Ferguson says FTC poised for jump in US privacy enforcement in late 2026
By Mike Swift ( June 18, 2026, 19:41 GMT | Comment) -- US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said his agency is poised for a surge in data privacy enforcement cases in the second half of this year. Speaking with MLex from his office in the agency's headquarters, Ferguson said reporters covering the FTC are going to "have a hard time keeping up with the number of cases we're gonna be bringing." Ferguson also discussed how the FTC could expand its personnel and computing capacity to take on a larger privacy enforcement role if Congress passes the proposed SECURE Data Act, which would elevate the role of the FTC in national privacy enforcement.Compared to state privacy enforcers in places like Texas and California, the US Federal Trade Commission has hardly been a hotspot in the filing of new enforcement cases this year. But the FTC's chairman says that is about to change....
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