Check out this month’s edition of The Privacy Advisor, a publication of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), for Aaron Lancaster and Divonne Smoyer’s and Q&A with Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan. As attorney general, he has taken an active role in advocating for consumers’ rights with respect to privacy and
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Data brokers begin 2019 with new Vermont law
By Jason Gordon & Jillian Petrera on
A new Vermont law enforcing data security and annual disclosure obligations on data brokerage companies (e.g., Acxiom, Experian, Epsilon) came into effect on January 1, 2019. Data brokers are required to register annually with the Vermont Attorney General and pay an annual registration fee. Annually, data brokers must release information regarding practices related to the…
FTC Workshop on Big Data: Focus on Data Brokers
On September 15, the Federal Trade Commission held a workshop entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” FTC Commissioner Julie Brill took the opportunity to discuss an industry that she has consistently maintained requires more regulation and scrutiny: data brokers.
Commissioner Brill stressed first that the FTC is very focused on entities regulated…
FTC Commissioner Brill Urges State AGs to Up the Ante
Businesses that think they know what privacy issues are on the minds of the state attorneys general (AGs) should be aware that AGs are being urged to take action, either on their own, or in concert with the FTC, on key cutting edge privacy issues. At a major meeting of state AGs this week at…
Commissioner Brill to States: Data Brokers Aren’t Going to Regulate Themselves
Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill, in a speech Monday at the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Presidential Initiative Summit, urged the states to take a more active role in investigating and holding accountable data brokers for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
The FCRA regulates the use of credit report information for…