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Unanimous Supreme Court limits FTC and other agencies’ investigative power

Technology Law Dispatch

Justice Gorsuch, in questioning the “tilted game” played by agencies that “combine the functions of investigator, prosecutor, and judge under one roof,” observed that “some say the FTC has not lost an in-house proceeding in 25 years.”

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A New Era of FTC Privacy and Cybersecurity Oversight: Top Ten Things Companies Should Know When Assessing FTC Compliance and Exposure

Debevoise Data Blog

In that position, he helped organize oversight hearings on mobile location tracking and biometric privacy. 34] Finally, Congress is also contemplating whether to enact a comprehensive data privacy law that would likely preempt existing state laws. He also wrote a well-known law review article titled “Privacy as a Civil Right.” [14]