Two out of five people now bet on sports in America.

I'm David Brancaccio.

First, some of the most market-sensitive data we routinely cover here come from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is coming out with new procedures after blowing it several times this year.

Marketplaces Nancy Marshall-Genzor reports.

Last February, a Bureau of Labor Statistics staffer emailed a list of people dubbed

super users about unusual patterns in inflation data. In May, five files on inflation and earnings

data were released about a half hour early by a government contractor. The BLS released data late in August.

The report says two of the three incidents were caused by human error and blamed the third on a

technology update glitch. It did not find, quote, dishonest or nefarious underlying motives.

The BLS says it's increased staff training and changed procedures for

releasing information and put limits on contractors' access to data. I'm Nancy Marshall

Genser for Marketplace. Sensitive information like Social Security numbers, salaries, and

credit scores are sold by data brokers to the highest bidder. Maybe it's a bank or maybe a scammer.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to crack down. Our Megan McCarty Carrino, with our program

Marketplace Tech, spoke to the head of the CFPB, Rohit Chopra.

What we're trying to make sure is that information like your income, your social security number,

this is really only shared for legitimate purposes, like accessing a loan offer.

It can't be used simply to sell our data to scammers who might be targeting older adults and others in financial distress.

And it certainly shouldn't be used to sell to state actors who are looking to collect information about U.S. citizens for nefarious purposes.

So what are the implications of a data broker falling under the standards of a credit bureau?

Well, they'll just have to come clean and not sell data that is not allowed under the law.

Our Marketplace Tech program will have the Fuller interview later today.

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