Have you used coveredca.com to shop for insurance? If so, your information might have leaked.
Our investigation found more than 60 trackers on the site. Trackers from well-known firms like Meta collected info on visitor page views, while lesser-known companies like email marketing company LiveIntent also followed users across the site.
But by far the most sensitive info was transmitted to LinkedIn, including whether a user was blind or disabled, pregnant, or used a high number of prescription medications.
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The reality is: If Matthews were released today, he could get right back on a dating app. Match Group knows that — and now so do you.
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A federal law requires schools to block students from accessing obscene or harmful content online.
More than 20 years after its passage, the law has become the justification for censorship so extreme that it can be hard for students to complete their schoolwork.
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A Los Angeles jury has found the parent companies of YouTube and Facebook liable for a teen’s mental distress in a closely-watched trial over social media addiction.
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and Google, which owns YouTube, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A New Mexico jury recently found Meta liable on similar claims and the company was ordered to pay $375 million in damages. Meta said it would appeal that decision. Meanwhile, a case is also ongoing in a federal court based in California.
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A congressional investigation estimates broker breaches have cost consumers $20 billion in identity theft. Major brokers now promise to make it easier to opt out of their databases.
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In a press conference this week on New York City’s $12 billion budget gap, Mayor Zohran Mamdani zeroed in on the previous administration’s artificial intelligence chatbot as one of “a number of different things we’re going to pursue for savings.”
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The California Privacy Protection Agency kicked off 2026 by launching a tool that state residents can use to make data brokers delete and stop selling their personal information.
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Critics say the California Courier is part of a growing, nationwide ecosystem of innocuous-looking, cheaply-produced news publications that publish and advertise biased articles in an attempt to surreptitiously influence elections. They worry the practice could mislead voters and corrode trust in nonpartisan news providers.
Researchers have taken to calling sites like those operated by Lincoln Media “pink slime” news, a name coined after a meat-industry additive. These sites don’t produce outright false news, like others, but they do not meet basic journalistic standards. That often means low-quality content and failing to disclose associations with outside organizations.
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CalMatters and The Markup are a member-supported nonprofit newsroom, and we believe that independent journalism is critical to keeping our government transparent and our leaders accountable.
These beliefs drive our work year after year. And as journalists, we’re proud that in 2025, our reporting made a measurable and meaningful difference for people across California and beyond.
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Six women who were drugged and raped or sexually assaulted by the same Denver cardiologist filed a lawsuit against Match Group Tuesday, accusing the world’s largest dating app company of “accommodating rapists across its products” through “negligence” and a “defective” product.
The women, backed by four law firms, said that by allowing known abusers like Stephen Matthews to remain on its apps, Tinder and Hinge, even after they are reported for rape, the company fostered a breeding ground for “sexual predators.”
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The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the West Coast’s premier destination for data center development.” The investor-owned utility now estimates it has enough capacity in its planning pipeline to push the city’s electricity use to almost three times its current peak.
Those plans are forcing major grid upgrades, PG&E and city officials say, while raising questions about who pays for them and whether the state can keep the power clean.
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In Word In Black’s “On Borrowed Time,” series, we’ve explored why there is so much mistrust among Black folks toward the organ donation process, what barriers block their access to care and the equity and ethical issues surrounding organ donation. We also put a spotlight on the Black lives changed through the transplant system.
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