How the country’s top privacy cop is trying to protect consumers in the digital age

A Q&A with Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez.

Since 2013 when Chairwoman Ramirez took the helm, the FTC has secured settlements against tech giants, including Google and Apple, for allowing children to make mobile purchases within apps on their platforms, and against Snapchat for promising that photos taken with its service would disappear forever (they don't). The job is only getting tougher as Americans grow more dependent on smartphones and tech companies wield more power in Washington.