They've proposed new rules limiting trade between brokers and bureaux under the #FairCreditReportingAct, putting strict restrictions on the transfer of information between them:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/tech/privacy-rules-data-brokers/index.html

As @KarlBode writes for #Techdirt, this is long overdue and meaningful. Remember all the handwriting and chest-thumping about #Tiktok stealthing Americans' data to the #Chinese military? China doesn't need Tiktok to get that data - it can buy it from data-brokers. For *peanuts*.

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