The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a guide to help companies navigate the murky waters of data security. The guide follows a long line of FTC enforcement actions on data security. A common complaint from industry has been that, while the FTC isn’t afraid to come after companies for what it calls “unfair” or “deceptive” data security practices, it hasn’t provided a clear enough road map for the kind of data security it wants to see organizations practice. Will this guide quell those complaints? In this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, IT, info-security and privacy professionals discuss whether the guide is a sure-fire way to keep organizations out of trouble, or if it falls short.
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