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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named ...

In one of its final regulatory efforts under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule on Tuesday that aims to protect consumer financial data from ...

The National Public Data breach has capped off a series of large leaks of consumer data this year. The first and best defense for consumers is to freeze their credit, experts say. Here's what you need ...

The FTC found that as many as 250 different businesses, including grocery stores, apparel, health and beauty retailers, convenience stores, building and hardware stores, and department and discount ...

Key point: Oklahoma becomes the 20th state to enact a broad consumer data privacy law. On March 20, 2026, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed SB 546 into law. In doing so, Oklahoma becomes the 20th ...