The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is highlighting to law enforcement agencies and regulators how companies operating comparison-shopping tools can break the law when they steer consumers to certain products or lenders because of kickbacks. Consumers use comparison-shopping tools to evaluate the costs, features, and terms of many financial products. These include credit cards, loans, and bank accounts.
BOSTON (AP) — Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order.
The proliferation of sensors in automobiles — from telematics to fully digitized control consoles — has made them prodigious data-collection hubs.
The bureau, for the first time, used a procedural rule on its supervisory authority to issue an order against a company based on its potential risk to consumers.
Automakers can collect and share mountains of information now that cars, trucks and SUVs have become more connected. 13 Investigates reviewed privacy policies from 14 car manufacturers and found companies are collecting information about users’ lives inside and outside their vehicle — including intimate details.
In December 2023, the national mortgage delinquency rate in the United States remained at 3.1%, in line with figures reported since the spring of 2022, according to the latest CoreLogic report.
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