The Dodd-Frank Act contemplates the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) within the Federal Reserve. CFPB would be responsible for consumer protection over financial products and services offered by both banks and nonbanks, including... Read More

On May 27, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission issued a long-awaited report on the data broker industry. The report, titled “Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability,” is the result of an eighteen-month study of certain data... Read More