Data Security, COPPA Among Highlights in FTC Strategic Plan
Data security and child privacy are among the FTC’s enforcement priorities for the next five years, the agency said Friday in its draft strategic plan. Comments are due Oct. 17.
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The FTC said it’s committed to exercising statutory authority to protect privacy and data security, its enforcement authority under COPPA and the Take It Down Act (see 2506040067).
The 2026-2030 strategic plan notes that COPPA “forbids covered website operators from collecting, using, or disclosing the personal data of users under the age of thirteen without parental consent. Some of the FTC’s most valuable work is its ongoing efforts to enforce COPPA against companies that fail to follow its requirements.”
The plan doesn’t mention the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act or potential collaboration with DOJ on its global data transfer rule. Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Melissa Holyoak have discussed the potential of both in the past (see 2504230041).
President Donald Trump was scheduled to meet with congressional leaders on Monday to negotiate a potential agreement to avoid a government shutdown. The FTC updated its shutdown plan Monday.