The Commission issued a statement authored by Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Commissioners Edith Ramirez, Julie Brill, and Maureen Ohlhausen.

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Last month FTC Commissioner Julie Brill called on data brokers to provide consumers with better visibility into the personal data that are collected and sold by data brokers.

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Leibowitz and Commissioners Edith Ramirez and Julie Brill.

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