According to a recent study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the financial data gathered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on 25 million to 75 million U.S. credit cardholders is not safe enough. As part of its government mandate, the GAO examined laws, regulations, and contracts pertaining to the CFPB’s data collection methodologies, risk
The International Association of Privacy Professionals recently conducted an interview with Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen. General Jespen has been considered a leader among the State Attorneys General in the area of privacy, and Connecticut is considered one of the most active states in privacy policy and legal enforcement actions related to privacy issues. In
On September 4, in Tierney et al. v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp., the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an order dismissing a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action accusing Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. of violating the FCRA by failing to secure health data stolen from
On Thursday, May 1, 2014, the White House issued a report outlining initiatives to supposedly better protect privacy in light of the growing realm of big data, the term used to describe a collection of large and complex data sets. The report, titled “Big Data and Privacy: A Technological Perspective,” was presented to the President
On January 27, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a three-page consumer advisory to help consumers protect themselves in the wake of the recent breaches of payment card and other data. The advisory encourages card holders to submit complaints about issuers’ inadequate responses to disputes related to data breaches. It also contains information
In a lecture at Princeton University last week entitled “Big Data and Consumer Privacy: Addressing Challenges and Finding Solutions,” the Federal Trade Commission’s Julie Brill joined others in calling for Congress to enact new legislation covering data brokers, in particular to improve commercial privacy laws regarding how and what personal information is collected.
Commissioner Brill