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FTC Extends Comment Deadline on Commercial Surveillance, Lax Data Security Practices Initiative Exploring Possible Rules
Public will have until November 21 to comment on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Federal Trade Commission announced it is extending the deadline by one month to submit comments on the agency’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and lax data security practices. The public will now have until November 21, 2022 to submit comments.
In August, the FTC launched the ANPR to seek public comment on whether new rules are needed to address potential harms stemming from commercial surveillance and lax data security practices. The agency is giving the public more time to respond to the questions and issues highlighted in the ANPR. Commercial surveillance is the business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people. Mass surveillance has heightened the risks and stakes of data breaches, deception, manipulation, discrimination, and other abuses.
More detail on the ANPR and information about how to submit a comment can be found in the notice published in the Federal Register. Comments will be posted to Regulations.gov after they are submitted.
The Commission voted 4-0-1 to extend the comment deadline on the commercial surveillance and data security ANPR. Commissioner Christine S. Wilson abstained from the vote.
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