Archive for 'CFPB & NSA criticism'

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to give Americans a sense that someone is watching our collective back in the financial arena. Now it just feels like the agency is snooping over our shoulder – which, of course, they are. But they’re doing a lot more than just snooping.

Born from the Dodd-Frank Act in 2011, The ...

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Morgan Drexen Sees Conflicting Messages in Legal Standoff With CFPB Over Consumer Privacy

Report Says: Gov’t Demands Data Protection While Attempting to Seize Data.

Morgan Drexen (http://morgandrexen.com) is holding firm in its pledge to protect the private financial records of thousands of American consumers – despite seemingly contradictory directives from the U.S. government. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ...

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Both agencies on the defensive over “data mining” offensives

It’s been a long, sweaty summer for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Security Agency, two groups entrusted with protecting Americans.  It seems recent revelations about what these agencies are really up to have left many citizens feeling a skosh more violated than protected.

The CFPB is facing a major ...

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