Privacy Act Statement for Usability Testing Recruitment

Your information will be used by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for recruitment to participate in usability testing to inform and improve CFPB public products, services, and resources.

If you choose to participate, the CFPB will use personally identifiable information (PII) you provide such as your name, email address, and telephone number to contact you to schedule a session and provide information regarding your participation in the research. The CFPB may seek to identify and capture perspectives from specific communities or groups. In such cases, the CFPB may collect additional demographic information such as [age, gender, race, income, education, employment status, general location, housing situation, family and dependents, marital status, and language] to determine your eligibility to participate in the usability test.

Information collected will be treated in accordance with the System of Records Notice (SORN), CFPB.021 – CFPB Consumer Education and Engagement Records. Although the CFPB does not anticipate further disclosing the information provided, it may be disclosed as indicated in the Routine Uses described in the SORN. Direct identifying information will be kept private except as required by law.

This collection of information is authorized by Pub. L. No. 111-203, Title X, Sections 1013 and 1022, codified at 12 U.S.C. §§ 5493 and 5512.

Participation in the testing is voluntary. However, if you choose not to provide the requested information, you may not be eligible to participate in the test.