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FTC Chair Khan’s Vision for Privacy – and Some Dissents
Last week, we wrote about FTC Chair Khan’s memo describing her plans to transform the FTC’s approach to its work. This week, she followed up with a no-less-ambitious statement laying out her vision for data privacy and…
“Not Outgunned, Just Outmanned” (For Now): Senate Hearing on Privacy Law Addresses Under-resourced FTC
On September 29, 2021, the Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing titled Protecting Consumer Privacy . The senators addressed the potential $1 billion earmarked to strengthen the FTC’s privacy work, the future of…
FTC Chair Khan Unveils Her Plans for the Agency…But Leaves a Lot Unsaid
On Wednesday, FTC Chair Lina Khan sent a memo to FTC staff and Commissioners making her Acting Bureau Directors permanent and outlining her vision and priorities for the FTC. The memo provides much-anticipated guidance…
Health and Fitness Apps and IoT Technologies Should Take Note: FTC Expands Interpretation of its Health Breach Notification Rule
In an aggressive expansion of its security and privacy enforcement programs, on September 15, 2021, the FTC issued what it characterized as a “ Policy Statement ” reinterpreting an old rule about personal health…
Privacy Expert Alvaro Bedoya Nominated to FTC
The future composition of the FTC became a bit clearer on Monday, as the White House announced that President Biden will nominate privacy expert and scholar Alvaro Bedoya as FTC commissioner. If confirmed, Bedoya would…