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Comment: Clock is ticking on US FTC privacy rulemaking process, but regulatory ambitions remain

By Mike Swift ( April 12, 2023, 22:11 GMT | Comment) -- The senior leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, in signaling its intention to propose privacy and data security laws for the US, made a bold statement about the agency’s aggressive regulatory ambitions. Seven months after the notice was released and four months after the process disappeared from public view when the public comment period ended, the FTC continues to dig through the more than 1,200 comments it received. But it has not yet made a decision on what rule to propose — or even whether to propose a rule at all, MLex has learned.The US Federal Trade Commission wrote a big check last August when it released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding what it calls “commercial surveillance” — making a bold statement about the agency’s aggressive regulatory ambitions for privacy and data security....

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