Ohlhausen Says Efforts Include Bureaus Looking at Use of CIDs
The FTC is following President Donald Trump's priorities for job creation, limiting federal overreach and streamlining regulations, said acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen in remarks prepared for a Kelley Drye seminar Wednesday. That largely repeated past statements (see 1703160032, 1704170016 and…
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1704250029). The chairman is focused on civil investigative demands (CIDs) that can impose costs and document requests to companies. "I take these concerns seriously," she said, adding it's part of the FTC mission statement. "The mission statement continues: we are to 'accomplish this without unduly burdening legitimate business activity.' To make sure that we are living up to our own mission statement, I’ve instructed the Bureau of Consumer Protection to form an internal working group on our use of CIDs," she said. Ohlhausen said the commission's focus on substantial harm in both competition and consumer protection will ensure it doesn't overreach. She said she established an internal task force -- headed by the Economics Bureau working with the Consumer Protection Bureau -- to study the economics of privacy "to encourage and clarify economic reasoning on issues relating to the privacy and data security marketplace." The FTC is an independent agency and not subject to executive orders, Ohlhausen said, but she said she shares Trump's "desire to eliminate unnecessary and burdensome regulatory requirements that hurt our economy."