Articles + Publications April 4, 2024
FTC Releases 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update
On March 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Privacy and Data Security Update, highlighting the FTC’s activities in recent years through December 2023. The FTC underscored its work on issues related to artificial intelligence (AI), health data, geolocation tracking, children and teens’ data, data security, credit reporting and financial privacy, as well as spam calls and emails. In the update, the FTC noted its consistent call on Congress to restore its ability under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act to seek monetary relief, including consumer refunds, in federal court, and to pass comprehensive privacy legislation.
The update also summarizes the FTC’s rulemaking efforts, including proposed rules to clarify the applicability of the Health Breach Notification Rule and an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that sought public comment on the harms stemming from “commercial surveillance.”
Marc Loewenthal, Senior Senior Privacy & Security Advisor, also contributed to this article.
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