9to5Mac on Data Brokers may be forced to use protections that credit bureaus use

From Ben Lovejoy on 9to5Mac.

This is a nice first step, as they can only use your data for things like credit checks, but data brokers should be illegal anyway. And in fact companies should be fines for every time they breach or release any of your personal data[

California Legislature passes Delete Act regulating Data Brokers

From iapp, Alex LaCasse, Senate Bill 362, which has been signed fixes a loophole in the California Consumer Privacy Act.

the Delete Act would empower the CPPA to develop a system by 2026 that allows residents to make a single data deletion request across the nearly 500 registered data brokers operating in the state

They should put it into effect today! In fact this should be federal. And not just data brokers, but social media sites should have to delete on request and should not be able to sell your data.