OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill. The preemption clause currently in the APRA would result in California’s landmark privacy law being replaced with weaker protections and would hamper the ability of California to adequately protect the privacy of its citizens in the future.
OAKLAND — As the landmark price transparency law is set to go into effect July 1, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released guidance to help businesses across the state comply with the new law. According to 2018 data from Consumer Reports, at least 85% of Americans have experienced a hidden or unexpected fee for a service, and more than two-thirds of those surveyed in 2023 said they were paying more now in surprise charges than they did five years earlier.
Despite ongoing efforts to educate consumers on protecting themselves against financial crime, increasing authorized fraud and scam instances are nightmares for banks and their customers. Authorized fraud, which targets customers or bank employees, is particularly troubling.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new report finding consumers encounter numerous problems with credit card rewards programs. Consumers tell the CFPB that rewards are often devalued or denied even after program terms are met.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently released its Privacy and Data Security Update for 2023, offering insights into its efforts to safeguard consumer privacy in an era of rapidly evolving data usage. The report highlights the FTC’s proactive stance in protecting consumers against indiscriminate data collection and exploitation by companies.
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