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The CFPB Cautions Employers About Using Technology to Track, Assess, and Evaluate Workers

  • Employers should be mindful of whether workforce tracking technology, including AI, may provide information, such as employee performance scores, that triggers FCRA compliance.
  • The FCRA protects both job applicants and employees.
  • Education about basics of the FCRA is key for all employers, including in-house counsel, due to the proliferation of such tracking and scoring technology.




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CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules Would Improve Security, Privacy and Competition

The collection and sale of consumer data is too lucrative for companies to say no to participating in the data broker economy. New rules proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may help eliminate the incentive for companies to buy and sell consumer data.