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

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

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

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