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Now in its 100th year, the FTC has become the Federal Technology Commission
Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which will be commemorated tomorrow by FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen in an public address...
The Federal Trade Commission Has Become the Federal Technology Commission: TF in TechDirt
Today, the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Trade Commission, TF’s Berin Szoka and Geoffrey Manne wrote in TechDirt about the agency’s dominant...
Hey, FTC, Whatsathamattawitchew? Focus on identity theft, already!
The FTC’s raison d’etre is the prevention of consumer harm. The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts and practices. Both proscriptions are grounded in...
100 is the New 30: Commissioner Ohlhausen on How the FTC Stays Vital in the Digital Age
Join TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics this Friday, September 27, as we commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act....
Arguments set in Wyndham for 11/7: Will the FTC lose on data security?
Over the last nine years, the FTC has brought four dozen enforcement actions alleging that a failure to have reasonable data security was unfair and/or deceptive. Last...
LabMD and Data Security Event Video
Check out the full video of TechFreedom and Cause of Action‘s September 12 event on the Federal Trade Commission’s informal regulation of data security. The luncheon discussion began with...