From: Bloomberg/BNA
By Jimmy H. Koo
Any changes will be “on the margins, and any changes will be more business friendly,” Freeman, who co-chairs the firm’s cybersecurity, privacy and communications practice, said. The FTC “is a consensus-driven organization and generally continues its mission for privacy and data security through Republican and Democratic administrations.”
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Companies under the FTC’s jurisdiction—from internet giants Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. to smaller businesses such as medical testing company LabMD Inc.—have struggled with what level of data security they must provide to convince the FTC that their efforts to protect personal data are reasonable.
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