Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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EPIC Joins Over 35 Organizations to Defend Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Complaint System
June 25, 2025
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Updates
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EPIC Condemns CFPB’s Withdrawal of Proposed Rules to Rein in Data Brokers
May 14, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is withdrawing a proposal to crack down on the data brokers that profit from buying and selling our most sensitive personal information at industrial scale.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Statements
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EPIC Condemns Withdrawal of CFPB Safeguards on Privacy, Fairness, Transparency, and Equity in Financial Markets
May 9, 2025
This morning, the Trump Administration continued its assault against consumers by withdrawing nearly 70 key guidance documents previously issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to protect the public.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Statements
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EPIC Joins NCLC to Urge the CFPB to Protect Consumer Financial Privacy
April 16, 2025
EPIC joined the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) in a comment responding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s request for information about consumer financial privacy.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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EPIC, NCL, CFA, and Others Urge CFPB to Rein in Harmful Data Broker Practices
April 2, 2025
In a comment filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today, EPIC, the National Consumers League (NCL), and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) urged the CFPB to finalize rules that would protect consumers from harm caused by data brokers.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Brokers
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Data Security
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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Comments of EPIC, NCL, and CFA on the Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
April 2, 2025
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Brokers
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Data Security
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Comments
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PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and Americans for Financial Reform Oppose Attempt to Strip Away Payment App Protections
March 10, 2025
EPIC and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) oppose the Trump Administration’s recent attacks on the CFPB and efforts by Congress to overturn finalized CFPB rules that protect users of payment apps. These attacks put Americans’ privacy and financial wellbeing at risk, as well as threatening to destabilize the financial industry.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Government Records & Privacy
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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Trump Administration’s Attacks on the CFPB Threaten Privacy, Data Security, and the Stability of the Financial Industry
March 7, 2025
Since its founding in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a champion for consumers in the financial services industry. The Bureau has returned over $21 billion to consumers in its 14 years of operation. Yet the Trump Administration has launched a full-scale attack on the CFPB over the past month, putting the Project 2025 goal of eliminating the CFPB into action.
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Brokers
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Defeating the DOGE
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Government Records & Privacy
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Analysis
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Data Broker Harms to Public Officials
March 4, 2025
Data brokers build extensive dossiers of information on Americans, including law enforcement officers, judges, and other public officials.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Fact Sheets
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EPIC Denounces Administration’s Assault on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
February 13, 2025
Over the past week, the Trump administration and associates of Elon Musk have escalated their existential attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), effectively shutting down a vital federal agency that protects consumers from harmful business and personal data practices by banks and other financial companies. EPIC condemns this coordinated assault on consumers, which undermines one of the most effective champions for the public interest anywhere in government.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Data Security
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Updates
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