The Trump administration announced last week it had nominated Joseph Simons to lead the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Simons is an antitrust attorney who formerly headed the FTC's Bureau of Competition from 2001 to 2003. His background isn't in privacy or data protection. Googling around for him, it's hard to turn up much. You'll find hits for the firm at which he currently works, Paul Weiss. You'll find a couple of speeches he made years ago, one on "Merger Enforcement at the FTC" from back in his day at the bureau. How will he approach privacy and data protection enforcement if confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become chair? It's a bit hard to say. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports for The Privacy Advisor. 
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