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CFPB Brings First Data Security Enforcement Action

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently brought its first data security enforcement action, adding itself to the growing list of federal regulators tackling data security issues. The CFPB’s enforcement action...more

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Someone Needs to Take the Lead on Data Security for Financial Services Industry

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Cybersecurity and data protection – or more specifically, the lack of it – in the financial services industry present risks for both an institution's consumers and the institution's safety and soundness. The presence of both...more

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The CFPB Takes First Enforcement Action Related to Data Security Practices

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ) has taken its first UDAAP action against a consumer financial service provider related to data security practices. Since its launch in December 2009, Dwolla, Inc. ("Dwolla"),...more

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Recent Data Security Enforcement Action Marks Ever Expanding CFPB Authority

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On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an enforcement action against online payment system company Dwolla, Inc. for allegedly deceiving consumers about its data security practices. This...more

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CFPB’s First-Ever Data Security Enforcement Action

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Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made headlines by bringing its first enforcement action in the data security space. Dwolla, Inc., an Iowa-based online payment processor, was the CFPB’s...more

K&L Gates LLP

A New Cyber Regulator on the Beat: The CFPB Issues its First Cybersecurity Order and Fine

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On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) instituted its first data security enforcement action, in the form of a consent order against online payment platform Dwolla, Inc....more

Holland & Knight LLP

CFPB Expands UDAAP Jurisdiction in First Foray into Data Security Enforcement

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has entered into a consent order with online payment platform Dwolla Inc., alleging that Dwolla made false representations to consumers relating to its data...more

BakerHostetler

The CFPB Joins Privacy and Security Enforcement Arena With Action Against Dwolla

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on March 2, 2016, that it had entered into a consent order with online payment platform Dwolla to resolve the CFPB’s claims regarding statements made by Dwolla about...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: CFPB Takes Unprecedented Action Against Company (3/16)

A new regulatory authority has entered the field of data security: the relatively new Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB). On March 2, the CFPB announced that it had reached a consent order with an Iowa-based company...more

Alston & Bird

CFPB Brings First Enforcement Action on Data Security

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On March 2, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for the first timebrought an enforcement action related to data security. The CFPB consent order imposes a $100,000 fine and five years of regulatory...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CFPB’s First Data Security Action; Fines Online Platform Dwolla for Alleged Weak Security Practices

On March 2, the CFPB settled its first data security enforcement action against Iowa-based Dwolla Inc. Launched as a startup in 2009, Dwolla is an online payment platform that enables customers to transfer money directly...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Is the CFPB the New Cop on the Data Security Beat?

On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) broke new ground (at least for the CFPB) when it released a consent order against Dwolla, Inc. (“Dwolla”), an online payment platform, regarding data...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB brings its first data security enforcement action

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Last August, we blogged about a Third Circuit decision that held the FTC can regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures as “unfair” acts or practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. In our blog post, we commented that...more

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CFPB Initiates Its First Data Security Enforcement Action

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced its first data security enforcement action. Since the 1990s, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has primarily taken on the role as the de facto federal regulator...more

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