President Donald Trump’s recent firings of FTC commissioners were illegal and undermine bipartisan work on privacy enforcement, a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general wrote Friday in an amicus brief.
The FTC is postponing its kids online safety workshop from May 28 to June 4 due to “increased interest,” Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Wednesday (see 2503250053).
U.S. Supreme Court precedent affirms the legitimacy of multimember commissions like the FTC, so President Donald Trump’s firing of two Democratic commissioners should be reversed, congressional Democrats wrote in an amicus brief Monday (see 2504110049).
FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya on Friday asked a federal court to expedite their reinstatement at the agency, arguing the law is clear that their firings were illegal.
The Senate voted 50-46 Thursday to confirm Mark Meador as an FTC commissioner, as expected (see 2503030044).
The FTC should investigate allegations that Meta violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by knowingly allowing children to use its virtual reality platform without parental consent, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said in a letter to Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Thursday.
The Senate voted 50-46 Thursday to confirm Mark Meador as an FTC commissioner, as expected (see 2503030044).
23andMe is seeking the appointment of a “customer data representative” to assess the company’s handling of user data in its bankruptcy sale, company attorneys told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in filings this week.
Don't preempt state privacy laws, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) argued in comments to House Commerce Committee Republicans Monday as the lawmakers worked on drafting privacy legislation (see 2504070065).
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