{"id":4056,"date":"2022-08-12T17:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2022\/08\/12\/privacy-news-august-12\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:54:40","slug":"privacy-news-august-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2022\/08\/12\/privacy-news-august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC Rulemaking and more: Privacy News, August 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"ftc-explores-rules-cracking-down-on-commercial-surveillance-and-lax-data-security-practices\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/08\/ftc-explores-rules-cracking-down-commercial-surveillance-lax-data-security-practices\">FTC Explores Rules Cracking Down on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data Security Practices<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>the Premerger Notification Office Staff on Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)<\/p>\n<p>The FTC&#8217;s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) starts a 60-day comment period, after which the FTC can then issue &#8220;trade regulation rules.&#8221; \u00a0As Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter explained during yesterday&#8217;s press conference, this provides a path for the FTC to move beyond case-by-case enforcement. <\/p>\n<p><strong>GET INVOLVED:<\/strong> Public comments are open for until early October, and there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/events\/2022\/09\/commercial-surveillance-data-security-anpr-public-forum\">public forum<\/a> on September 8. \u00a0The Federal Register page to submit comments online isn&#8217;t available yet, but you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/form\/anpr-registration\">sign up to speak at the public forum here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIND OUT MORE:<\/strong> Monday at 9 am Pacific (noon Eastern), IAPP&#8217;s Cobun Zweifel-Keegan talks with two influential former FTC voices: Former Acting Chairman of the FTC Maureen Ohlhausen and Former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Jessica L. Rich in <a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/video\/event\/urn:li:ugcPost:6963604687371522048\">Start your engines: What does FTC rulemaking mean for privacy?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE COVERAGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iapp.org\/news\/a\/ftc-officially-launches-privacy-rulemaking-endeavor\">FTC officially launches privacy rulemaking endeavor<\/a>, Joseph Duball, on International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/axios.com\/2022\/08\/11\/ftc-data-privacy-rules-feedback\">FTC kicks off major effort to craft data privacy rules<\/a>, Margaret Harding McGill on Axios (axios.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/press\/cdt-welcomes-ftc-action-to-crack-down-on-harmful-online-data-security-practices\">CDT Welcomes FTC Action to Crack Down on Harmful Online Data &amp; Security Practices<\/a>, on Center for Democracy and Technology (cdt.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protocol.com\/newsletters\/policy\/ftc-regulations-penalties\">One big reason the FTC wants to do rule-making<\/a>, Ben Brody on Protocol Policy (protocol.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/ftc-launches-national-privacy-rulemaking-4719110\/\">FTC Launches National Privacy Rulemaking<\/a>, Wiley Rein, JD Supra (jdsupra.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/08\/11\/ftc_personal_data_rules\/\">FTC ponders punishment for commercial data \u2018surveillance\u2019<\/a>, Thomas Claburn, The Register (theregister.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2022\/08\/12\/regulatory-uncapture\/#conscious-uncoupling\">The FTC takes aim at commercial surveillance<\/a>, Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic (pluralistic.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ftc-big-tech-user-data-data-brokers-1849400843\">FTC Is Exploring Ways to Crack Down on Big Tech\u2019s Obsession With User Data<\/a>, Dell Cameron and Kyle Barr, Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"federal-privacy-legislation\">Federal Privacy Legislation<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"californians-for-consumer-privacy-announce-opposition-to-adppa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caprivacy.org\/californians-for-consumer-privacy-announce-opposition-to-adppa\">Californians for Consumer Privacy Announce Opposition to ADPPA<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Yes on Prop 24 (caprivacy.org)<\/p>\n<p>Californians for Consumer Privacy has been the driver for California&#8217;s privacy laws, and their co-founder Alistair Mactaggart described the ADPPA as a major threat to Californians&#8217; privacy at <a href=\"__GHOST_URL__\/is-there-an-elephant-in-the-zoom-room\/\">the CPPA special board meeting<\/a>, so this doesn&#8217;t come as a surprise. \u00a0Still, it&#8217;s very interesting to see their take on the ways ADPPA is weaker than California&#8217;s law \u2013 which comes to a very different conclusion than ADPPA supporters. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIND OUT MORE<\/strong>: Mactaggart was one of the panelists at Prof. Daniel Solove&#8217;s excellent ADPPA webinar. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teachprivacy.com\/webinar-federal-comprehensive-privacy-law\/\">Register here<\/a> to get access to the recording. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusOfPrivacy\/status\/1557431010077224960\">Here&#8217;s our live-tweeting<\/a> \u2013 or, if you prefer,<a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1557426453779689472.html\"> in a single threadreaderapp page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"also\">ALSO:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomkemp.blog\/2022\/08\/10\/big-tech-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-californians-unite-in-opposition-to-the-adppa-trap\/\">Big Tech Wolf in Sheep\u2019s Clothing? Californians Unite in Opposition to the ADPPA \u201cTrap\u201d<\/a>, Tom Kemp, Tom Kemp&#8217;s Blog (tomkemp.blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"__GHOST_URL__\/one-out-of-six-aint-good\/\">One out of six ain\u2019t good: Five ways the American Data Privacy and Protection Act falls short<\/a> , Jon Pincus on The Nexus of Privacy (privacy.theneus.today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"and\">And &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/security\/why-diversity-should-have-a-critical-impact-on-data-privacy\">Why diversity should have a critical impact on data privacy<\/a>, Veronica Torres, Jumio on VentureBeat (venturebeat.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/08\/11\/instagram-kids-data-gdpr-decision\">Instagram faces EU privacy decision on kids\u2019 data within weeks<\/a>, Natasha Lomas on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-privacy-we-knew-in-20th-century-no-longer-exists-1849191781\">The Surveillance Fantasies of the New Millennium Became Our Reality<\/a>, Dell Cameron on Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openaccessgovernment.org\/privacy-enhancing-technologies\/141251\">Privacy enhancing technologies are transforming government data usage<\/a>, Eskarina Handley on Open Access Government (openaccessgovernment.org)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/08\/07\/amazon-registry-identity-theft\">Amazon\u2019s One-Stop Shop for Identity Thieves<\/a>, Nikita Mazurov on The Intercept (theintercept.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/facial-recognition-watches-migrants-uk\">Smartwatches could soon be used to monitor migrants in the UK<\/a>, Meera Navlakha on Mashable (mashable.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessinsider.com\/app-tracking-transparency\">How to use App Tracking Transparency to stop apps from collecting your data and location on Apple devices<\/a>, Ryan Ariano on Insider (businessinsider.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theregister.com\/2022\/08\/04\/india_scraps_data_protection_law\">India scraps data protection law, promises better successor<\/a>, Laura Dobberstein on The Register (theregister.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irishtimes.com\/technology\/2022\/08\/08\/facebook-faces-new-eu-data-fine\">Facebook faces third large fine for violating EU data laws in Ireland<\/a>, Arthur Beesley on The Irish Times (irishtimes.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fastcompany.com\/90776461\/a-first-of-its-kind-law-in-houston-poses-a-major-threat-to-privacy\">A first-of-its-kind law in Houston poses a major threat to privacy<\/a>, Julian Melendi and Evan Enzer on Fast Company (fastcompany.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fpf.org\/blog\/new-report-on-limits-of-consent-in-thailands-data-protection-law\">New Report on Limits of \u201cConsent\u201d in Thailand\u2019s Data Protection Law<\/a>, Dominic Paulger on Future of Privacy Forum (fpf.org)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/politico.eu\/article\/europe-eu-avoids-facebook-blackout-social-media\">Europe staves off Facebook blackout \u2014 for now<\/a>, Vincent Manancourt on POLITICO (politico.eu)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wsj.com\/articles\/eu-court-expands-definition-of-sensitive-data-prompting-legal-concerns-for-companies-11660123800\">EU Court Expands Definition of Sensitive Data, Prompting Legal Concerns for Companies<\/a>, Catherine Stupp on The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wired.com\/story\/facebook-message-encryption-abortion\">Facebook\u2019s Message Encryption Was Built to Fail<\/a>, Alfred Fox-Cahn on WIRED (wired.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livemint.com\/opinion\/columns\/a-good-privacy-law-could-fend-off-chinese-style-surveillance-11660062069168.html\">A good privacy law could fend off Chinese-style surveillance<\/a>, Andy Mukherjee on mint (livemint.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.com\/money\/tech\/whatsapp-new-features-privacy-protection-rcna42196\">WhatsApp unveils new privacy features, like who can see you online and more<\/a>, Laya Neelakandan on TODAY (today.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medianama.com\/2022\/08\/223-invisv-phone-carrier-user-metadata-location-privacy\">\u2018Pretty Good Phone Privacy\u2019 protects user metadata, location, more<\/a>, Vallari Sanzgiri on MediaNama (medianama.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FTC Explores Rules Cracking Down on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data Security Practices the Premerger Notification Office Staff on Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov) The FTC&#8217;s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) starts a 60-day comment period, after which the FTC can then issue &#8220;trade regulation rules.&#8221; 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