The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal TradeCommission have voiced opposition to the data security draft bill released by the House Energy andCommerce Committee.
“The Federal Trade Commission would be granted some, but notall, elements of the consumer protection authority that the FCCpresently exercises,” Clete Johnson, FCC chief counsel forcybersecurity, said in his testimony at a Commerce, Manufacturingand Trade Subcommittee hearing on the draft of the DataSecurity and Breach Notification Act of 2015.
“If the draft bill were to become law, the FTC would not havethe authority to develop rules to protect the security of consumers' data or update requirementsas new security threats emerge and technology evolves,” Johnsonalso said on Wednesday.
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