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Fed To Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Role In Danske Bank Scandal

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The Fed is one of the regulators that makes sure banks have systems in place to meet that requirement. There are no probes,” Deutsche Bank said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg, but noted it “received several requests for information from regulators and law enforcement agencies around the world.

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CFPB Uses “Mystery Shoppers” To Target Bank Lending Practices

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The CFPB interprets that as meaning they can’t seek personal information from government officials by the use of employees working undercover. Their mystery shopping sprees, they argue, are simple requests for information that would be available to the public for anyone who asked. Thus, there is no Privacy issue.

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CFPB Updates Policy For Civil Investigative Demands

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. “The new policy takes into account recent court decisions about notifications of purpose, and is consistent with a 2017 report by the Bureau’s Office of Inspector General that emphasized the importance of updating Office of Enforcement policies to reflect such developments,” the CFPB explained in a press release.

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Microsoft Calls For Regulation Of Facial Recognition Tech

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About two months after civil liberties organizations demanded that Amazon stop providing governments with facial recognition services, Microsoft is asking for government regulation of the technology. The tech company is also calling for laws to guide acceptable use, Reuters reported.