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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

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

CFPB’s First Data Security Consent Order: No Breach Required

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

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB Jumps Into Cyber Enforcement Pool

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

King & Spalding

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Penalizes Dwolla For Deceptive Acts Concerning Its Data Security Practices

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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

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

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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

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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