NEWS AND VIEWS

The 2025 Metro 2® Format Advanced Workshop Agenda is HERE!
Get ready for the must-attend event for Metro 2® Format professionals — developed by the experts at Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and...

U.S. Congressman Andy Barr to be Keynote at CDIA Connect 2025!
Just Announced! We’re honored to welcome United States Representative Andy Barr (KY-06), Chairman of the Financial Institutions & Monetary Policy Subcommittee, as a keynote speaker...

CDIA Connect 2025 now approved for CLEs in 17 states!
CDIA Connect 2025 is NOW APPROVED FOR CLEs in 17 states! If you’re in the legal and compliance space, CDIA Connect...

Brittany Bailey
April 2, 2025
If Congress doesn’t act quickly, an ill-advised rule finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the waning hours of the Biden administration will...
Brittany Bailey
April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025 Via Electronic Delivery to 2024-NPRM-CONSUMER-REPORTING@cfpb.gov Comment Intake—Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V) c/o Legal...
CDIA Staff
September 13, 2023
(Washington, DC) – Dan Smith, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), made the following statement today about...

Dan Smith
September 5, 2023
A misguided piece of legislation currently before the California Legislature would severely harm consumers, small and independent businesses, and nonprofit organizations...

Eric Ellman
April 18, 2023
By Jennifer Sarvadi and Erik Kosa On March 21, a panel of the Ninth Circuit held in Yim v. Seattle that...

CDIA Staff
April 13, 2023
The Consumer Data Industry Association brought together representatives from the three nationwide credit bureaus – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – for...

Eric Ellman
January 22, 2023
In a recent article at law360.com (paywall), David Stein, a partner at Covington, makes a troubling observation: The CFPB is “is...

Eric Ellman
November 28, 2022
In 2019, Colorado passed a law that “automatically prevents the retrieval of criminal records when a case is entirely dismissed” /2/....

Eric Ellman
November 9, 2022
According to a site that caters to landlords and property managers, in October 2022, “federal agents 35-year arrested Latoya Williams at...

CDIA Staff
June 16, 2022
By: Francis Creighton, CDIA President & CEO Last week CDIA convened thought leaders and experts across the private and public sectors...