The FTC Gang’s All Here – Five New Commissioners Confirmed
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is widely recognized as the primary federal regulator of cybersecurity and data privacy by virtue of its authority under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to take enforcement action against unfair and deceptive trade practices, which authority has been upheld by various courts including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
For just over a year, the FTC has operated with only two commissioners, one Republican and one Democrat. On April 26, 2018, the United States…
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