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January

3
2024
Industry News

Illinois Requires Repossession Agents to Clear Personal Data from Vehicles

A new Illinois data privacy law specifically tailored to motor vehicle-secured financing transactions becomes effective on January 1, 2024, and is likely to lead to similar laws in other states. The law, Senate Bill 800, amends the Illinois Collateral Recovery Act and requires licensed repossession agencies to clear, erase, delete, or otherwise eliminate personal information collected or stored in a vehicle after repossession.

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January

3
2024
Trends

December Concludes Profitable Period for Auto Industry as Consumers Spend Record $578B on New Vehicles in 2023 – Report

Total new-vehicle sales for December 2023, including retail and non-retail transactions, are projected to reach 1,396,700 units, a 13.2% increase from December 2022, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power and GlobalData.

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January

3
2024
Trends

US national debt tops $34T for first time in history

The national debt – which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors — hit $34 trillion as of Friday afternoon, according to new data published by the Treasury Department. By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion.

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January

3
2024
Industry News

US insurance giant First American confirms it was hit by a ransomware attack

First American, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, has confirmed the cyber-incident it suffered in late December 2023 was indeed a ransomware attack.

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January

3
2024
Compliance

New Consumer Law Rights Taking Effect in 2024

This article lists federal and state consumer law rights scheduled to go into effect or expire, during the period from December 1, 2023, through January 1, 2025. Other consumer law changes will be enacted later in 2024 and will go into effect in 2024; this article lists changes whose effective dates have already been scheduled.

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