FTC’s Ohlhausen calls for coordination with NHTSA on auto cybersecurity

Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen today pledged to work with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure responsible regulatory oversight of cybersecurity and privacy in connected automobiles.

At NHTSA and the FTC’s joint workshop on connected car cybersecurity and privacy, Ohlhausen called for “regulatory humility” in addressing automotive security and privacy issues, stressing the need to avoid duplicative and cumbersome regulation that could inhibit beneficial connected automotive safety technologies.

“In the connected car space we want to...