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WASHINGTON: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission<\/a> (FTC<\/a>) on Thursday said it was considering adopting new rules to prohibit harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security<\/a>, saying American consumers are often unknowingly giving up personal information ranging from their menstrual cycles to how they pray.
FTC Chair Lina Khan<\/a> said \"firms now collect personal data on individuals on a massive scale and in a stunning array of contexts.\"
The FTC is issuing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to address commercial surveillance, the \"business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people.\" The FTC said companies are often incentivized \"to collect vast troves of consumer information, only a small fraction of which consumers proactively share.\"
\"Whether they know it or not, most Americans today surrender their personal information to engage in the most basic aspects of modern life,\" the FTC said in its notice. \"When they buy groceries, do homework, or apply for car insurance, for example, consumers today likely give a wide range of personal information about themselves to companies, including their movements, prayers, friends, menstrual cycles, web-browsing, and faces, among other basic aspects of their lives.\"
Republican FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, opposing the rulemaking proposal, said it \"provides no clue what rules the FTC might ultimately adopt\" and suggested it is a first step \"to issue rules that fundamentally alter the internet<\/a> economy without a clear congressional mandate.\"
Also opposing the proposal, Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson said she was worried that opponents of privacy legislation<\/a> that is currently being debated in Congress would use the FTC proposal as \"an excuse to derail\" the legislation.
The proposal won praise from Democrats in Congress.
\"This announced rulemaking is a tremendous win for consumers, promising strong protections for privacy rights<\/a> and personal data, and accountability for violating them,\" said Senator Richard Blumenthal. \"Big Tech's exploitation of Americans' private information, anti-competitive behavior, and data breaches<\/a> have created a crisis that demands action.\"
Under the FTC's existing authority to prohibit \"unfair or deceptive acts\" it cannot seek fines for a first offense and it said that \"may insufficiently deter future law violations\" adding new rules could set \"clear requirements or benchmarks by which to evaluate covered companies.\"
The public can offer input on the FTC notice and the commission will hold a virtual public forum on Sept. 8.
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华盛顿:美国联邦贸易委员会(联邦贸易委员会)周四表示,它正在考虑采用新规则禁止有害商业监视和松懈数据安全说,美国的消费者往往在不知不觉中放弃个人信息从月经周期如何祈祷。
美国联邦贸易委员会主席莉娜汗说:“公司现在大规模收集个人数据对个人和惊人的数组的上下文”。
联邦贸易委员会发布一个先进的通知提出立法来解决商业监视,在“业务收集、分析和从信息中获利的人。”The FTC said companies are often incentivized "to collect vast troves of consumer information, only a small fraction of which consumers proactively share."
“他们是否知道与否,大多数美国人今天交出他们的个人信息从事现代生活的最基本的方面,“联邦贸易委员会在其通知表示。“当他们买东西,做作业,或申请汽车保险,例如,消费者今天可能给广泛的公司对自己的个人信息,包括他们的动作,祈祷,朋友,月经周期,网页浏览,和脸,等基本方面他们的生活。”
共和党FTC委员诺亚菲利普斯,反对立法提案,称其“没有提供线索联邦贸易委员会最终可能采取哪些规则”,暗示这是第一步”问题,从根本上改变规则互联网经济没有明确国会授权。”
也反对这一提议,共和党联邦贸易委员会的主席克里斯汀·威尔逊说,她担心的反对者隐私立法目前正在国会讨论将使用联邦贸易委员会建议立法“出轨的借口”。
这项提案赢得了国会的民主党人的赞美。
“这宣布立法对消费者是一个巨大的胜利,承诺强有力的保护隐私权和个人数据,和问责制违反他们,”参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔表示。“大科技开发的美国人的私人信息,反竞争行为,数据泄露已经创建了一个危机,要求采取行动。”
在联邦贸易委员会现有的权力禁止“不公平”或欺骗性行为不能寻求罚款第一次进攻,它说,“可能不够阻止未来法律违反“添加新规则可以设定“明确要求或标准的评估公司。”
公众可以提供输入联邦贸易委员会注意到,该委员会将举行一个虚拟的公共论坛9月8日。
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