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It’s easier for Californians to escape data brokers following a CalMatters investigation Original

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By Colin Lecher , Ryan Tate
| CalMatters
CalMatters and The Markup showed how website code could make it harder for Californians to exercise their right to remove personal data. Now much of that code has disappeared. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State.
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California colleges went big on online learning tools. Then the worst happened

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By Colin Lecher , Mikhail Zinshteyn 
| Stocktonia News Service
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Esther Mejia and Kelly Merchant had a question Friday afternoon for their professors: Where were you? The UC Riverside public policy students were among the likely hundreds of thousands in California who lost access to the all-important academic software Canvas when it was brought down by a hacker group the day before.
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California colleges went big on online learning tools. Then the worst happened

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By Colin Lecher , Mikhail Zinshteyn 
| CalMatters
A massive hack of education platform Canvas hit California especially hard. What happens next? Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State. Esther Mejia and Kelly Merchant had a question Friday afternoon for their professors: Where were you?
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