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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
Data breaches and cybersecurity attacks appear to be growing in frequency. Despite the increase in the number of such attacks, plaintiffs have found it difficult to establish a legal foothold for data breach claims, as...more
On March 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its first Consent Order against a company for flawed data security practices in violation of the Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition on unfair, deceptive,...more
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
In a much anticipated move, on March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered the cybersecurity foray with its first enforcement action against Dwolla, Inc., an online payment processing start-up. ...more
On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) entered into a consent order with Dwolla, Inc. (“Dwolla”) that penalized the company for engaging in deceptive acts related to the company’s data security...more
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
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
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a first of its kind Consent Order against an online payment platform for misrepresenting the security measures used to protect consumer's data. Pursuant to the...more
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
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
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