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 ...
Key point: Louisiana becomes the 22nd state — and third this year — to enact a consumer data privacy law, adopting a law similar to Texas’ law. Although the law ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...
In one of its final regulatory efforts under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule on Tuesday that aims to protect consumer financial data from ...
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 ...
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 ...