âFTC Now Sets Sights on Data Brokersâ – ShoeMoney Blog
Jeremy Schoemakerâs latest blog post is titled âFTC Now Sets Sights on Data Brokersâ. Schoemaker says, âWhen the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) speaks, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee and self-styled âchampion of consumer privacy,â apparently listens. Two years ago, with the help and encouragement of the FTC, Rockefeller led passage of the Restore Online Shoppersâ Confidence Act (colloquially known as âRockefellerâ), which banned the practice of âdata passâ between online sellers and upsellers in which the latter could use the consumerâs... [...]