The Federal Trade Commission is planning to launch a wide-ranging study of tech companies' data practices, in the latest sign of the increased scrutiny that Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook are facing in Washington
The Federal Trade Commission is planning to launch a wide-ranging study of tech companies' data practices, in the latest sign of the increased scrutiny that Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook are facing in Washington.
In such a study, the agency can order companies to turn over detailed information about their business practices. That could force tech companies to share closely held corporate secrets about their inner workings that they've long resisted disclosing.Sign Up In November, then-Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune asked Simons if the commission would consider ordering such a study on Google, Facebook and Amazon "to learn what information they collect from consumers and how that information is used, shared, and sold."
A Commerce Committee spokesperson confirmed the written exchange, which has not yet been posted online. Simons' office did not respond to a request for more information on the particulars of the study in the works.
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