In April of last year, we wrote about the report released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) in which the CFPB stated that it was “monitoring markets” to determine what further actions it might take to regulate non-traditional...

Should gaming operators be held to similar consumer data privacy protection standards as banks? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) thinks so. The CFPB released a report in April, claiming that the billions of dollars per year...

If you are like one of the millions of modern gamers, you may feel a sense of pride in the value of the in-game items you have accumulated across your adventures. But does that sense...

With the comment period recently closed, the content and implications of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)’s  advanced notice of proposed rulemaking warrant particular attention. The proposed Personal Financial Data Rights Rule (“Proposed Rule”) builds upon earlier CFPB...

In recent months, regulators and lawmakers have announced steps aimed at curtailing allegedly misleading fee practices, including junk fees or drip pricing. Both “junk fees” and “drip pricing” involve charging fees that companies fail to...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it would proceed with its rulemaking process to expand Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) style protections to include some data broker practices. The rulemaking follows the agency’s...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has kicked off 2023 by releasing a Circular on unlawful negative option marketing practices with a particular eye towards dark patterns. The guidance warns covered entities and service providers...