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FTC Launches “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” Rulemaking

On August 11th, the Federal Trade Commission kicked off of its long-awaited privacy rulemaking by releasing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR).  The ANPR is the beginning of what likely will be a lengthy process conducted pursuant to the FTC’s Magnuson-Moss rulemaking authority.  The ANPR is extremely broad, raising 95 questions directed at nearly every type of data collection.  Notably, in promulgating a rule, the FTC must demonstrate that each practice regulated is either deceptive or unfair and is prevalent in the market.

In the face of a bipartisan privacy bill being debated in Congress, it is not clear exactly where this rulemaking process will end up.  The ANPR is the first step of a process that will require the FTC to:

  • review comments received concerning the ANPR (comments are due within 60 days after the ANPR is published in the Federal Register);
  • submit notice of a proposed rulemaking and request comments;
  • undertake hearings; and
  • submit a final rule.

In the meantime, a virtual workshop publicly discussing the rulemaking is scheduled for September 8th.

Topics: FTC
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