CNBC

What internet data brokers have on you — and how you can start to get it back

The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...
Booth School of Business

Consumer Edge

The Kilts Center provides researchers from the University of Chicago with data from Consumer Edge. These data track individual transactions made with millions of US credit, debit, and prepaid cards ...
Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports and the Data Rights Protocol Consortium Achieve New Milestone in Standardizing and Streamlining Data Rights Requests

A consortium of 12 privacy compliance tech companies, led by Consumer Reports, announced today the release of Data Rights Protocol (DRP) version 1.0. This protocol has been in development for nearly ...
Forbes

The Ethics Of Consumer Data: Avoiding Pitfalls And Building Trust

As part of my series on how businesses—specifically, the financial services industry—can leverage insights on consumers' grocery shopping habits for risk management and precision marketing, I'll ...
JD Supra

Customer Data Privacy: Why It’s Important and How to Protect It

Data privacy regulations aren’t known for being light reading. That doesn’t make it easy for businesses to become compliant. When one law refers to data subjects, another to residents, another to ...
JD Supra

New Proposed CFPB Consumer Data Regulation Would Significantly Expand FCRA Obligations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued its long-awaited proposed rule to amend Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). If enacted, the proposed ...
Forbes

With Consumer Data Models, Who Needs Government Data?

In a data-driven world, pauses in government economic reporting do more than inconvenient economists, they create dangerous blind spots for investors, policymakers, and business leaders. When ...
Marketplace

The uncertain future of consumer data control

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it intends to revise an Open Banking Rule finalized during the Biden administration, which would have given consumers more control over their financial ...
The National Law Review

Oklahoma Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Act

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports investigation uncovers Kroger’s widespread data collection of loyalty program members to create secret shopper profiles

Washington, DC – A new Consumer Reports (CR) investigation uncovered that Kroger grocery stores collect extensive customer data and use it to make detailed inferences, such as by using an “income ...
The National Law Review

Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act is Now in Effect: Is Your Business Prepared?

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...