Forbes

With Consumer Data Models, Who Needs Government Data?

In a data-driven world, pauses in government economic reporting do more than inconvenient economists, they create dangerous blind spots for investors, policymakers, and business leaders. When ...
Forbes

The Ethics Of Consumer Data: Avoiding Pitfalls And Building Trust

As part of my series on how businesses—specifically, the financial services industry—can leverage insights on consumers' grocery shopping habits for risk management and precision marketing, I'll ...
Booth School of Business

Consumer Edge

The Kilts Center provides researchers from the University of Chicago with data from Consumer Edge. These data track individual transactions made with millions of US credit, debit, and prepaid cards ...
Help Net Security

Consumer privacy risks of data aggregation: What should organizations do?

In September 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an eye-opening report that digs into the data habits of nine major tech giants, including Amazon (Twitch), ByteDance (TikTok), Discord, ...
pymnts

CFPB: Credit Reporting Companies Must Disclose Source of Consumer Data

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed an amicus brief Thursday (Jan. 16), saying it aims to ensure that credit reporting companies are held accountable for “junk data” and don’t secure ...
JD Supra

Indiana Releases Consumer Data Privacy Bill of Rights

Ahead of implementation of Indiana's comprehensive data privacy law, Indiana’s Attorney General has released a Consumer Data Privacy Bill of Rights describing how ...
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FTC warns retailers on using private consumer data to raise prices

Merchants have become increasingly skilled at using consumers’ personal data, including their online shopping habits and smartphone use, to calculate an individual’s tolerance for higher prices. Now ...
techtarget

What is consumer data?

Consumer data is the information that organizations collect from individuals who use internet-connected platforms, including websites, social media networks, mobile apps, text messaging apps or email ...
JD Supra

New Proposed CFPB Consumer Data Regulation Would Significantly Expand FCRA Obligations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued its long-awaited proposed rule to amend Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). If enacted, the proposed ...
Yahoo Finance

Consumer Edge to Acquire Earnest Analytics, Marking a New Era of Innovation in the Alternative Data Space

NEW YORK, April 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Edge, the global leader in consumer alternative data intelligence, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Earnest Analytics, a pioneer in ...

ACLU of New Mexico urges lawmakers to pass consumer data protections next legislative session

Nearly half of the nation's states have either passed or signed legislation that regulates tech companies or protects consumer personal data, research shows — but New Mexico is not one of them. The ...