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Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

August 15, 2023

CFPB to use its rulemaking authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to address rampant harm caused by data brokers.

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Consumer Advocates Blast So-Called Data Privacy Bill for Wiping Out State Consumer Protection Laws

February 27, 2023

Consumer advocacy organizations expressed strong opposition today to H.R. 1165, the Data Privacy Act of 2023, a bill consumer groups believe would actually deprive consumers of important protections under state law, and offer little or no real new protections at the federal level.

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Statement Regarding Capital One Data Breach

July 30, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2019 Boston – Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at National Consumer Law Center, issued the following statement and advice to consumers about the Capital One data breach: “It’s disappointing but not unexpected that consumers face yet another breach of our sensitive financial information. By now, consumers should assume there is…

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Statement Regarding Settlement with Equifax over its 2017 Data Breach

July 22, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2019 Boston – Today, class action attorneys, federal regulators (Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and state Attorneys General reached a settlement with Equifax regarding its data breach that affected 147 million consumers. The final settlement includes a $175 million civil penalty to states, $100 million civil…

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Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

Consumer Advocates Blast So-Called Data Privacy Bill for Wiping Out State Consumer Protection Laws

Statement Regarding Capital One Data Breach

Statement Regarding Settlement with Equifax over its 2017 Data Breach

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