In a letter addressed to U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joe Simons, privacy organizations accused the FTC of siding with the advertising industry as part of an initiative to update consumer data protections under President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports. The groups argue the FTC based a decision in which consumers are not opted out of online advertising by default on a survey commissioned by the Digital Advertising Alliance. "As federal privacy legislation is contemplated, the FTC should be a strong voice for advancing Americans’ privacy interests in a meaningful way, not parroting the advertising industry’s talking points," Consumer Federation of America Director of Consumer Protection and Privacy Susan Grant said.
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