Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number
Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo: Getty ImagesIn the wake of high-profile hacks affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a rule limiting data brokers’ ability to sell Americans’ sensitive personal and financial information.
Under the proposed rule, data brokers that sell informati...