Published on: 2025-07-10 00:35:20
A senior Trump administration official has scrapped a plan that would have blocked data brokers from selling Americans’ personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in December 2024 it planned to close a loophole under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the federal law that protects Americans’ personal data collected by consumer reporting agencies, such as credit bureaus and renter-screening companies. The rule would hav
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 03:53:00
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell sensitive information about Americans, including financial data, credit history, and Social Security numbers. The CFPB proposed the new rule in early December under former director Rohit Chopra, who said the changes were necessary to combat commercial surveillance practices that “threaten our personal safety and undermine America’s national security.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 08:53:00
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has cancelled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell sensitive information about Americans, including financial data, credit history, and Social Security numbers. CFPB proposed the new rule in early December under former director Rohit Chopra, who said the changes were necessary to combat commercial surveillance practices that “threaten our personal safety and undermine America’s national security.”
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-03 08:59:22
Last month, Brett Adcock, founder of a robotics startup Figure AI, claimed in a post on X that his company “is now # 1 most sought-after private stock in the secondary market.” But the company has sent cease-and-desist letters to at least two brokers who run secondary marketplaces, those brokers told TechCrunch.These people said Figure AI’s cease-and-desist letters demanded that they stop marketing the company’s stock. Both brokers said they received the letters for the first time after Bloomb
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-21 20:39:44
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More 1Fort announced today a $7.5 million seed funding round to improve how small businesses obtain commercial insurance through its AI-powered platform. The New York-based startup, which has experienced 200% month-over-month revenue growth in 2024, aims to automate the outdated, manual processes that have left millions of small businesses underinsured. Bonfire Ventures led
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-11 15:29:53
The UK government is inviting experts to provide insights about the data brokerage industry and the potential risks it poses to national security as it moves to push new data-sharing legislation over the line. Organizations that pay for the services of data brokers and supply data to them, as well as data brokers themselves, are specifically invited to engage with the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology's (DSIT) call, although views from all stakeholders are welcome. The views of
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