Data Privacy

Data privacy has become a major issue in the last few years and both average consumers and government entities want to do something about it. As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was releasing its proposed data privacy and data security rules, one senator was urging the FTC to do more. Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley wrote a letter to Joseph Simons, chairman of the FTC, urging the commission to do more to protect consumers’ data privacy and inform Congress of any gaps in its authority. Hawley begins the letter by stating, “For too long our nation has put off accounting [...]