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CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop Data Brokers from Selling Sensitive Personal Data to Scammers, Stalkers, and Spies | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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CFPB proposes rule to rein in data brokers that sell Americans ' sensitive personal and financial information.

Proposed rule would make clear that when data brokers sell certain sensitive consumer information they are "consumer reporting agencies" under the Fair Credit Reporting Act .

Rule would make sure that people’s financial data is only shared for legitimate purposes, like facilitating a mortgage approval, not sold to scammers targeting those in financial distress.

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formal

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English

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