The acceptable face of mandatory login: age assurance as an eligibility layer

Built to keep you findable: removal is a position, not an event

Your Record Comes Back

California's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform began binding registered data brokers on 1 August 2026, requiring them to act on deletion requests on a recurring cycle. This brief asks why a record can still be found after a removal apparently succeeded, how much of that the new duty reaches, and how removal work should be judged over time. Built from California Privacy Protection Agency materials and the firm's removal casework. For principals and advisors assessing a deletion program.

The Record Beneath the Mask

In December 2025 the Delhi High Court ordered an end to default privacy on domain registrations, and in July 2026 the largest registrar appealed. This brief asks what a principal's registration records would show if that privacy layer were removed, and what follows for a principal while the appeal is pending. Built from analysis of the order and registrar filings reported by Reuters. For principals and family offices holding personal, vanity, trust or entity domains.

Location data after Chatrie: the consent story just got weaker

Your Location Is Still For Sale

Chatrie, decided on 29 June 2026, addressed government access to Location History, and its reasoning about consent has drawn attention well beyond criminal procedure. This brief asks how far that reasoning travels, and which arguments in a broker, vendor or removal dispute it strengthens and which it leaves untouched. Built from the slip opinion, its Justice alignment and the FTC's location-data orders. For legal functions pressing brokers and household vendors over a principal's records.

Confirmed narrow, reported wide: the identity document breach at IDScan

What the ID Scanning Breach Exposed

IDScan.net's September 2026 breach disclosure followed a dark web listing of identity document records, and national coverage has run well ahead of what the company has confirmed. This brief sorts the competing accounts by standard of proof and asks what a principal should plan against while the scope stays unsettled. Built from the originating reporting, the company's own notice and the vendor's product documentation, read against each other. For family offices and advisors deciding how to respond to possible inclusion.

The File Is Not the Product: What a Data Broker Actually Sells

Your Broker File Is a Prediction

In September 2026 Consumer Reports used new state access rights to obtain Acxiom broker files, and coverage by The Markup and CalMatters dwelt on how much in them was wrong. This brief asks a different question: what the file is actually for, what a buyer does with it, and what a correction or deletion request can and cannot reach. Built from the investigation, buyer and broker statements, and two state disclosure statutes. For advisors running broker removals for principals.