Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers

Citation
FTC Staff Report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers (Dec. 2010) (draft) (full-text).

Overview
This report proposes a normative framework for how companies should protect consumers’ privacy. The proposal is intended to inform policymakers, including Congress, as they develop solutions, policies, and potential laws governing privacy, and guide and motivate industry as it develops more robust and effective best practices and self-regulatory guidelines. The framework is designed to serve as a policy vehicle for approaching privacy, but it includes elements that reflect longstanding Federal Trade Commission law.