CIPP-US - Introduction to the U.S. Privacy Environment - Section 1.2
Describe the roles of the Federal Trade Commission, sector-specific regulators, and state attorneys general in enforcing privacy and security laws.
Describe how the FTC uses Section 5 of the FTC Act to challenge unfair or deceptive data practices and how sector-specific regulators such as the FCC, OCR, and CFPB hold concurrent jurisdiction in their domains. Recognise that state attorneys general can bring independent enforcement actions under both state consumer-protection statutes and sector-specific federal laws.
FTC Act Section 5Unfair or deceptive actsState AG authorityRegulatory enforcement
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