As Congress mulls enhanced role, US FTC privacy spending dwarfed by other DPAs
By Mike Swift ( May 20, 2026, 19:24 GMT | Comment) -- While the US Federal Trade Commission spends a fraction of what other privacy enforcers around the world spend per capita, it has nevertheless brought many of the largest privacy settlements in history, including the record $5 billion settlement with the company then known as Facebook in 2020. As congressional Republicans propose national privacy legislation that would elevate the FTC's enforcement role while limiting private class-action litigation and state privacy law enforcement, the FTC's limited privacy enforcement resources could raise concerns about the bill.The US Federal Trade Commission has carried out some of the world’s most consequential privacy enforcement actions despite having a data privacy budget a fraction the size of some of its counterparts in Europe and Asia....
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