FTC's Ohlhausen Says 'Heartened' by Backing From Various Groups to Become Permanent Chair
Acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen is "heartened" by the support from some bar, business and conservative associations to become the permanent head of the commission, she said during a C-SPAN interview scheduled to have been televised over the weekend on…
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The Communicators. The White House is "engaged" in nominating people to fill three empty seats on the commission, which is seen as an agency that's functioning "pretty well," she said. In the 30-minute interview, Ohlhausen also said she directed staff to think more deeply about what "substantial injury" means, citing the Vizio enforcement case (see 1702060042). She said if companies can collect "lots of little bits of nonsensitive data" to assemble a "mosaic picture" of an individual that reveals sensitive information, the FTC should be concerned. Ohlhausen also discussed being "nudged out" by the FCC's open internet order to oversee broadband internet service and what the FTC and FCC may do if the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to rehear the AT&T Mobility case that the trade commission lost (see 1611020031).