With Ramirez, FTC became the Federal Technology Commission

[Commentary] Under Chairwoman Ramirez, the Federal Trade Commission has truly become the Federal Technology Commission. Despite repeated calls for privacy legislation and tighter control of the data broker industry, the FTC continues to face unregulated pockets of the data ecosystem armed by only its broad authority against unfair or deceptive trade practices, which dates back to 1914. With that, after three years in office and six years as FTC Commissioner, Ramirez leaves the agency stronger and better equipped to deal with the challenges of the next years.

[Omer Tene is an Affiliate Scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and a Senior Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum.]