by Daniel J. Solove

I recently held a webinar about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for TRUSTe called Understanding the FTC on Privacy and Security.   The webinar is free and is archived at TRUSTe’s site.

Here is a brief synopsis of the webinar:

For the past nearly two decades, the FTC has risen to become the leading federal agency that regulates privacy and data security. In this webinar, Professor Daniel J. Solove will discuss how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is enforcing privacy and data security.  What are the standards that the FTC is developing for privacy and data security?  What sources does the FTC use for the standards it develops?

A common misconception is that the FTC’s jurisprudence has been rather thin, merely focuses on enforcing promises made in privacy policies. To the contrary, a deeper look the FTC’s jurisprudence demonstrates that it is quite thick and has extended far beyond policing promises. The FTC has codified certain norms and best practices and has developed some baseline privacy and security protections. The FTC has laid the foundation for an even more robust law of privacy and data security. Professor Solove will discuss some of the potential ways this body of regulation could develop in the future.

My webinar was written up at the Wall Street Journal.  If you’re interested in seeing it, it’s free and available here.   Below is some background about the FTC as well as some of my writings about the FTC that may be of interest if you want a deeper dive.

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