In the United States, the principle of data minimization is embedded firmly within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, through FTC enforcement activities, and in the host of.
The FTCs Commercial Surveillance Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking makes clear that the FTC is considering codifying data minimization into federal law. In the meantime, the FTC has already brought a number of enforcement actions focused on data minimization.
Earlier this week, Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Lori Trahan D-MA introduced the FTC Whistleblower Act of 2021 FTCWA, which would reward and protect disclosures about potential or suspected violations of any law, rule, or regulation enforced by the FTC.
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On February 10, 2021, acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter delivered a keynote address on “Protecting Consumer Privacy in a Time of Crisis”
1 at the Future of Privacy Forum’s annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers event. She laid out her views on how the FTC can make its privacy and data security enforcement more efficient and effective, and identified areas that the FTC should focus on under the new administration. President Biden designated Ms. Slaughter acting chairwoman of the FTC at the end of January after Republican Chairman Joe Simons announced his resignation. While we still don’t know who President Biden will choose to serve as the permanent FTC Chair in the new administration, acting Chairwoman Slaughter’s remarks provide useful insight into the commission’s potential privacy priorities under a new Democratic majority.