CFPB to Resume Private Consumer Data Collection; Brief to Congress
June 11, 2018
Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney recently announced that the consumer agency will resume the collection of private consumer data. He curbed data collection immediately after he took over the CFPB last year due to cybersecurity concerns. “Out of an abundance of caution and a desire to protect Americans’ privacy, I placed a hold on the collection of personally identifiable information and other sensitive data,” Mulvaney said in a memo to the CFPB staff ...