CIPP/US PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CIPP/US PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Why would the company have incentives to negotiate? - Answer-The company avoids a prolonged trial, as well as negative, ongoing publicity; it also avoids the details of its business practices being exposed to the public. Why would the FTC have incentives to negotiate? - Answer-It (1) achieves a consent decree that incorporates good privacy and security practices, (2) avoids the expense and delay of a trial, and (3) gains an enforcement advantage, due to the fact that monetary fines are much easier to assess in federal court if a company violates a consent decree. What methods were used before the FTC began to use consent decrees in privacy cases? - Answer-the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection negotiated such decrees for other consumer protection issues under Section 5 of the FTC Act. True/false: Review of nonprivacy decrees can be instructive for lawyers or others who seek to understand the FTC's approach to and priorities for consumer protection consent decrees. - Answer-True.