{"id":1020414,"date":"2021-11-16T16:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T21:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1020414"},"modified":"2021-11-16T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T21:43:41","slug":"bidens-pick-for-ftc-commissioner-called-ice-out-of-control-domestic-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pick-for-ftc-commissioner-called-ice-out-of-control-domestic-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Pick For FTC Commissioner Called ICE \u2018Out-Of-Control Domestic Surveillance\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-pick-for-ftc-commissioner-called-ice-out-of-control-domestic-surveillance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1020414&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alvaro Bedoya, President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to fill the empty seat on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has a history of opposing immigration authorities\u2019 use of data to enforce the law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cIt is time to call ICE what it is: An out-of-control domestic surveillance agency that peers into all our lives,\u201d Bedoya tweeted in February, calling for stronger privacy laws to \u201crein in data brokers.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If confirmed, Bedoya will oversee the enforcement of privacy laws as well as the creation of new data protections the FTC is reportedly considering. This position would offer Bedoya considerable latitude to regulate how data companies collect and share information.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bedoya opposed&nbsp;the collaboration of state agencies and local law enforcement agencies with ICE, calling on such authorities to refuse to share data with the agency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to fill the empty seat on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a history of opposing immigration authorities\u2019 use of data to enforce the law.<\/p>\n<p>Alvaro Bedoya, a Georgetown Law professor and privacy advocate who is scheduled to have his committee nomination <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/2021\/11\/executive-session-and-nominations-hearing\">hearing<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday, is a staunch proponent of limiting the ability of immigration agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to collect and use data to facilitate deportations of illegal immigrants. Bedoya has criticized private companies that provide immigration agencies with citizens\u2019 data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time to call ICE what it is: An out-of-control domestic surveillance agency that peers into all our lives,\u201d Bedoya <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/1365383865582428161\">tweeted<\/a> in February, calling for stronger privacy laws to \u201crein in data brokers.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/12\/gigi-sohn-federal-communications-commission-ron-johnson-marsha-blackburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden\u2019s FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn Wants To \u2018Silence Dissent,\u2019 Top Senate Republicans Say)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.305031446541\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you\u2019re wondering whether strong utilities privacy laws and laws to rein in data brokers could have helped here, the answer to that question is YES.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to call ICE what it is: An out-of-control domestic surveillance agency that peers into all our lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alvaro Bedoya (@alvarombedoya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/1365422051704602631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While federal data privacy legislation has thus far failed to gain traction in Congress, Democrats have looked to the FTC to begin a privacy rulemaking process under existing legislation. Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal led top Senate Democrats in writing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blumenthal.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2021.09.20%20-%20FTC%20-%20Privacy%20Rulemaking.pdf\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;to Lina Khan, the FTC chair, urging use of the agency strengthen data privacy protections. The Build Back Back Better Act allocates $500 million for a new \u201cprivacy bureau\u201d within the FTC <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/29\/democrats-federal-trade-commission-lina-khan\/\">tasked<\/a>&nbsp;with implementing and enforcing data protections.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, Bedoya will oversee the enforcement of privacy laws as well as the creation of new data protections the FTC is reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ftc-weighs-new-online-privacy-rules-11632913200?mod=tech_lead_pos2\">considering<\/a>. This position would offer Bedoya considerable latitude to regulate how data companies collect and share information.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2020\/09\/palantir-ice-deportation-immigrant-surveillance-big-data.html\">column<\/a> for Slate written in September 2020, Bedoya targeted data analytics company Palantir and its relationship with ICE as a reason for new legal protections on data privacy. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/23\/joe-biden-saule-omarova-treasury-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden\u2019s Pick For Banking Regulator Once Praised Former Soviet Union For Having \u2018No Gender Pay Gap\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palantir\u2019s \u201cleadership has decided that the cost of its work for ICE is de minimis, that in the eyes of its clients and the investing public it simply does not matter,\u201d Bedoya wrote. \u201cAs a Latino and an immigrant, I worry that on this point they will be right.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"14.19512195122\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maryland police have no business working with ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland police have no business working with ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland police have no business working with ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland police have no business working with ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland police have no business working with ICE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MakMtx70Dp\">https:\/\/t.co\/MakMtx70Dp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alvaro Bedoya (@alvarombedoya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/1380952388891197442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bedoya pointed to the fact that Palantir\u2019s technology assists ICE agents in accessing different databases, building profiles, visualizing data and connecting data sources as an example of a practice harming illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of my work focuses on how surveillance affects immigrants and people of color,\u201d Bedoya wrote. \u201cYet, even for me, it is hard to see the technology behind ICE\u2019s brutality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedoya previously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/984167040150921217\">advocated<\/a> for enlarging and empowering the FTC as a tool to combat data collection and consumer surveillance, pointing to the harms caused by \u201ccompanies that track us to identify our weaknesses.\u201d<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/30\/rohit-chopra-cfpb-elizabeth-warren-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Senate Confirms Warren Ally Rohit Chopra To Head Consumer Finance Bureau)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurveillance isn\u2019t a question of cookies on browsers. It\u2019s a question of life or death,\u201d Bedoya said in a call-to-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openmic.org\/news\/new-video-no-safety-with-surveillance-examines-tech-industrys-dangerous-surveillance-profit-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> with OpenMic. \u201cIt\u2019s a question of, can you explore your sexuality in peace and without other people looking over your shoulder? It\u2019s a question of whether you can stay in this country if you\u2019re undocumented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedoya has also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/1354460091165138954\">opposed<\/a>&nbsp;the collaboration of state agencies and local law enforcement agencies with ICE, calling on such authorities to refuse to share data with the agency.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, Bedoya would hand the Democrats a 3-2 majority in the FTC. Bedoya declined to comment when reached by the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alvaro Bedoya, President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to fill the empty seat on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has a history of opposing immigration authorities\u2019 use of data to enforce the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}