FTC Resources for Reporters
Policy
In support of its law enforcement efforts to ensure that companies take reasonable and appropriate measures to secure consumers’ information, the agency issues reports, develops consumer and business education materials, and testifies before Congress on key data security issues such as the use of social security numbers, child identity theft and how to prevent data breaches.
News Releases:
- FTC Becomes First Enforcement Authority in APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System – 7/26/2012
- FTC, Department of Justice to Host Forum on Child Identity Theft – 7/11/2011
- FTC Testifies on Data Security – 6/15/2011
- FTC Testifies on Data Security – 5/4/2011
- FTC Testifies on Protecting Social Security Numbers; Millions of Consumers are Victims of Identity Theft Each Year – 4/13/2011
- FTC Releases List of Top Consumer Complaints in 2010; Identity Theft Tops the List Again – 03/08/2011
Reports and Workshops:
- The U.S. Safe Web Act: The First Three Years
- The President’s Identity Theft Task Force, September 2008
- Securing Personal Data in the Global Economy
- Best Practices for Business
Video:
Congressional Testimony:
- Testimony on Consumer Privacy Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation -- July 27, 2010
- Testimony on Data Security, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing before the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection -- May 5, 2009
- Testimony on the FTC “Identity Theft: Victims Bill of Rights” before the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform -- June 17, 2009
Business Education:
- Data Security
- Self-regulatory principles for online behavioral advertising
- Security in Numbers, SSNs and ID Theft
Consumer Education:
