{"id":58668,"date":"2025-05-16T22:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/americas-consumer-watchdog-drops-leash-on-proposed-data-broker-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T22:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:56:26","slug":"americas-consumer-watchdog-drops-leash-on-proposed-data-broker-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/americas-consumer-watchdog-drops-leash-on-proposed-data-broker-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uncle Sam&#8217;s consumer watchdog has scrapped plans to implement Biden-era rules that would&#8217;ve treated certain data brokers as credit bureaus, forcing them to follow stricter laws when flogging Americans&#8217; sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p>The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed the rules in December following a string of high-profile scandals that shed light on the massive amounts of personal data being stored and sold off, in some cases to criminals and scammers.<\/p>\n<p>The rules would have reclassified certain data brokers as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/12\/04\/ftc_data_brokers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;consumer reporting agencies<\/a>,&#8221; meaning they&#8217;d be subject to strict requirements for accuracy and transparency, and only allowed to sell data for recognized purposes such as credit checks or employment screening. And no, marketing doesn&#8217;t count.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Now? Well, never mind. &#8220;The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is withdrawing its Notice of Proposed Rule: Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V),&#8221; the agency <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2025\/05\/15\/2025-08644\/protecting-americans-from-harmful-data-broker-practices-regulation-v-withdrawal-of-proposed-rule\">said<\/a> in an official filing.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The bureau has determined that legislative rulemaking is not necessary or appropriate at this time to address the subject matter of the NPRM [Notice of Proposed Rulemaking]. The bureau will not take any further action on the NPRM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The potential for abuse and misuse is significant. Brokers can collect purchasing information from apps, for example, or collect the identities of people who&#8217;ve been in the vicinity of women&#8217;s health clinics or at a protest, then cross-reference it to create fairly detailed profiles. A huge source of this data comes from app developers selling out their users, which is one of the reasons why a downloaded game wants all your data in exchange.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>Any data you can steal from a user will be bought by a data broker, so it&#8217;s always worthwhile to grab any data you can<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The reason so many apps are so grabby is that data brokers effectively have an all-comers-welcome open offer for data they generate,&#8221; author and activist Cory Doctorow told <em>The Register<\/em>. &#8220;In other words, any data you can steal from a user will be bought by a data broker, so it&#8217;s always worthwhile to grab any data you can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just app makers that are in on the game &#8211; major telcos have, too. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/04\/29\/fcc_telecom_fines\/\" rel=\"noopener\">fined<\/a> AT&amp;T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US nearly $200 million for peddling the real-time location of their subscribers to data aggregators and brokers. The fine followed years of pressure from Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). The comms providers have promised not to do it again. We&#8217;re sure they are trustworthy.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>As the CFPB <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerfinance.gov\/about-us\/newsroom\/cfpb-proposes-rule-to-stop-data-brokers-from-selling-sensitive-personal-data-to-scammers-stalkers-and-spies\/\">pointed out<\/a> this year, data brokers seldom ask questions of the people they are selling personal records to. This in rare cases can pose a national security risk \u2013 we&#8217;ve already seen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2018\/01\/29\/strava_heatmap_military_base_locations\/\" rel=\"noopener\">military bases exposed<\/a> by data from fitness apps.<\/p>\n<p>The agency more than anything flags up individuals buying this information for running financial scams, stalking people, and suchlike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By selling our most sensitive personal data without our knowledge or consent, data brokers can profit by enabling scamming, stalking, and spying,&#8221; said CFPB boss Rohit Chopra when the rule was originally proposed. &#8220;The CFPB&#8217;s proposed rule will curtail these practices that threaten our personal safety and undermine America&#8217;s national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the security aspect, since data brokers make very attractive targets for criminals who want the information they hold. Last year, <em>The Register<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/10\/09\/national_public_data_bankrupt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">covered<\/a> the case of the impressive-sounding National Public Data, which turned out to be a one-man band in Florida. Cyber-intruders claimed to have stolen a 277.1 GB database containing 2.9 billion records from the outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Barely a month later, another broker, formerly known as Pure Incubation, now operating as DemandScience, had 183 million business contact records posted for sale by a crook for $6,000. The data <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/11\/13\/demandscience_data\/\" rel=\"noopener\">included<\/a> email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, job titles, and social media profiles.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aClZfh0z6V-sXEcJeX4yygAAAg4&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Two weeks after that, <i>The Register<\/i> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/11\/27\/600k_sensitive_files_exposed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">broke the news<\/a> that another broker, SL Data Services, had left 644,869 PDF files in a 713.1 GB archive sitting in an open Amazon S3 bucket. The archive included criminal histories, background checks, vehicle records, and property data, all freely accessible online with no password protection.<\/p>\n<p>The US was not alone in trying to rein in the data brokerages. The UK is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/03\/18\/uk_data_broker_inquiry\/\" rel=\"noopener\">actively considering<\/a> changing the rules on how these organizations operate and has just finished an inquiry and public comment period about whether or not to tighten the rules under which they operate.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s announcement means the CFPB has decided that everything&#8217;s fine for the moment, though the agency itself might not be around for much longer. Elon Musk has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/doge-elon-musk-chris-young-cfpb-tesla-x\">reportedly<\/a> set his sights on gutting it entirely. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/16\/cfpb_data_broker\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crooks must be licking their lips at the possibilities Uncle Sam&#8217;s consumer watchdog has scrapped plans to implement Biden-era rules that would&#8217;ve treated certain data brokers as credit bureaus, forcing them to follow stricter laws when flogging Americans&#8217; sensitive data.\u2026 READ MORE 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