The FTC and national security

Cybertoonz gives the Commission a right of reply

Okay, maybe past Cybertoonz have been a little hard on the FTC in past issues, hinting that it has paid no attention to the national security concerns around personal data. In light of the Commission's recent ruling in the X-Mode case, it's become clear that the FTC is in fact focusing on how personal data is used to protect national security. So to give the Commission equal time on the issue, we've turned Cybertoonz over to Chair Lina Khan to express its views.

Comments

[Martinned]

Of course. What is the FTC thinking worrying about data privacy when someone said the magic formula? "NATIONAL SECURITY..."

[Krayt]

Wtf, now I like the FTC!

If nothing else, it gets around the possibly “too cozy” nature of companies regularly dumping things to the government, which then facetiously denies such cozy-ness, so that no warrant is required.

Warning! This company dumps things to government. Maybe it’s evidence of illegality, so they can have it sans warrant. Maybe it’s just terabytes of data for fishing expeditions.

Who knows?

You do, now.