Protocol: The FTC’s new enforcement weapon spells death for algorithms

Application of algorithmic disgorgement in the COPPA context is “a clear jurisdiction and trigger of enforcement through a law that exists and explicitly protects kids’ data, [so] if there was a corollary law for everyone it would allow the FTC to enforce in this way for companies that are not just gathering kids’ data,” said Ben Winters, a counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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