Consumer advocates press FTC for action on data and privacy rules

guest · Sep 8, 2022

By Andrea Peterson @kansasalps - September 8, 2022

Consumer advocates urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday to press forward with crafting rules to protect Americans from harmful commercial data and privacy practices.

“Just because the industry has become accustomed to operating without any data protection rules doesn’t mean we should continue down that path,” Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said during an online meeting held by the agency.
“It’s time to change the business practices that are harming people online every minute of every day. The FTC must act to change the course.”
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The meeting was held to get public feedback as the agency weighs developing security and data privacy rules — a potential expansion of its de facto role as the federal government’s privacy watchdog.

“This public input will directly inform our analysis and thinking about how the commission proceeds,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in opening remarks.
The agency announced in August it was considering creating such rules.
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