FTC Touts Privacy Work, Lauds Ohlhausen 1-Year Tenure

The FTC flagged the recent $650,000 settlement with connected toymaker VTech (see 1801080029) in its annual report highlighting 2017 privacy accomplishments, also noting complaints filed against revenge porn site MyEx.com (see 1801090067), and the upcoming PrivacyCon event Feb. 28. In a separate report, the commission lauded its work on competition, privacy and consumer protection laws during acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen’s one-year tenure. The commission filed 10 competition cases in federal or administration courts and took action in 25 other cases to protect consumers from anticompetitive mergers or business conduct, the report said.