As technology plays a bigger role in running our homes, connecting our cars, and handling our finances, the Federal Trade Commission wants to keep a closer watch on the privacy and security implications.
The agency is creating an Office of Technology Research and Investigation, whose goal is to examine “privacy, data security, connected cars, smart homes, algorithmic transparency, emerging payment methods, big data, and the Internet of Things.”
The office isn't entirely new, but is instead the successor to an existing FTC unit that looked at privacy on mobile devices. That group has previously put together reports on the lack of privacy disclosures in children's apps and weak data protections in consumer shopping apps.
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