CPW’s Kristin Bryan was quoted in an article from VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence earlier this week. The article, “US Regulators Take Consumer Data Protection Into Their Own Hands,” discusses the recent announcements from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that prioritize protections for consumers against companies that would collect and profit from their data. The need for action is a reoccurring discussion among consumers as concerns about what data is being collected, how it is stored, and what it is used for continue to arise.
Read on for Kristin’s perspective of the FTC’s data privacy enforcement plans in the future.