United States of America: FTC announces potential rulemaking on privacy abuses

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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 unfair or deceptive commercial practices.

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Scope

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Data protection regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

cross-cutting

Implementation Level

national

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

competition authority

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2021-12-10

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On 10 December 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was considering new rulem…