The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently under investigation by the Government Accountability Office regarding the scope of their data collection and privacy protections. Dylan Howard talks with Medill News Report about the recent investigations, noting that lawmakers might be less worried about the agency if it were to collect information only for specific complaints against specific companies. But consumer protection bureau officials see that "part of their mandate is just to flat-out gather information, even if it's not about a specific complaint," Mr. Howard said. "That's what's catching political heat."
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