Claim: The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of Americans" without their knowledge and "storing it for up to 10 years."
Fact-check: U.S. agency monitoring millions of Americans' financial records, Rep. Sean Duffy says
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-07-29T00:00:00