“I would hope my remaining colleague Commissioner McSweeny would of course want to act on those kinds of cases,” the Republican said. Too much of the former defined the previous administration and thereby hurt innovation, according to Ohlhausen. While speaking at a technology conference Ohlhausen said she would direct the agency, primarily charged with enforcing consumer protection law, to look for “substantial harm” in cases, rather than practices by companies that only show the potential for harm. That same month Ohlhausen said if she were picked to lead the FTC, she said she would be reticent to use the agency’s investigatory and penalty powers, and more willing to give companies the benefit of the doubt. It’s a rare occurrence for the FTC - the federal government’s top privacy regulator - to confirm an active investigation at all, but even more so for Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen, the Republican commissioner President Trump selected to lead the agency shortly after his January inauguration. Equifax neglected to alert the public to the hack until Thursday. An unknown number of driver’s license numbers, 209,000 credit card numbers, and 182,000 credit dispute documents were also taken, and a group claiming to be the hackers threaten to release the stolen data online unless they receive $2.6 million in ransom this week.
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