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Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. www.wired.com/story/data-b...

wired.comData Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google SearchDozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found.

“This sounds to me like a clever work-around to make it as hard as possible for consumers to find it." More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ personal information, hid their deletion instructions from Google, according to our review.

wired.comData Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google SearchDozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found.

12/8/25, 12:53 pm23 reposts82 likes

klassmi.bsky.social

@klassmi.bsky.social

We should also easily be able to delete our online accounts.

@GermanCucumber

@germancucumber1.bsky.social

Last experienced at the WaPo page. Outrageous imo. Regulation is our friend for that (in Europe tho).

Most of the companies that did respond said they were unaware the code was on their pages. Read now:

wired.comData Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google SearchDozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found.