Equifax says that it is, and I quote, 'taking responsibility for its failures,' but Equifax is only providing victims with protections for 1 year.
I hope the committee will focus on how the practices of the credit reporting and data collection industries affect consumers.
The bill that Ranking Member Schakowsky and I introduced, the Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act, would close some of those holes.
Our subcommittee has been bipartisan in demanding answers for breach victims. We should now be bipartisan in pursuing action.
I expect the industry to engage with these ideas, given the problems consumers face.
This market is failing American consumers, and that is why Congress and consumer watchdogs must step in.
Equifax is only providing victims with protections for 1 year. It refuses to give people meaningful control over how Equifax shares and sell...
You and I are not their customers. We are the product.
Keeping these rules in place is the fastest and surest way to protect consumers.
Unfortunately, the FCC is working to undo these protections at the behest of a few large corporations.
The FCC's current net neutrality protections provide the strongest protections for free speech and innovation online and have been upheld by...