Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

EPIC Urges CFPB to Retain Protections Against Discriminatory Lending 

December 16, 2025

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

EPIC and Coalition Urge the CFPB to Maintain Personal Financial Data Rights 

October 22, 2025

EPIC submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in response to the agency’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights Reconsideration.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

EPIC Joins the Consumer Federation of America in Support of the CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule 

September 2, 2025

EPIC, along with 25 other economic justice, consumer protection, and privacy organizations, joined a letter by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) calling on Congress to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Personal Financial Data Rights Rule.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Joins Over 35 Organizations to Defend Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Complaint System 

June 25, 2025

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Updates

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.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

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.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Press Releases

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.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

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.

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Security

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates

Comments of EPIC, NCL, and CFA on the Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

April 2, 2025

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Security

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Comments

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.

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Government Records & Privacy

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Updates