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FTC’s privacy division saw less reduction than average from Trump personnel cuts

By Madeline Hughes ( August 29, 2025, 19:39 GMT | Insight) -- The US Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection has seen a roughly 8 percent attrition rate since the start of the year. The division, which oversees privacy enforcement, has lost four full-time employees out of 48 since mid-January, according to a Freedom of Information Act response to MLex.The US Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection has seen about an 8 percent attrition rate since the start of this year....

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