Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports:
Is the Federal Trade Commission overstepping its regulatory authority – and using questionable sources of information – in pursuing data security enforcement actions against companies, including healthcare entities, for alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices?
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform considered that and other questions during a July 24 hearing, which included testimony by two executives whose healthcare firms have had run-ins with the FTC over their data security practices.
Read more about the hearing on HealthcareInfoSecurity.com.
For my comments on yesterday’s hearing, see my post on my companion blog, databreaches.net.