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More Americans than ever before are engaging with the digital world. With this increased online presence, however, comes greater exposure to data collection and usage practices that are potentially harmful to one’s data privacy, such as location data monetization, facial image scraping, and online profiling and tracking.</p><p>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is the President’s Principal advisor on telecommunications and information policy issues. In this role, NTIA studies and develops policy on the impact of the Internet on privacy. Recognizing these challenges, NTIA is committed to:</p><ul><li>Ensuring everyone in America benefits from strong privacy protections and safeguards against misuse and exploitation of their data.</li><li>Protecting the privacy of the most vulnerable among us, ensuring that those who are at the greatest risk are shielded from predatory practices.</li><li>Establishing the United States as a global leader in online privacy, setting a standard for the protection of individual rights.</li></ul><p>NTIA will advance policies that not only respond to current issues but anticipate and mitigate future privacy challenges. Through active collaboration with stakeholders across government, industry, and civil society, NTIA aims to develop robust privacy frameworks that foster innovation while ensuring that digital technologies uphold and strengthen democratic values for a safer, more secure digital future for all Americans.</p></div>  </div> </div> <div class="activities"> </div> <div class="related-docs"> <div class="field field--name-field-highlighted-documents-desc field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Highlighted Documents, Publications, and Reports</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-with-description paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/report/2022/comments-national-telecommunications-and-information-administration-regarding-commercial">Comments of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Regarding Commercial Surveillance</a></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) called for new limits on the ways in which companies can collect or use personal information in comments filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC is seeking comment on whether it should implement new trade regulation rules on companies’ data collection and sales practices.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-with-description paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/federal-register-notice/2023/privacy-equity-and-civil-rights-request-comment">Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Request for Comment</a></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) requests comments addressing issues at the intersection of privacy, equity, and civil rights. The comments, along with information gathered through the three listening sessions that NTIA held on this topic, will inform a report on whether and how commercial data practices can lead to disparate impacts and outcomes for marginalized or disadvantaged communities.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="field field--name-field-related-links-with-descrip field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Links</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-with-description paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/other-publication/2022/ntia-virtual-listening-sessions-personal-data-privacy-equity-and-civil-rights">NTIA Virtual Listening Sessions on Personal Data: Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights</a></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>NTIA hosted three listening sessions concerning Personal Data: Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights. NTIA will also be soliciting written comments on the topics discussed in these sessions through a forthcoming Request for Comment. The data gathered through this process will be used to inform a report on the ways in which commercial data flows of personal information can lead to disparate impact and outcomes for marginalized or disadvantaged communities.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-with-description paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/other-publication/2024/privacy-equity-and-civil-rights-discussion-roundtables">Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Discussion Roundtables</a></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In May 2024, NTIA hosted two discussion sessions in support of the agency’s ongoing work exploring the intersection of privacy, equity, and civil rights. 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