ONME NEWS WATCH (5-29-26): California unveils ‘DROP’ tool to help residents delete data-broker profiles with one request

As Californians spend a lot of time online, they may not realize how vulnerable they are to data breaches, say experts California’s new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, gives residents a free, centralized way to tell hundreds of registered data brokers to delete their personal information and stop selling it, as state officials warn that identity theft, scams and large-scale data…