The Federal Trade Commission's Regulation of Data Security Under Its Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices (UDAP) Authority

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security.

Information services.

Judgments.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Provides background on FTC and its legal authorities under Section 5 of the FTC Act in relation to data security, and discusses two pending cases testing FTC unfairness authority under Section 5 of FTC Act as a means to respond to data breaches. Reviews proposed cyber and data security bills before Congress to explicitly authorize FTC to issue rules to implement data security standards and assess civil penalties

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Federal Trade Commission's Regulation of Data Security Under Its Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices (UDAP) Authority

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-AML-0276

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