All three commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission appeared Tuesday in front of the Senate Commerce Committee to testify on the work and needs of the agency. In combined written testimony, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioners Maureen Ohlhausen and Terrell McSweeny said the agency’s consumer protection enforcement actions have saved consumers $717 million in fiscal year 2015. The commissioners also called for changes to the FTC Act, including the addition of civil rulemaking authority, and expressed support for a federal data breach notification law. “Data security is the most significant challenge we face as a nation,” Ramirez testified. Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, covers yesterday’s hearing in this report for The Privacy Advisor.
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