Navigating the risks: privacy and data security considerations in residential rental transactions *

USA - October 21 2010
Apartment rentals by residential landlords (and their management companies) frequently involve the transfer and processing of personally identifiable information ("PII") from tenants, including bank and credit card information, social security numbers and dates of birth (among other items).

Co-authors: Dana B. Rosenfeld.

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FTC seeking public comment on collection of decedents' debts *

USA - October 7 2010
The FTC released a proposed policy statement with a call for public comments on October 4, 2010.

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Elizabeth Warren appointed to special advisory role for new CFPB *

USA - September 20 2010
On Friday, September 17, 2010, President Obama named Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren as Assistant to the President & Special Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Co-authors: Christie L. Grymes, Jeffrey Kauffman , William C. MacLeod.

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FTC proposes new model FCRA notices *

USA - August 17 2010
The FTC has announced proposed revisions to its model notices for consumers, users, and furnishers of information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

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Washington state enacts PCI bill *

USA - March 25 2010
Washington has enacted a statute to provide financial institutions with a cause of action against certain entities involved in payment card transactions that fail to take reasonable care to guard against unauthorized access to account information where that failure is found to be the proximate cause of the breach.

Co-authors: Dana B. Rosenfeld, Christopher M. Loeffler, Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik.

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