Federal Trade Commission
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The US consumer-protection agency used here as the designated privacy oversight authority.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 3 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by regulatory news, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 44%.
Evidence (3)
- 7Hacker News·7/29/2026regulationSan Francisco Stalls Vote on Ban for Surveillance Pricing
EFF is urging San Francisco supervisors to support California A.B. 2654, which would ban surveillance pricing, or charging different customers different prices based on harvested personal data. The article argues the practice harms privacy and consumer fairness, while opponents raise compliance and discount-program concerns that EFF says are already addressed in the bill.
- 7Ars Technica AI·7/2/2026regulationAdvocates urge FTC to keep auditing X over privacy risks
Privacy advocates are asking the Federal Trade Commission to maintain oversight of Elon Musk’s X and reject the company’s request to end ongoing audits of its data handling. They argue the platform still poses serious privacy risks after a prior FTC order tied to a coding error that exposed users’ contact information for ad targeting.
- 9Hacker News·6/30/2026regulationUS Supreme Court Ruling Threatens EU-US Data Transfer Framework
The US Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that the FTC may no longer be independent, undermining a core assumption behind the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The article argues this could invalidate the EU’s current adequacy decision because EU law requires independent oversight and the framework relies heavily on the FTC and the Biden-era Data Protection Review Court.