Which of the following regulates deceptive practices regarding a company's privacy policy?
A)Section 5 of the FTC Act
B)the federal COPPA
C)the federal ECPA
D)the FCC's privacy directive

Question

Which of the following regulates deceptive practices regarding a company's privacy policy?
A)Section 5 of the FTC Act
B)the federal COPPA 
C)the federal ECPA
D)the FCC's privacy directive

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Section 5 of the FTC Act empowers the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate and take legal action against deceptive practices related to a company's privacy policy. The FTC has issued guidelines and enforcement actions related to data privacy and security, including false or misleading claims about information practices. The other options, federal COPPA, federal ECPA, and the FCC's privacy directive, apply to specific areas of privacy regulation but not deceptive practices in a privacy policy.

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