Federal Trade Commission
FTC Extends Comment Deadline on Commercial Surveillance, Lax Data Security Practices Initiative Exploring Possible Rules (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 10/14/2022 - 15:09FTC Chair and Commissioners Issue Unanimous Joint Statement Regarding Agency Ethics (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 22:37Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan Appoints New Chief Technology Officer and Public Affairs Director (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 16:35FTC Chair Lina Khan Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 17:20Report | Bringing Dark Patterns to Light (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 14:19FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Tracking Data from Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 10:20FTC Publishes New Strategic Plan, Performance Plan, and Performance Report (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 08/28/2022 - 17:22Federal Trade Commission Seeks Additional Public Comment on Advertising to Kids in Digital Media (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 08/23/2022 - 13:13FTC Releases Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking the public to weigh in on whether new rules are needed to protect people’s privacy and information in the commercial surveillance economy. Commercial surveillance is the business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people. Technologies essential to everyday life also enable near-constant surveillance of people’s private lives.