Consumer groups say U.S. Chamber privacy plan falls short; White House also seeks stronger FTC authority

Consumer protection groups are criticizing provisions in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's proposal for a national privacy law, which they say would undermine efforts to empower the Federal Trade Commission to enforce civil fines for first-time violations of appropriate privacy practices, something the White House supports.

“This [Chamber proposal] folds the transparency, opt-out and data deletion provisions into the current section 5 authority, whereas, what we would want to see is an express provision within the bill that says the...