According to a recent report by WebRecon, court filings under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) were down for the month of February while court filings under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were up. Year-to-date everything is still up by double digits compared to 2023.
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fourth year in a row, Kinecta Federal Credit Union was voted Best Credit Union in the South Bay in Easy Reader's 2024 "Best of the Beach" poll. The Easy Reader's annual online poll asks the community to vote for their favorite places to do business, shop and dine in the South Bay and surrounding areas. The "Best of the Beach" designation recognizes Kinecta's commitment to serving the South Bay community.
Federal lawmakers unveiled a sweeping new plan Sunday aiming to institute new data privacy and collection rules that include requiring tech platforms to reveal their data collection and sharing practices, grant new data ownership and transport rights to individuals and require that privacy policy statements be shared in clear and easy-to-understand language.
In the ever-evolving landscape of data privacy, states across the U.S. are taking bold steps to protect consumer rights and regulate the handling of personal data. New Jersey, New Hampshire and Kentucky recently signed comprehensive privacy laws—the first three in 2024 to do so.
On April 2, at an event at the White House on Data Protection and National Security, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s articulated potential changes to the data security regulation landscape and noted that the Bureau is considering rules to amend the Fair Credit Report Acting, tightening the regulation of data brokers that trade in sensitive consumer data.