Data Brokers are Targeted by Congress

Data Brokers are Targeted by Congress Credit Monitoring by John Ulzheimer Share Share Email Eight members of Congress are investigating nine data brokers.  Data brokers are companies that collect, analyze and sell information on consumers’ activities online, offline and via cell phones for marketing and other purposes.  The nine brokers include FICO, the credit scoring […]

Where is all that credit report data coming from?

Where is all that credit report data coming from? Credit Cards by John Ulzheimer Share Share Email The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Office of Deposits, Cash, Collections and Reporting Markets (DCCR) conducted a study of how consumer data is managed, which was released in December 2012. This included how data is compiled by the […]