Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries
Beginning May 28, 2019 certain dealers and merchants will be able to avoid sending out an annual privacy notice, under a revision the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has made to its GLB privacy regulations. Under GLB,...more
The CFPB has issued a final rule amending the provisions of Regulation P that implement the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) annual privacy notice requirement. The final rule is intended to reflect the GLBA amendments made by...more
On July 1st, the CFPB proposed to amend Regulation P under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) to implement the statutory changes made by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (see prior post) that provided financial...more
As a result of recent changes to federal privacy laws, financial institutions—such as registered investment advisers, exempt reporting advisers, commodity trading advisers, registered broker-dealers and private funds—may no...more
President Obama signed into law on December 4, 2015 a bill that amended Section 503 in Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (G-L-B Act), with the result that financial institutions – including investment companies and...more
In late 2015, Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act - a vehicle for an amendment to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) meant to eliminate the need for certain companies to provide annual privacy...more
In addition to providing long-term funding for highway infrastructure improvements and other transportation projects, the newly enacted Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) seeks to reduce consumer confusion...more
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the ‘‘FAST Act’’) into law. Although the FAST Act’s main focus is on improving the country’s surface transportation infrastructure,...more
On December 4, President Obama signed the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act’’ or the ‘‘FAST Act.” In addition to providing for highway and transportation spending, section 750001 of the FAST Act amended Section 503...more
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Highway Bill, dubbed Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST Act”), into law. Buried in the 490 page transportation law is a significant amendment to the...more
An amendment creating an exception to the annual privacy notice delivery requirement for financial institutions has been signed into law by President Obama as part of the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” (FAST...more
Whenever you open a new bank account, credit card or debit card account or other account such as a health savings account, the bank or credit card company is required to send you a notice of your privacy practices under the...more
In addition to the numerous mortgage-related provisions in Senator Shelby’s regulatory reform bill entitled the “Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015,” the bill contains a provision directed at the annual financial...more
The CFPB has finalized its proposal allowing financial institutions to forgo mailing annual privacy notices by posting such notices online. Unfortunately, despite numerous pleas from the industry that the proposal would do...more