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Georgetown Law privacy specialist Bedoya to be nominated as fifth US FTC commissioner

Alvaro Bedoya, a Georgetown University professor and former congressional lawyer who has worked extensively on privacy-related policymaking, will be nominated to be the fifth commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission by President Joe Biden, MLex has learned.
If confirmed, Bedoya will replace Democrat Rohit Chopra, whose nomination to be

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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