Risk News

3/27/2012
U.S. Agency Seeks Tougher Consumer Privacy Rules
Tanzina Vega and Edward Wyatt, New York Times

"The government’s chief consumer protection agency said on Monday that it intended to take direct aim at the vast industry that has grown up around the buying and selling of information about American consumers."

Annie's take:

Even in an election year, this is one piece of legislation that may just move forward. There is broad agreement that data collection around consumer information needs more protection.