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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday quietly withdrew new rules requiring data brokers to get consent before ...

Consumer watchdog groups warned that withdrawing the rule leaves Americans more vulnerable to fraud and identity theft.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to rescind a number of Biden-era proposals in its latest regulatory retreat, ...

Maxine Waters (D-CA) has introduced a bill in the House called the Fair Credit Reporting Improvement Act of 2014. The bill proposes sweeping changes to almost all aspects of the credit reporting ...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act governs how credit bureaus can collect and share consumer information. Under the FCRA, consumers can dispute inaccurate or outdated information on their credit reports.