Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, met with the Privacy Coalition on December 7, 2018. He outlined the ICO’s approach to strategic investigations, including the political data investigation into Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and how the office plans to tackle the risks arising from new technologies such as AI.
The Privacy Coalition met with National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Assistant Secretary David Redl on October 26, 2018. Redl serves as Administrator of NTIA, the Executive Branch agency that is principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy. The Privacy Coalition discussed with Redl the agency’s Request for Comments on “Developing the Administration’s Approach to Consumer Privacy.”
This month the Privacy Coalition met with Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph. Simons, who was sworn in last month. The Privacy Coalition discussed with Chairman Simons several consumer protection issues of importance including privacy and anti-trust, the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica issues, and enforcing FTC consent orders. Chairman Simons and the Privacy Coalition also discussed the FTC’s upcoming series of hearings starting in the Fall that will include many consumer protection and privacy issues.
