Multifactor authentication should be a default for companies accessing and transferring customer data, the FTC was told. The agency proposed process-based requirements in April to add to its safeguards rule on how financial institutions keep customer information secure. Monday’s workshop was to gather information for the proposed rulemaking.
Multifactor authentication should be a default for companies accessing and transferring customer data, the FTC heard. The agency proposed process-based requirements in April to add to its safeguards rule, which governs how financial institutions keep customer information secure (see 2004200062). Monday’s workshop was meant to gather information for the proposed rulemaking.
Multifactor authentication should be a default for companies accessing and transferring customer data, the FTC heard. The agency proposed process-based requirements in April to add to its safeguards rule, which governs how financial institutions keep customer information secure (see 2004200062). Monday’s workshop was meant to gather information for the proposed rulemaking.
The California Consumer Protection Act enforcement kicked off Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg (D) told us he expects Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) to act shortly to enforce CCPA, even with some matters unresolved. Privacy attorneys, consumer advocates and others expect the AG to tackle egregious violations of the statute in enforcement’s early days, they said in interviews.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would remove liability protections for online platforms that censure or edit content (see 2005270016). There would be a role for antitrust agencies and the FCC, whose commissioners reacted along party lines to the EO. “We’re here today to defend free speech from one of the greatest dangers,” Trump said, claiming tech monopolies have “unchecked power” to censor and restrict human interaction.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would remove liability protections for online platforms that censure or edit content (see 2005270016). There would be a role for antitrust agencies and the FCC, whose commissioners reacted along party lines to the EO. “We’re here today to defend free speech from one of the greatest dangers,” Trump said, claiming tech monopolies have “unchecked power” to censor and restrict human interaction.
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To counter China's "stark techno-economic challenge" to vital tech industries, the U.S. should aggressively support industries that are “too critical to fail,” such as semiconductors and computing, and software and transportation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday. Support would include R&D and a competitiveness screen for regulation. ITIF said those efforts should be aligned with those of U.S. allies.
To counter China's "stark techno-economic challenge" to vital tech industries, the U.S. should aggressively support industries that are “too critical to fail,” such as semiconductors and computing, and software and transportation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday. Support would include R&D and a competitiveness screen for regulation. ITIF said those efforts should be aligned with those of U.S. allies.
To counter China's "stark techno-economic challenge" to vital tech industries, the U.S. should aggressively support industries that are “too critical to fail,” such as semiconductors and computing, and software and transportation, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said Monday. Support would include R&D and a competitiveness screen for regulation. ITIF said those efforts should be aligned with those of U.S. allies.