Advertisement

data brokers

Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, speaks alongside fellow Freedom Caucus members during a press conference. A bill sponsored by Davidson to limit law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing personal data about Americans passed the House on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House passes bill to limit personal data purchases by law enforcement, intelligence agencies

The bill’s passage was cheered by privacy advocates, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate and with the White House.
A bipartisan compromise bill on privacy in Congress would bring transparency to the data broker industry. Some experts believe that’s insufficient. (Image Credit: WLDavies via Getty Images)

Congressional privacy bill looks to rein in data brokers 

Experts say the American Privacy Rights Act is a good first step but that more can be done to protect consumers from the sale of their personal…
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rohit Chopra delivers remarks on relieving medical debt during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds / AFP)

CFPB’s proposed data rules would improve security, privacy and competition

By giving the public greater control over their banking data, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal would deal a blow to data brokers.
Advertisement
Pedestrians walk inside newly installed “bike rack” barricades outside the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How Congress can rein in data brokers

Know your customer rules are a first step to address the risks of sensitive data — including on U.S. military servicemembers — sold online.
Advertisement
Advertisement