The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should reconsider withdrawing its proposed data broker rule given the privacy-related harms linked to data brokers, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said in a letter to acting Director Russell Vought on Friday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will withdraw the Biden administration’s proposed data broker rule, the bureau announced in a notice scheduled for publication Thursday in the Federal Register. Industry groups requested the withdrawal in April comments (see 2504030059).
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday announced the withdrawal of nearly 70 guidance documents, interpretive rules, policy statements and advisory opinions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should finalize its proposed data broker rule to clarify consumer privacy rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), consumer advocates said in comments due Friday. CFPB solicited comment on a request for information concerning data collection and monetization associated with personal finance services.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument Wednesday on the National Treasury Employees Union’s pursuit of an emergency stay of President Donald Trump's executive order slashing staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The challenge is one of several that NTEU, which represents FCC employees, has against recent efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Trump administration (see 2503310047).
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should withdraw the Biden administration’s proposed data broker rule because it’s an “illegal” expansion of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, industry groups told the bureau in comments due Wednesday (see 2503040058).
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) oppose the Trump administration’s recent attempts to overturn Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) protections for users of payment apps, putting their privacy at risk, EPIC said Monday.
The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nominee Jonathan McKernan to the Senate floor (see 2503040058).
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed data broker rule exceeds the CFPB's authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), tech and open finance groups told the agency in comments this week (see 2503030069).