by Luke Dembosky, Jeremy Feigelson, Avi Gesser, Jim Pastore, Suchita Mandavilli Brundage, and Marissa MacAneney
On July 13, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted a virtual workshop on its proposed changes to the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (“Safeguards Rule”). The workshop followed up on the FTC’s 2019 notice of proposed rulemaking requesting public comment on its proposal to amend the Safeguards Rule.