FTC Asks Congress for Authority Over Its Own Consumer Cases
- Agency doesn’t want to refer civil penalty cases to DOJ
- Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter says system is ‘badly broken’
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The US Federal Trade Commission is asking Congress to change the law so it can handle its own privacy settlements and other consumer protection cases that it’s currently forced to refer to the Justice Department.
The DOJ has been slow-walking kids’ online privacy and other settlements, the agency alleged in a report to Congress Wednesday, which was posted on the agency’s website. “The existing requirement that the FTC refer civil penalty cases to DOJ provides no benefit to consumers or the marketplace,” the agency said.