Lawmakers renew effort to force data brokers to delete private information on request

A bipartisan bill to protect Americans’ private online data by establishing a system for people to compel data brokers and companies to stop collecting it was reintroduced in Congress on Thursday after a similar measure died last year. The latest version of the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange (DELETE) Act differs slightly

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