FTC’s Phillips Urges Federal Data Breach Law to Help With Privacy
One of the best things to address privacy concerns is establish a federal data breach law, FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips said Thursday at the Brookings Institution. State pre-emption is necessary, he added, saying multiple standards aren’t good for competition. Identifying…
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privacy issues as antitrust indicators could give regulators too much power, he said. Robocalls could be among the most common complaints to the FTC, Phillips said. The commission is trying to address the robocall issue using new apps and aiding telcos with caller ID spoofing, but enforcement alone won’t solve the problem, he said.