Senate Democrats Want FTC to Develop New Data Privacy Rules

A group of Senate Democrats is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to develop new rules to protect data privacy amid stalled progress on a national framework. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led a letter signed by eight of his colleagues to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan requesting new rules targeted at strengthening privacy, boosting civil rights and creating guardrails on the collection of consumer data.