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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/privacy/p/1624573/california-residents-can-demand-the-deletion-of-personal-data-from-500-data-brokers-wit

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

https://consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov/

https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/115823137786391729

Note: aside from this thread, there is also further discussion in the linked Mastodon toot.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

You can demand it; but that doesn't mean they'll comply...