Industrial Organization

摘要

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a unique regulatory structure. It serves as an advice-giving body, investigator, and law enforcer. The scope of the agency covers a wide range of business issues including antitrust, unfair and deceptive practices, and online privacy. To appreciate the agency's attitude and approach towards privacy, we need to scrutinize its historical background, mission, structure, procedures, and leadership, and the broader political regimes and social development that spawn its organization and activities. This is the purpose of Chris Jay Hoofnagle's Federal Trade Commission Privacy Law and Policy.