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California’s Delete Act Takes Aim | Oakland News
California’s new Delete Act is about to erase over 300,000 residents’ personal data, giving people real power to demand their info be scrubbed from data brokers. Spearheaded by Senator Josh Becker, this bold law demands transparency first—600 brokers must disclose their data sources before deletion kicks in after August 1. Advocates like Hayley Tsukayama from the EFF highlight the unsettling reality: strangers profit off your data without your consent. With enforcement backed by the California Privacy Protection Agency and Attorney General, penalties are steep and scale with misuse. Even…
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