Acting Federal Trade Commission head: internet of things should self-regulate

Maureen Ohlhausen, the commission's sole Republican and its acting chair under Trump, defended using big data to alter pricing from consumer to consumer

The acting head of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under Donald Trump said that the agency is "not primarily a regulator" in a conversation with the Guardian on Monday.

Maureen Ohlhausen, the commission's sole Republican and its acting chair under Trump, said the FTC was primarily a law enforcement agency and called for wait-and-see approach to enforcement during a discussion at a conference of cybersecurity professionals on Monday at the Nasdaq. She also defended the use of big data to offer consumers different prices for the same good and said she wanted manufacturers of internet-connected household devices to decide best practices among themselves. The event was held by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and Nasdaq.