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 effect at the beginning of the year.

The DROP act helps residents get their data removed from data broker sites. California's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) act isn't the first of its kind -other legislation in various forms have tried to curtail the activities of data brokers in the past few years, like the 2024 CFPB rule that intended to regulate data brokers by having them comply with the Fair Credit Reporting act.

A new law in California promises to streamline divorces and lower costs for splitting couples, creating an option for people to file joint petitions for marriage dissolution for just $435.

Critics blast new camera law as supporters point to rising death tolls DRIVERS in California are being put on notice and it's about to get expensive for anyone running a red light.