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Today, the CFPB announced that it is seeking public input on strengthening privacy protections and preventing harmful surveillance in digital payments, particularly those offered through large technology platforms.

The CFPB issued an order recognizing Financial Data Exchange, Inc. (FDX) as a standard setting body under the CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights rule.

The CFPB today proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell Americans' sensitive personal and financial information.

The CFPB released a report examining federal and state-level privacy protections for consumers’ financial data.

Today, the CFPB published a report finding that state consumer privacy laws typically exempt entities covered by federal financial privacy laws.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to protect workers from unchecked digital tracking and opaque decision-making systems.

Director Chopra delivered remarks at the Joint Field Hearing with the Department of Labor on Worker Tracking in Michigan.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra provided opening remarks at the 2024 Aspen Institute Cyber Summit.

Gaming marketplaces increasingly mirror banking and payment systems but use design tricks to encourage spending, and our children are often the primary audience. Here are steps to help protect your family.

Today, the CFPB finalized a rule outlining the qualifications to become a recognized industry standard setting body, which can issue standards that companies can use to help them comply with the CFPB’s upcoming Personal Financial Data Rights Rule.

Director Chopra at the White House on Data Protection and National Security.

CFPB Office of Servicemember Affairs Assistant Director Jim Rice discusses recent CFPB efforts to understand the veteran financial experience, enforce the law, and coordinate efforts across the federal government and in the states.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today signed an information sharing agreement, creating a formal partnership between the two agencies to better protect American families and to address practices that harm workers in the “gig economy” and other labor markets.

Proposals under consideration would fuel market competition and strengthen consumer data rights.

The Bureau today issued a report and Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Bureau’s sources of data and how data is used. The report provides transparency into how the Bureau collects and uses data and the accompanying RFI gives the public an opportunity to comment on those practices.

Changes Will Ease Burden on Financial Institutions and Reduce Risk of Consumer Confusion.

The CFPB proposed to implement recent Congressional legislation that allows financial institutions that meet certain requirements to be exempt from sending annual privacy notices to their customers.

The Bureau today finalized a rule to promote more effective privacy disclosures from financial institutions to their customers. The new rule, which was...

Rule Would Benefit Companies That Limit Consumer Data-Sharing The Bureau today proposed a rule to promote more effective privacy disclosures from financial...

The proposed rule is intended to provide supervised entities further assurances that providing privileged information to the Bureau will not adversely...