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FTC Sets Sept. 22 Data Portability Workshop, Solicits Comment

A Sept. 22 FTC event will examine data portability's “potential benefits and challenges,” the agency said Tuesday. Comments are due Aug. 21. Portability gives consumers control over data and promotes competition by allowing data access to entrants, the agency said: There are security and privacy concerns, particularly for incidental data from friends.