FTC Blog Appears to Expand the Reach of the Reporting Violations Act

5 months ago Liza R. Sams
By Alex Brown, Kathleen Benway and Dan Felz (June 1, 2022, 5:51 PM EDT) — On May 20, the Federal Trade Commission published a blog post that uses Section 5 of the FTC Act to create new notice of breach. These obligations appear to go beyond existing US and EU laws and potentially require companies to report violations that existing laws do not require reporting.

The FTC guidelines could represent a significant update to US breach reporting law, potentially bringing the US more closely into line with EU standards.

The FTC has followed up on recent law enforcement activity in the data breach space by sending a message to any company facing a security incident: Strong…

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