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Data broker registrations by state versus total identified brokers (750). The gap between registered brokers and the reference line represents brokers that may be required to register but have not yet done so, highlighting significant compliance gaps across all state registries.
Advocacy

Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers not Registering with States? 

Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. These findings come as more states are passing data broker transparency laws that require brokers to provide information about their business and, in some cases, give consumers an easy way to opt out.  
Advocacy

Coalition Defends CFPB's Consumer Complaint System

We are joining 40+ consumer, civil rights, housing, and privacy organizations in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to maintain and continue its Consumer Complaint Intake System in the face of pressures to eliminate this vital consumer protection tool.
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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Coalition Urge Support for California Assembly Bill 446 to End Surveillance Pricing

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, alongside civil rights, consumer advocates, and privacy organizations, urges support for California Assembly Bill 446 (AB 446), legislation designed to ban the unfair practice of "surveillance pricing." Surveillance pricing occurs when businesses use personal consumer data, such as browsing history, location, or past purchases, to set individualized prices, resulting in unfair price discrimination.