About DROP and the Delete Act DROP allows California residents to have more control over their personal information. Learn about the Delete Act that started DROP. What the Delete Act means for you Through DROP, the Delete Act lets you: Delete the information data brokers have about you Control the sale of your personal information DROP puts the Delete Act into action. Why it’s important DROP is the first of its kind. It allows consumers to request the deletion of their data from over 500 data brokers — all in one request. California is: the first in the world to provide this platform. one of four states (also Oregon, Texas, and Vermont) who require data broker registration. About the Delete Act The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) established privacy rights for Californians in 2018. The Delete Act expands privacy rights for Californians. Review the privacy law timeline for more details. In 2023, the Legislature passed the Delete Act (Senate Bill 362, Chapter 709, Statutes of 2023...

Most Americans didn't read many books in 2025 Welcome to YouGov's weekly newsletter The Surveyor, with new polling data, insights, and charts on politics, life, and other topical issues — from our U.S. News team. David H. Montgomery Dec 31, 2025 10 2 Share Featuring data on how many books Americans read in 2025. It’s the end of the year, which means it’s time for me to count up my reading stats and see how I did. I’m normally a pretty heavy reader, and have averaged more than 27 books per year over the past decade. 2025 was either my weakest reading year in more than a dozen years — or by far my best. It all depends on whether you count the short children’s books I’ve read over and over again to my infant daughter. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb is hardly Moby Dick, but one of those is sitting on my shelf with a bookmark a quarter of the way through, and the other’s got a read count in the dozens. Personally I don’t count short children’s books as part of my reading. (Should I? Leave a com...

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