Senate Democrats Ask for FTC Privacy Rulemaking

The FTC should begin a privacy rulemaking (see 2107280061), Senate Democrats wrote Chair Lina Khan Monday. Signers also included Richard Blumenthal, Conn.; Brian Schatz, Hawaii; Ron Wyden, Ore.; Elizabeth Warren, Mass.; Chris Coons, Del.; Ben Ray Lujan, N.M.; Amy Klobuchar, Minn.; Cory Booker, N.J.; and Ed Markey, Mass. “Consumers deserve strong and enforceable privacy safeguards in the digital economy -- opening a rulemaking would be a powerful step toward addressing this long overdue need,” they wrote. The rulemaking should bolster civil rights and cybersecurity, they said. The agency merely confirmed receiving the letter.