The new acting FTC chair, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, recently signaled that the FTC may increase enforcement and penalties in the privacy and data security realm.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
On Feb. 10, 2021, Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter offered a glimpse of where the FTC may be headed under the Biden administration and confirmed that privacy remains among the Commission’s top priorities.
In her keynote address to the Future of Privacy Forum, Slaughter shared her views on the FTC’s role in privacy and data security, and her priorities for the coming years. While among the first in her new role, Slaughter’s remarks contain familiar themes, including innovative approaches, greater transparency, and comprehensive use of FTC authority – hallmarks of her tenure on the Commission.
On January 21, 2021, President Biden designated Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as acting chair of the FTC. Soon thereafter in one of her first.