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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Open banking rule presented as a consumer-friendly reform promising greater control over personal financial data deserves careful scrutiny.

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 ...

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 ...