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CFPB withdraws proposed rule that would have prevented data brokers from selling or misusing consumers’ sensitive personal data

Abandoning the proposed rules leaves consumers vulnerable to fraud and without protection to ensure data collected and sold about them is accurate WASHINGTON DC –…

May 14, 2025

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California Assembly passes bill banning unfair surveillance pricing

Consumer Reports praises legislation prohibiting companies from setting prices based on personal data gathered about customers SACRAMENTO, CA – Under a bill passed earlier this…

May 14, 2025

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Consumer Reports opposes AI state preemption language in House budget reconciliation bill

Congressional Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce committee introduced a budget reconciliation bill late last night that included a broad prohibition on state laws…

May 12, 2025

Consumer Reports supports California prohibition on surveillance pricing (AB 446)

Consumer Reports supports AB 446, a California bill that would prohibit surveillance pricing.  Surveillance pricing, also sometimes referred to as “personalized” pricing, is when a…

May 12, 2025

Consumer Reports Supports Oregon H.B. 2008 (Location and Children’s Privacy)

Consumer Reports supports Oregon H.B. 2008, legislation that would ban the sale of precise geolocation data outright. Geolocation can be useful for pro-consumer applications such…

May 8, 2025

Consumer Reports and EPIC Oppose Oklahoma S.B. 546, (Consumer Privacy Legislation)

Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) oppose Oklahoma S.B. 546, a comprehensive privacy bill. The bill seeks to provide to Oklahoma consumers…

April 15, 2025

Consumer Reports Supports Massachusetts H. 78, (the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act)

Consumer Reports strongly supports H. 78, the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA), which would create some of the most substantive state level privacy protections…

April 14, 2025

Consumer Reports testifies on Massachusetts bill on surveillance pricing in grocery stores

Consumer Reports testified on a Massachusetts bill (H.99/S.47) that would prohibit the use of biometric data, like fingerprints and retina scans, in grocery store pricing.…

April 11, 2025

Consumer Reports files comments with House Energy and Commerce Committee on federal privacy legislation

Consumer Reports filed comments in response to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Request for Information on considerations for a federal comprehensive data privacy and…

April 7, 2025

Consumer Reports supports HB 1264, prohibiting surveillance pricing

Consumer Reports supports Colorado bill HB 1264, which would prohibit surveillance pricing and wages with reasonable exemptions. Surveillance pricing, also sometimes referred to as “personalized”…

April 4, 2025

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