23andMe the poster child for America’s lax privacy protections — and it hasn’t substantially changed its ways.

California’s Delete Act requires data brokers to honor one-stop deletion requests by Aug. 1, 2026—ongoing deletion, audits, and fines also apply ...

Like Google, Samsung has decided to delete inactive accounts, and users on iPhone, Android and even Samsung TVs should take action now. Don’t panic, it’s a simple fix.

Despite challenges and a lack of success in the pilot phase, GSA has decided to move forward with expanding its transactional data reporting program.

Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it would phase out data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, which has collected weather data for military ...

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