Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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May 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
The BBC should ask for the complete Epstein Files while they’re at it, it certainly has pertinent financial data for their discovery.
July 23, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The BBC should ask for the complete Epstein Files while they’re at it, it certainly has pertinent financial data for their discovery.
if i were a pro-trump financial type i might view the destruction of reliable government data with the kind of anger and apprehension that might lead me to reevaluate my politics, but then if i’m a financial guy throwing my weight behind strongman rule, i’m already too stupid to breathe
August 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
if i were a pro-trump financial type i might view the destruction of reliable government data with the kind of anger and apprehension that might lead me to reevaluate my politics, but then if i’m a financial guy throwing my weight behind strongman rule, i’m already too stupid to breathe
Spiegel reports that Musk now also has access to sensitive data of competitors with regard to their financial dealings with the government.
February 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Spiegel reports that Musk now also has access to sensitive data of competitors with regard to their financial dealings with the government.
For how long can we trust government economic data and quarterly reports? They have been the basis of worldwide economic and financial decisions for many decades. Are we confident the Administration won’t seek to skew the data?
April 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
For how long can we trust government economic data and quarterly reports? They have been the basis of worldwide economic and financial decisions for many decades. Are we confident the Administration won’t seek to skew the data?
Russell Vought, acting director of Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has quietly killed plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Russell Vought, acting director of Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has quietly killed plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
“Data centers are the future.”
—Tommy Tuberville
But who’s paying for that future? One of Tuberville’s largest campaign donors has a major financial stake in the data-center boom he’s pushing.
Governor Tuberville would protect data centers, not Alabamians.
#HoldTheCrooksAccountable
—Tommy Tuberville
But who’s paying for that future? One of Tuberville’s largest campaign donors has a major financial stake in the data-center boom he’s pushing.
Governor Tuberville would protect data centers, not Alabamians.
#HoldTheCrooksAccountable
August 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
“Data centers are the future.”
—Tommy Tuberville
But who’s paying for that future? One of Tuberville’s largest campaign donors has a major financial stake in the data-center boom he’s pushing.
Governor Tuberville would protect data centers, not Alabamians.
#HoldTheCrooksAccountable
—Tommy Tuberville
But who’s paying for that future? One of Tuberville’s largest campaign donors has a major financial stake in the data-center boom he’s pushing.
Governor Tuberville would protect data centers, not Alabamians.
#HoldTheCrooksAccountable
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. www.wired.com/story/cfbp-q...
CFBP Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. www.wired.com/story/cfbp-q...
DOGE stole our personal financial data.
Palantir is tracking Americans using private financial, health and travel data, social media posts and political donations.
ICE is denying due process, abducting people, and putting them in concentration camps.
Happy “Independence” Day!
Palantir is tracking Americans using private financial, health and travel data, social media posts and political donations.
ICE is denying due process, abducting people, and putting them in concentration camps.
Happy “Independence” Day!
July 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
DOGE stole our personal financial data.
Palantir is tracking Americans using private financial, health and travel data, social media posts and political donations.
ICE is denying due process, abducting people, and putting them in concentration camps.
Happy “Independence” Day!
Palantir is tracking Americans using private financial, health and travel data, social media posts and political donations.
ICE is denying due process, abducting people, and putting them in concentration camps.
Happy “Independence” Day!
#Oracle came into #Wisconsin, didn't like our financial safeguards, sued over them, then dropped the case.
Good!
If your $15 BILLION #DataCenter can't meet Wisconsin's rules without putting ratepayers at risk, that's a YOU problem.
Follow the rules or fuck off.🖕🏽
Good!
If your $15 BILLION #DataCenter can't meet Wisconsin's rules without putting ratepayers at risk, that's a YOU problem.
Follow the rules or fuck off.🖕🏽
Oracle drops Wisconsin suit over financial requirements tied to data centers
Tech giant Oracle is dropping its lawsuit against Wisconsin utility regulators over financial support requirements for data centers in southeastern Wisconsin.
www.wpr.org
August 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
#Oracle came into #Wisconsin, didn't like our financial safeguards, sued over them, then dropped the case.
Good!
If your $15 BILLION #DataCenter can't meet Wisconsin's rules without putting ratepayers at risk, that's a YOU problem.
Follow the rules or fuck off.🖕🏽
Good!
If your $15 BILLION #DataCenter can't meet Wisconsin's rules without putting ratepayers at risk, that's a YOU problem.
Follow the rules or fuck off.🖕🏽
The CFPB has:
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
February 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The CFPB has:
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
-Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud
-Cracked down on junk fees
-Fought against politically-motivated debanking
-Protected veterans from predatory lenders
-Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse
Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.
The BBC should ask for the complete Epstein Files while they’re at it, it certainly has pertinent financial data for their discovery.
July 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The BBC should ask for the complete Epstein Files while they’re at it, it certainly has pertinent financial data for their discovery.
“At least 37 states offer some sort of financial incentives to businesses building data centers. … Public opposition is on the rise, however, and some states such as Virginia and Ohio are reconsidering whether to keep offering the financial breaks.”
Communities across the country are fighting back.
Communities across the country are fighting back.
Data center dilemma: Why money isn’t winning over communities • Ohio Capital Journal
At least 37 states offer some sort of financial incentives to businesses building data centers. Public opposition is on the rise, however, and some states such as Virginia and Ohio are reconsidering w...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
“At least 37 states offer some sort of financial incentives to businesses building data centers. … Public opposition is on the rise, however, and some states such as Virginia and Ohio are reconsidering whether to keep offering the financial breaks.”
Communities across the country are fighting back.
Communities across the country are fighting back.
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
There is no fucking reason at all for Musk to have access to personal financial data.
🚨 SCOOP 🚨
The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data
It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.
The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data
It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
There is no fucking reason at all for Musk to have access to personal financial data.
The order further required anyone on Musk’s team who had already sifted through sensitive financial data to “disgorge and delete” any of that material in their possession.
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The order further required anyone on Musk’s team who had already sifted through sensitive financial data to “disgorge and delete” any of that material in their possession.
If the government won’t hand over all of our financial data to Elon Musk, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian.
February 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If the government won’t hand over all of our financial data to Elon Musk, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian.
Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
February 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
For THIS
$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine
And they spent it on this
Trump isn’t just pushing AI data centers, he’s invested in them.
Financial disclosure records show he personally owns millions of dollars in companies tied to the data center industry, including operators, hardware suppliers, and power and cooling infrastructure.
It doesn’t stop there…
1/2
Financial disclosure records show he personally owns millions of dollars in companies tied to the data center industry, including operators, hardware suppliers, and power and cooling infrastructure.
It doesn’t stop there…
1/2
July 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Trump isn’t just pushing AI data centers, he’s invested in them.
Financial disclosure records show he personally owns millions of dollars in companies tied to the data center industry, including operators, hardware suppliers, and power and cooling infrastructure.
It doesn’t stop there…
1/2
Financial disclosure records show he personally owns millions of dollars in companies tied to the data center industry, including operators, hardware suppliers, and power and cooling infrastructure.
It doesn’t stop there…
1/2
"That’s even more than the $1.35 trillion in debt the five companies officially reported in their financial data for the most recent quarter."
July 30, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"That’s even more than the $1.35 trillion in debt the five companies officially reported in their financial data for the most recent quarter."
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
www.404media.co
September 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
🇫🇷🚀 France to resume production of SCALP EG cruise missiles, data from French financial reports for 2025.
December 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
🇫🇷🚀 France to resume production of SCALP EG cruise missiles, data from French financial reports for 2025.
We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree!
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree!
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
According to people familiar with the matter, the European Commission is preparing yet another unpleasant regulatory surprise for the current US administration. CNBC talked with two unnamed...
www.techspot.com
May 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
It’s just bleak that there’s a considerable amount of people who are like “thank goodness the worlds richest human being is stopping the tyranny of the consumer financial protection bureau and that guy who collects atmospheric data”
February 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s just bleak that there’s a considerable amount of people who are like “thank goodness the worlds richest human being is stopping the tyranny of the consumer financial protection bureau and that guy who collects atmospheric data”