It used to happen once every year or two, but the pace has accelerated noticeably over the past few years: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issues a Decision and Order summarizing the terms of a settlement in an enforcement action under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Many of the best and brightest have been there. In fact, a recent survey by Jay Cline, CIPP/US, confirms that, in enforcement of privacy law, the FTC is in a league of its own among privacy regulators worldwide. This is why the IAPP Westin Research Center has undertaken a project to produce its FTC Privacy Casebook and make it available for you to search and use. It’s a big project. However, ahead of the largest-ever—yet again—IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, DC, next week, the IAPP Westin Research Center has published a useful preview of the FTC Privacy Casebook, with analysis and collected documents surrounding 10 top settlements. In this piece for The Privacy Advisor, IAPP VP of Research and Education Omer Tene explains the project and this initial product.
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