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FTC Issues Stealth Regulations over Internet of Things
January 27, 2015
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the FTC released a report recommending “best practices” around privacy and data security for the “Internet of Things” — connected smart...
Josh Wright Blasts FTC’s Internet of Things Report
January 26, 2015
Commissioner Wright has objected before that the FTC doesn’t take cost-benefit analysis seriously. He levels much the same criticism at the FTC’s new Internet of...
The FTC Used to Care About Tradeoffs
January 26, 2015
The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection doesn’t seem to care much for cost-benefit analysis. But it’s worth remembering that the idea (much cherished by Carter-era...
Serious Cost-Benefit Analysis on Privacy
January 26, 2015
Cost-benefit analysis is supposed to be at the heart of the FTC’s unfairness powers. But the FTC doesn’t really bother with CBA in privacy cases,...