Data Brokers Threaten National Security. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking Can Reduce the Threat.

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

June 25, 2025

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
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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.

Consumer Privacy
Cybersecurity
Data Brokers
Data Security
Privacy Laws
U.S. Privacy Laws
Updates

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

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.

Consumer Privacy
Cybersecurity
Data Brokers
Data Protection
Data Security
Defeating the DOGE
Government Records & Privacy
Privacy Laws
U.S. Privacy Laws
Analysis

CFPB Finalizes Rule Removing Medical Debt from Credit Reports

January 10, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule this week that largely prohibits the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports and prohibits lenders from considering medical information when making lending decisions.

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
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CFPB Finalizes Strong Personal Financial Data Rights Rule with Data Minimization Requirements

October 24, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized new regulations to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The rule promotes financial inclusion and lays down some of the strongest consumer privacy protections in federal law.

Consumer Privacy
Cybersecurity
Data Brokers
Data Minimization
Data Protection
Data Security
Updates

EPIC Praises CFPB’s Proposal to Ban Medical Debt from Credit Reports

August 13, 2024

In comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, EPIC expressed support for the CFPB’s proposed rules to largely prohibit the inclusion of medical debt information on credit reports. The proposed rules would protect the privacy of consumers’ sensitive medical information and promote fairness and accuracy in credit reporting.

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
Data Protection
Health and Reproductive Privacy
Updates

Data Brokers Threaten National Security. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Fair Credit Reporting Act Rulemaking Can Reduce the Threat.

April 30, 2024

Data brokers—companies that aggregate and sell our personal data—are a well-known threat to privacy. But data brokers do more than degrade our privacy; they also pose a serious threat to national security.

Consumer Privacy
Data Brokers
Analysis

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