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37% More CCPA Opt-Out Requests: 2026 Data

37% More CCPA Opt-Out Requests: 2026 Data

Do Not Sell opt-out requests under the CCPA rose 37% in 2024 over 2023, per DataGrail's 2025 Data Privacy Trends Report, even as 69% of audited businesses still fail to honor them. See the full request-type breakdown and California's new opt-out platform.

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20 of 50 US States Have Privacy Laws in 2026 [Tracker]

20 of 50 US States Have Privacy Laws in 2026 [Tracker]

20 of the 50 US states, 40 percent, have a comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect as of 2026, per the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker. Four more are enacted but not yet effective, and 26 states still have no comprehensive privacy law at all.

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Virginia Just Banned the Sale of Precise Location Data

Virginia Just Banned the Sale of Precise Location Data

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed S.B. 338 on April 13, 2026, amending the VCDPA to prohibit selling precise geolocation data outright, effective July 1, 2026, and making Virginia the third state after Maryland and Oregon to ban the practice rather than just require an opt-out.

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60% of People Cover Their Webcam [2026 Data]

60% of People Cover Their Webcam [2026 Data]

60% of US laptop owners physically cover their webcam, according to HP's Webcam Security Survey with Edelman Intelligence (May-June 2019). See how that compares to the UK, which generation covers up most, and why the habit started.

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