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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (September 4, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Overview of the CFPB's Proposed Open Banking Rule and Final Industry Standard Setting Rule

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The financial services and banking industry landscape continues to evolve in the face of new and emerging technologies. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in the sharing of consumer data between financial institutions...more

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Year in Review: The Top 10 US Data Privacy Developments From 2023

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2023 marked a pivotal moment in US data privacy and cybersecurity, characterized by substantial regulatory and legislative advances at the international, federal, and state levels. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took a...more

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes New Financial Data Portability, Security Rules

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The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Oct. 19, 2023, proposed a new Personal Financial Data Rights rule (Proposal) through which it seeks to increase competition in the financial sector. The Proposal was developed...more

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Enforcement of U.S. Consumer Data Privacy Laws Part 1: Federal Agency Enforcement

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A threshold consideration for businesses trying to understand the actors that enforce U.S. consumer privacy laws is an analysis of which laws apply to that business. This is because U.S. consumer privacy laws exist as a...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - 2022 Annual Review

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the auto finance industry. So, what happened in 2022?...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (November 14, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Venable LLP

[Webinar] CFPB Weighs in on Data Security; Will Firms with Poor Security Be in the Crosshairs? - October 14th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

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In the late summer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a circular that concluded in no uncertain terms that insufficient data protection or information security could be considered an unfair practice under...more

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CFPB Issues Circular Confirming that Financial Companies May Violate Consumer Financial Protection Law by Failing to Protect...

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In August 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a circular confirming that, under certain circumstances, entities may “violate the prohibition on unfair acts or practices in the Consumer Financial...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A Look at Recent Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Initiatives Concerning Privacy and Data...

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Our discussion examines the FTC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to what it describes as “commercial surveillance” and the CFPB’s circular confirming that covered persons and service providers may violate the...more

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Stakes Out Its Enforcement Authority Over Unfair Information Security Practices

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On August 11, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a circular (Circular 2022-04 or, the “Circular”) addressing whether insufficient data and information security practices can violate the prohibition...more

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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 17

CFPB Takes Action to Protect the Public from Shoddy Data Security Practices "The bureau said the circular does not suggest that particular security practices are specifically required under the Consumer Financial...more

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Fintech Legal Report - August 2022

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CFPB Warns Firms on Information Security Weaknesses - On August 11, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a circular confirming that financial companies can violate consumer financial protection...more

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CFPB Publishes Circular Confirming Failure to Safeguard Consumer Data Could Be Unfair in Violation of CFPA

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In This Issue: ..The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04 (Circular) in relation to safeguarding consumer data under the Consumer Financial Protection Act...more

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CFPB Warns That Inadequate Data Security Practices Could Trigger CFPA Liability

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In its recent Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04 and accompanying press release, the CFPB affirmed the agency’s position that entities can violate the Consumer Financial Protection Act’s (CFPA) prohibition on...more

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CFPB Warns Failure to Safeguard Consumer Data May Be Unfair Act or Practice

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On August 11, the CFPB published a circular confirming that covered persons and service providers under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) may violate the CFPA’s prohibition against unfair acts or practices when...more

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Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Payment processing

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The CFPB continued to be active in the consumer payments space in 2018, while the Federal Reserve and market participants considered the future of payment processing, including the development of faster payment systems....more

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Senate Banking Committee Probes Mulvaney’s Leadership at the CFPB

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On April 12, 2018, Mick Mulvaney, the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

RFI on Consumer Data Sharing Shows CFPB Interest in Data Aggregators

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the “Bureau”) has recently expressed interest in how consumer financial information aggregators and financial services companies interact to share and protect financial data...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report, Summer 2016

BELTWAY - Every Last Penny Counts - Five federal banking agencies issued a Supervisory Bulletin titled “Interagency Guidance Regarding Deposit Reconciliation Practices” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance outlines...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

First data security enforcement fine levied by CFPB against Dwolla Inc. for $100,000

Wading into the foray of enforcement of data security practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) yesterday hit Dwolla Inc., an online payment processor with a $100,000 fine for a myriad of violations of the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFPB Announces First Ever Data Security Enforcement Action

On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its first data security related enforcement action against online payment systems company Dwolla, Inc. ...more

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