Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Proposed Data Broker Rule
RegFi Episode 9: Consumer Data Collection and Usage with Eric Ellman
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 3) – Crossover Episode With FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 3) – Crossover Episode With The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 2) – Crossover Episode With FCRA Focus Podcast - Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 2) – Crossover Episode With The Consumer Finance Podcast - FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB Request for Information About the Status of Data Brokers Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Episode 8: Why brokers, not breaches, are America's greatest privacy threat (with Rob Shavell)
Late in February, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ordered the shutdown of Background Alert under the state’s Data Broker Registration Law. Background Alert aggregated public records to create detailed profiles...more
On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta launched an investigation into the location data industry, issuing letters to companies that the AG alleged “appear to be in violation of the California Consumer Privacy...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) the agency responsible for implementing and enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (collectively the CCPA), protecting...more
On February 10, 2025, the first class action complaint was filed pursuant to Washington’s MY Health MY Data Act (“MHMDA”), Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 19.373.005 et seq. See Maxwell v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-261...more
With advances in digital technology and consumers’ insatiable appetite for “free” content, the advertising technology industry (AdTech) has played a crucial role in delivering highly personalized ad campaigns to consumers...more
Keypoint: It was a very active week with movement on numerous bills, in particular in Virginia, as well as new bills introduced across the country. Below is the fifth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy...more
On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General’s Office filed its first lawsuit enforcing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The law went into effect on July 1, 2024. The complaint also states claims under Texas’...more
In the fifth in our series of California developments, we turn to data broker obligations. There are two of note. First, the California privacy agency is moving forward Delete Act regulations it proposed earlier this year....more
On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1824 into law, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to require entities involved in corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions,...more
On November 8, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board met to discuss and vote on various proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations related to cybersecurity audits, automated...more
On October 30, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced an investigative sweep to ensure data brokers comply with the Delete Act. Effective January 1, the Delete Act requires parties to register by January 31...more
Keypoint: Last week, Colorado passed children’s privacy and artificial intelligence bills, Vermont passed a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland’s consumer data privacy and AADC bills were signed into law, and Minnesota is on...more
On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more
The FTC is beginning 2024 with a bang. Just a few short days after announcing a settlement with lead-generation company Response Tree, the FTC has announced another decision. In this latest announcement, the FTC has described...more
Both Texas and Oregon recently adopted rules that will, among other things, implement a registry required by both states’ data broker laws. The Texas law went into effect September 1, 2023, and the Oregon law will go into...more
The Situation: California has enacted a groundbreaking new privacy law aimed at data brokers—entities that sell information about consumers with whom they do not have a direct relationship. Under the Delete Act (SB 362), data...more
California residents may soon be able to click “backspace” on data brokers doing business in the state. On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 362, colloquially known as the Delete Act, into...more
California recently passed a groundbreaking new law aimed at further regulating the data broker industry. California is already one of only three states (along with Oregon and Vermont) that require data brokers—businesses...more
With regards to privacy legislation, Congress needs to ask itself the question posed by the philosopher Hillel: "and if not now, when?" Every year multiple privacy bills are introduced in Congress and ever year multiple...more
If it’s not broker(ed) why fix it? A new data broker bill has been submitted to the Washington State House of Representatives, following in the footsteps of Vermont and California....more
On February 7, 2020, and again on February 10, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released modified proposed regulations (“Modified Proposed Regulations”) to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal....more
On February 7 and again on February 10, 2020, the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released an updated draft of proposed regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The updated...more
On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office released modifications to the proposed regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The modifications incorporate amendments to the CCPA signed...more
On Friday, February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office released modified regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The modified regulations incorporate amendments to the CCPA signed into...more
Alongside its flurry of CCPA amendments last term, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1202 (AB 1202), the nation’s second “data broker” registration law. AB 1202 requires “data brokers” to register with and pay...more