House Democrats Ask What FTC Would Do With $50M-$100M in Extra Privacy Funding

House Democrats asked FTC Chairman Joe Simons how the agency might spend an additional $50 million to $100 million in funding on consumer protection and privacy issues. Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone of New Jersey and House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, who are crafting privacy legislation, asked what the agency would do with 100 new privacy and data security attorneys or technologists. For every high-profile case, there are many more that don’t get media attention and FTC priority, the lawmakers wrote Wednesday: “Nevertheless, consumers may face significant harm from these less well-known privacy and data security incidents.”