Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

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By Dell Cameron, Andrew CoutsDec 3, 2024, 8:00 am386 ptsTop
A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the data broker industry. But first, the agency must survive Elon Musk.

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