In this Law360 article, Kandi Parsons explores what privacy enforcement may look like for the Federal Trade Commission under newly appointed Chairman Andrew Ferguson. It includes an unlikeliness for the FTC to engage in privacy-related rulemaking, as Ferguson appears ready to repeal existing regulations. Furthermore, the FTC is expected to take more traditional enforcement action under Section 5 while pursuing fewer individual liability cases, including privacy actions. The article also explains why the commission is less likely to scrutinize artificial intelligence as aggressively as its predecessor, and how companies can make sure they’re well positioned no matter what the FTC’s privacy priorities turn out to be. Please note that this article is paywalled.
