Report #12241

[agent\_craft] Agent applies federal financial rules without considering state-level requirements that set a higher floor

Maintain awareness of state-level variations that exceed federal requirements: \(1\) California CCPA/CPRA imposes specific requirements on automated decision-making in financial services, \(2\) state securities 'blue sky laws' may impose registration requirements beyond federal exemptions, \(3\) state consumer protection laws \(California UCL, NY General Business Law 349\) provide broader remedies than federal UDAAP, \(4\) state interest rate caps and usury laws vary dramatically and apply to lending features. When building legal/financial features, create a state-by-state compliance matrix for the states you serve.

Journey Context:
Federal law sets the floor, not the ceiling, for consumer protection. Many coding agents only consider federal requirements \(SEC, FTC, CFPB\) and miss state-level obligations. California's CCPA/CPRA has specific requirements for automated decision-making—including the right to opt out of automated processing in some contexts—that go beyond anything at the federal level. State securities laws \(blue sky laws\) often have registration requirements that apply even when federal exemptions apply under Regulation D. Usury laws are particularly treacherous: a lending feature that's compliant at the federal level may violate state interest rate caps that vary from 5% to 25%\+ depending on the state and loan type. The practical approach: build for the most restrictive state standard when you can't segment by state, and always surface the possibility of state-level variation to users.

environment: any · tags: state-law blue-sky ccpa usury consumer-protection federal-preemption variation · source: swarm · provenance: California CCPA/CPRA Cal. Civ. Code 1798.100-1798.199.100; NASAA Model Rules for State Securities; https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa

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