UPDATE: Federal consumer ‘protection’ bureau to monitor 80% of all credit card transactions…

Friday, September 13, 2013
By Paul Martin

CFPB’s data-mining on consumer credit cards challenged in heated House hearing

BY RICHARD POLLOCK
WashingtonExaminer.com
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials are seeking to monitor four out of every five U.S. consumer credit card transactions this year — up to 42 billion transactions – through a controversial data-mining program, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.

A CFPB strategic planning document for fiscal years 2013-17 describes the “markets monitoring” program through which officials aim to monitor 80 percent of all credit card transactions in 2013.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 1.16 billion consumer credit cards were in use in 2012 for an estimated 52.6 billion transactions. If CFPB officials reach their stated “performance goal,” they would collect data on 42 billion transactions made with 933 million credit cards used by American consumers.

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