The U.S. should continue exploring app store age-verification laws like the measure passed in Utah, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday evening.
A loss of agency independence will ease the path for corruption and make it harder to address bipartisan issues such as privacy and increasing competition, said a trio of Democratic agency officials recently fired by the White House. For agencies like the FTC or Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, “if we are an arm of the administration, then instead of being a watchdog, we become a lap dog,” said fired PCLOB member and former FCC official Travis LeBlanc during a Center for American Progress panel discussion Wednesday.
The FTC will serve as a partner to DOJ as the department works to enforce its new Data Security Program (DSP), Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday evening.
Toyota was sued Monday in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas for the alleged collection and sale of drivers' data to insurance company Progressive, despite saying in their Data Sharing Policies that it does not share this information without the drivers' consent. Progressive uses the data in their Snapshot data-sharing program that measures a variety of aspects related to driving, the class action alleges.
Digital Progress Institute President Joel Thayer said Tuesday he has decided against joining the office of FTC Commissioner Mark Meador as chief of staff (see 2504160020). “After giving it deep thought, engaging in conversations with the Commissioner, and, most importantly, consulting with my family, I have decided to remain as president” of the institute, Thayer said on LinkedIn. “Even though I will not be in the office, I will continue to support his and the Trump Administration's agenda to rein in #BigTech, promote issues that help American families, and advance a true free market.”
To preserve a free and open internet, a balance needs to be struck between advertising -- specifically targeted ads -- and protecting users' data, an FTC official and industry experts said Tuesday at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Public Policy & Legal Summit.
President Donald Trump’s recent firings at the FTC threaten agency independence and economic stability due to the potential impact on the Federal Reserve, a group of law professors said in a filing Friday, arguing for a reversal of the dismissals (see 2504180046).
The FTC on Monday announced that it's finalizing new rules under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), with minor changes from what the Biden administration approved in January (see 2501160068).
The FTC is finalizing its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule with changes from the prior administration’s proposal, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Tuesday.
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.