A Look at Recent Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Initiatives Concerning Privacy and Data Security
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The CFPB recently published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to reconsider four key issues related to its “Personal Financial Data Rights” rules, which were finalized at the end of 2024 but have been mired in...more
The Trump administration’s CFPB leadership has rolled back a series of Biden-era initiatives. As part of this deregulatory push, on 30 May, CFPB leadership signaled its intent to change course on the rulemaking mandated by...more
On August 22nd, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (an “ANPR”) relating to a reconsideration of the CFPB’s current Personal Financial Data Rights Rule...more
On Aug. 22, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Personal Financial Data Rights while its October 2024 final rule is the subject of ongoing litigation....more
On August 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) took a significant step forward in its reconsideration of the Section 1033 open banking final rule, originally issued in November 2024, by issuing an...more
As promised, the CFPB is issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking soliciting comments on the agency’s open banking rule....more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review the FTC’s proposed data privacy and cybersecurity rulemaking and the European Data Protection Board’s draft guidelines on the calculation of GDPR administrative fines....more
FTC Publishes Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security - Concerned that companies use secret surveillance practices to collect “vast troves” of consumer information, the Federal...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” on August 11, 2022. The ANPRM, approved on a 3-2 party-line vote, is the initial step...more
The FTC has issued a long-anticipated Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding commercial surveillance and data security practices. The FTC invites public comment on a wide range of issues (through more than 95...more
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) has formally commenced its long-awaited rulemaking process to implement section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank...more