The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a new Office of Technology and Investigationto examine consumer privacy in the realm of connected cars, smart homes, and big data.
The office evolved from the agency's mobile technology unit, an entity the commission created a few years ago to address mobile technology’s own unique consumer protection challenges associated with smartphones and other mobile devices, according to Ashkan Soltani, FTC's chief technologist.
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