The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will propose rules this year to limit the activities of data brokers, including those that sell personal data to customers overseas. The CFPB announced this plan in a Wednesday (Feb. 28) press release following the release of President Joe Biden’s executive order to...
America’s consumer watchdog wants to crack down on “data brokers” who collect and sell people’s personal information. Speaking at a White House roundtable Tuesday (Aug. 15), Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra said his agency wants to prevent “misuse and abuse” by these...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will propose new regulations directed at companies that track and sell people’s personal data. The proposal will be announced Tuesday (Aug. 15) at the White House and will broaden the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a law governing the...
A campaign group has asked EU regulators to investigate several data brokers, credit rating agencies and adtech companies to see if they are breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Privacy International filed several complaints to the British, Irish and French data regulators on Thursday...
March 24, 2024
Consumer outcry has led General Motors to cease sharing connected car data with brokers. “As of March 20th, OnStar Smart Driver customer data is no longer being shared with LexisNexis or Verisk,” GM told Ars Technica Friday (March 22). “Customer trust is a priority for us, and we are actively evaluating our privacy processes and […]
February 28, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will propose rules this year to limit the activities of data brokers, including those that sell personal data to customers overseas. The CFPB announced this plan...
August 16, 2023
America’s consumer watchdog wants to crack down on “data brokers” who collect and sell people’s personal information. Speaking at a White House roundtable Tuesday (Aug. 15), Consumer Finance Protection Bureau...
August 15, 2023
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will propose new regulations directed at companies that track and sell people’s personal data. The proposal will be announced Tuesday (Aug. 15) at the White House...
