On December 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its long anticipated proposed rule aimed at regulating data ...

The Federal Trade Commission unveiled settlements with two major data brokers on Tuesday that will prohibit them from selling ...

New rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and settlements from the Federal Trade Commission would limit what ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing a rule aimed at curbing the activities of data brokers who sell ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hopes to regulate data brokers the same way it does credit bureaus and background ...

A proposed new rule aims to keep your sensitive personal information from being sold. The government agency behind the effort ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses how 600,000-plus records, including checks and property data, were left ...

A database linked to SL Data Services, a U.S.-based data broker, has exposed over 600,000 sensitive records online.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week issued a proposed rule that seeks to bring data brokers within the definition of a ...

Data brokers would face limits on selling Americans’ personal and financial records, including information about military ...

To the relief of many taxpayers and consumers, the incoming administration is set to stop the endless regulatory waste and ...

If finalized, the proposed rule would have the federal agency treating data broker sales of a person’s credit history, credit ...