Bedoya’s Privacy, Civil Rights Work Foreshows Potential FTC Focus

Georgetown University law professor Alvaro Bedoya is likely to concentrate on the interplay between privacy and civil rights if confirmed to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission.

Bedoya, whom the White House announced Monday as President Joe Biden‘s intended nominee to replace outgoing Democratic commissioner Rohit Chopra, has written and worked on issues including bias in facial recognition technology and surveillance of American immigrants.

“He really is someone who sits at the intersection of privacy, technology, and civil rights,” said David Brody, senior counsel and senior fellow for privacy and technology at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights ...