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California’s peak electricity demand will rise by roughly half by 2045, driven by increases in electric vehicles, data centers and building electrification, regulators predicted Wednesday. What ...

Tens of thousands of Californians have already signed up for the state's new tool to try and stop their data from being sold by brokers, officials say. Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting the rollout of the ...

A federal judge in California this week struck down the Justice Department's demand for the state to hand over sensitive voter roll data, ruling that it would trample on residents' privacy rights and ...

Santa Ana, CA — A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit against the State of California in United States v. Weber, in which the DOJ sought to compel the state to turn ...

New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians. Since Jan. 1, residents of the Golden State can use a new tool to request removal of their personal information held by more than 500 data ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Privacy Protection Agency kicked off 2026 by launching a tool that ...

Even if you don't live in the Golden State, there are other ways to request that your information be deleted. Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke ...

Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a one-stop website that allows ...

Californians are getting a new, supercharged way to stop data brokers from hoarding and selling their personal information, as a recently enacted law that’s among the strictest in the nation took ...