Federal Trade Commission privacy law and policy / Chris Jay Hoofnagle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Trade Commission.

United States.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

Consumer protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Consumer protection.

Consumer protection--Law and legislation.

Data protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Data protection.

Data protection--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 402 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

Federal Trade Commission Privacy Law & Policy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The Federal Trade Commission, a US agency created in 1914 to police the problem of 'bigness', has evolved into the most important regulator of information privacy - and thus innovation policy - in the world. Its policies profoundly affect business practices and serve to regulate most of the consumer economy. In short, it now regulates our technological future. Despite its stature, however, the agency is often poorly understood by observers and even those who practice before it. This volume by Chris Jay Hoofnagle - an internationally recognized scholar with more than fifteen years of experience interacting with the FTC - is designed to redress this confusion by explaining how the FTC arrived at its current position of power. It will be essential reading for lawyers, legal academics, political scientists, historians and anyone else interested in understanding the FTC's privacy activities and how they fit in the context of the agency's broader consumer protection mission.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The History, Powers, and Procedure of the Federal Trade Commission: 1. History of the Federal Trade Commission; 2. The FTC and the rise of consumerism; 3. The modern FTC; 4. Organization and procedural basics; 5. Unfair and deceptive practices; Part II. The FTC's Regulation of Privacy: 6. Online privacy; 7. Privacy of children; 8. Information security; 9. Anti-marketing efforts: email, telemarketing, and malware; 10. Financial privacy; 11. International privacy efforts; Part III. Conclusion: 12. Strengthening the FTC and protecting privacy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316411292

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.