'Don't lie': A Q&A with FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter on why today's data privacy approaches don't work

The era of the Federal Trade Commission being dismissed as having some bark and little bite appears to be over. FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter wants the agency to get aggressive. She believes that notice and choice — the approach digital ad and media firms rely on to navigate people's data privacy and compliance with privacy laws — doesn't work. Read more below in Digiday’s full interview with Slaughter.

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