On September 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on its sources and uses of data. This report was followed by a Request for Information regarding its data collection practices, published in the Federal Register on September 28. In some respects, both documents are a follow-up to Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s December 2017 order to CFPB staff to cease collecting personally identifying information, pending a review of and improvements to the Bureau’s overall data security systems.… Continue Reading
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Senate Banking Committee Probes Mulvaney’s Leadership at the CFPB
By Lindsay C. Demaree on
Posted in CFPB People, Regulatory and Enforcement
On April 12, 2018, Mick Mulvaney, the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress. The Senate Hearing comes the day after Democrats in the House Financial Services Committee questioned Mulvaney about his leadership at the Bureau. … Continue Reading