Good afternoon. All here today to a hearing entitled acting americans from covid19 scams protecting americans from covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the Health Crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In addition to the threat this pandemic poses to americans, the Economic Impact resulting from responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. It has become clear that preventing practices and dedicated resources including expanding testing capability and the availability of personal protective equipment are absolute necessities to a responsible path forward in extinguishing this Health Crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency and coordinated recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially the nations most vulnerable communities, like that of our nations seniors. Networks Consumer Reports consumers across the u. S. Reported over 136,000 Different Cases of covid related scams totaling appro
My name is emma morris, and im the Global Policy director. I would like to start by thanking congressman cardenas and his staff for securing the room for us for having this important discussion today. Briefly, by way of background for those not familiar with the safety institute, were an International Nonprofit organization looking to make the online world safer for kids and their families. We are pleased to host the panel today to discuss one of the most important issues facing families and kids privacy on the internet. In the united states, the collection and processing of childrens data has primarily been regulated by the childrens Online Privacy protection act for over 20 years. This law long preceded facebook, snapchat, youtube and hello barbie. Weve seen numerous legislative proposals to change the way childrens information is regulated and at the beginning of the summer, the federal trade Commission Published a request for public comment. With all of this activity in mind, it re
Thank you for joining us today thank you for welcoming the ftc chairman. Has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before the subcommittee so gentlemen, you are late and this is long overdue one of the most Important Agency the subcommittee funds. Policing most sectors of the economy with the crackdown on robo colors to expose sensitive personal information to analyze consolidation in the Healthcare Market with essential Health Services atop beep for Consumer Privacy violations. And respecting the privacy choices of customers we have seen some promising actions recently they did not take a break they have high profile settlements to launch antitrust investigation and we recognize the challenges we face thats why this years house appropriation bill has a 40 milliondollar increase proposed funding bumping at more than 10 percent. And then to understand how the ftc investigates these resources widely and also it is our duty as chairman of the ftc to see that existing resou
Has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before the subcommittee so gentlemen, you are late and this is long overdue one of the most Important Agency the subcommittee funds. Policing most sectors of the economy with the crackdown on robo colors to expose sensitive personal information to analyze consolidation in the Healthcare Market with essential Health Services atop beep for Consumer Privacy violations. And respecting the privacy choices of customers we have seen some promising actions recently they did not take a break they have high profile settlements to launch antitrust investigation and we recognize the challenges we face thats why this years house appropriation bill has a 40 milliondollar increase proposed funding bumping at more than 10 percent. And then to understand how the ftc investigates these resources widely and also it is our duty as chairman of the ftc to see that existing resources are being used as efficiently as possible as efficiently as possible
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Thank you for joining us today. Im pleased to welcome federal trade commissioner Joseph Simons and commissioner chopra. Batting. 100 so far . 1000. Its the cupping im thinking of. It has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before this Sub Committee. Youre right. Its overdue, and ftc is one of the most important agencies this Sub Committee funds. And its only gotten more important over the last few years. You have enormous jurisdiction. Policing most sectors of our economy for bad behavior. You crack down on abusive robocallers. They investigate data breaches that expose sensitive personal information. They analyze consolidation in the health care market. Helping to limit abusive pricing for essential drugs and health services. Perhaps at the front of mind they are the top cop on the beat for Consumer Privacy violations and other issues in the Technology Sector. This is something everyone worries about these days. Democra