United States of America: FTC Section 18 Rulemaking on Privacy Abuses
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
10 Dec 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
FTC announces potential rulemaking on privacy abuses
On 10 December 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was considering new rulemakings under section 18 of the FTC Act, which would include measures to limit privacy abuses. Section 18 allows the FTC to designate acts as being unf…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
competition authority