Pieces, competition antitrust law and Consumer Protection which covers a wide swath of territory but includes everything from gardenvariety scams to fight the enforcement in both of those areas squarely in the middle of a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technology which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. Host technology and telecommute occasions have become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, havent they . To some extent yes. I say to some extent because telecommute occasions are much more the purview of the Commerce Department then the ftc but for example with respect to privacy we do work there with respect to advertising claims we do work there and certainly technology is a big part of what we do. Host antitrust when it comes to technology, correct . Guest yes, very much so. Host there was a recent article in the wall street journal talking about the potential lawsuit against facebook. Could you tell
Good morning and the meeting will come to work. Welcome todays hearing on the oversight of the general trade commission. On extended a welcome and thank you for appearing. You will all appear roughly this morning. Include fcc chairman joe simons, and noah phillips. Commissioner chopra pretty commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. Cc the established in 1914. Under federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, or fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace. This includes protecting consumers privacy, and security of the data. And harmful uses of technology in combating deceptive advertising and illegal protocols. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity, and predatory Business Practices and Consumer Education is an essential part of their mission. And its intended to inform customer choices help prevent americans from falling victim to fraudsters, cyber criminals another bad actor
Will come to work. Welcome todays hearing on the oversight of the general trade commission. On extended a welcome and thank you for appearing. You will all appear roughly this morning. Include fcc chairman joe simons, and noah phillips. Commissioner chopra pretty commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. Cc the established in 1914. Under federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, or fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace. This includes protecting consumers privacy, and security of the data. And harmful uses of technology in combating deceptive advertising and illegal protocols. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity, and predatory Business Practices and Consumer Education is an essential part of their mission. And its intended to inform customer choices help prevent americans from falling victim to fraudsters, cyber criminals another bad actors. And recently discussed and
As a people feel that the policy issues of privacy. The commission has been in the spotlight with major cases in the Facebook Cambridge analytical and that youtube settlement and a series of hearings on competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st century with with a lot of that focus with data and privacy. We are fortunate to have with us today to commissioners, rebecca slaughter and christine wilson, both of whom have long background in Public Policy and becca slaughter is on the hill and wilson previously as chief of staff at the commission and both experienced in private law practice and other capacities so i want to jump right into it. Lets begin, if we could with an overview. You started in may of last year, christine in september so you both are about a year on and have experience in cases and hearings. How do you see the privacy we have today . What do you see as the key issues as we move forward . You are the senior commissioner on the panel [laughter] , 18 months of experi
Next, members of the federal trade Commission Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson on the agencies priorities and privacy concerns with new technologies. This event was hosted by the brookings institution. Welcome everybody here. Welcome to our cspan audience. Im cameron kerry, the distinguished visiting fellow at brookings and the center for technology and innovation. And i am pleased to continue our discussions on hashtag the privacy debate. Please feel free to live tweet on that. The federal trade commission a been very much at the center of that debate both as Congress Moves forward and as as a government, as a people deal with the policy issues of privacy. The commission has been very much in the spotlight with major cases, the Facebook Cambridge analytica settlement, youtube settlement, and a series of hearings on competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st century ear a lot of the focus on issue of data and privacy. So were fortunate to have with us today two commissioners