The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a privacy regulator, sure. But it’s not out to get the good guys trying to do the right thing. Its primary concern is making sure organizations are keeping the privacy promises they make to consumers. That was how Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen kicked off her keynote address at the IAPP’s preconference session at RSA. Yes, the FTC has brought cases against companies following data breaches and against companies it considered to have deceived or been unfair to consumers. But, Ohlhausen said, the FTC is out to regulate how entities keep secure the data consumers entrust to them. “And that’s where IT professionals can play a role,” Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, writes in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor.
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