US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data
The U.S. consumer protection agency said it's closing the loophole to block the "widespread evasion" of federal law by data ...
New consumer protection rules would block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive info
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hopes to rein in transactions that can expose Social Security numbers, financial ...
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Data Brokers Could Be Reined In With This New Rule — If It Survives Trump
The proposal comes from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which the Trump administration may try to abolish.
FTC bans two data brokers from collecting and selling Americans’ sensitive location data
Two U.S. data brokers have agreed not to collect private location data on Americans as part of a pair of settlements with the ...
CFPB Proposes Rule to Crack Down on Data Brokerage
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule on Tuesday that would limit data brokers' access to consumers' financial data.
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the ...
Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number
In the wake of high-profile hacks affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ...
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Proposed rule would bar sale of Americans' financial data to adversaries
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday proposed a long-anticipated rule that would require data brokers to ...
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US proposes rule to prevent the sale of financial data to foreign adversaries
Data brokers would have to comply under terms set by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, in an effort that aims to stop ...