WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule requiring data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, part of a flurry of last-minute rulemaking at the ...

Commentary CFPB Proposes Rule to Regulate Data Brokers Selling Sensitive Information 5 minute read January 14, 2025 By Alexander F. Koskey Matthew G. White ...

CFPB is crafting new rules to curb harmful data broker practices, aiming for accountability in consumer data usage and compliance with Fair Credit Reporting Act.

The CFPB defines data brokers as companies that collect, aggregate, sell, or share information about consumers, such as credit, criminal, and rental histories.

The CFPB proposal is part of a broader campaign, including a Justice Department move in October to block access to Americans’ personal data by Russia, Iran and China, among other “countries of ...

CFPB Takes Aim at Data Brokers in Proposed Rule Amending FCRA by: A.J. S. Dhaliwal, Mehul N. Madia, Maxwell Earp-Thomas of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP - Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog ...

The CFPB's Data Broker Rule Just Begs for DOGE Analysis . By David Williams December 11, 2024 ...

Data brokers have been getting away with selling Americans’ personal and financial data without adequate protections, an illegal practice that a new rule proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection ...

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the agency is poised to propose a rule that would "ensure that modern-day data brokers in the surveillance industry know that ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell personal and financial information. The proposed rule would limit the sale of personal ...