FTC Sees Growing Pressure for Data Privacy Rule as Pick Stalled

The Federal Trade Commission is under mounting pressure to kick off long-anticipated federal rules protecting personal information collected by companies amid delays with President Joe Biden‘s pick to fill the deadlocked agency’s vacant seat.

Advocacy groups are looking to the commission for policy action amid years of stalled negotiations in Congress over a national privacy law and a growing patchwork of state laws imposing new compliance obligations on companies.

But with two Democrats and two Republicans on the commission, having the votes to launch a potentially years-long rulemaking process likely depends on Senate confirmation of Alvaro Bedoya, the Georgetown ...