The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will soon propose a rule that would apply privacy protections to data brokers, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said Thursday (Sept. 19). In remarks prepared for delivery at the Aspen Institute, Chopra said this proposed rule would give consumers more...
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...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have taken enforcement actions against consumer reporting company TransUnion, alleging multiple violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The actions focus on TransUnion’s rental screening subsidiary, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, which the regulators said failed to ensure the...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has begun a rulemaking process aimed at removing medical bills from Americans’ credit reports. This move is intended to provide financial relief to families dealing with medical crises, prevent debt collectors from pressuring individuals into paying potentially inaccurate bills, and ensure...
December 03, 2024
As the year draws to a close, the end of 2024 has been marked by a flurry of rule-making by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In the latest salvo, the agency on Tuesday (Dec. 3) proposed a new rule that would curtail data brokers’ access to consumers’ data and the ability to sell that […]
September 19, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will soon propose a rule that would apply privacy protections to data brokers, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said Thursday (Sept. 19). In remarks prepared for delivery at the Aspen Institute, Chopra said this proposed rule would give consumers more control of their own sensitive data. “By ensuring that the […]
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...
October 12, 2023
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have taken enforcement actions against consumer reporting company TransUnion, alleging multiple violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The actions focus on TransUnion’s...
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...
