FTC's Soltani Announces Agenda as New CTO

New FTC Chief Technology Officer Ashkan Soltani will focus on improving the agency’s tech recruitment, big data initiatives and data security, he said in a blog post Tuesday. “Data security is one of the most important aspects of a functioning marketplace and a critical aspect in consumer protection,” he said. “I hope to expand the agency’s ability to measure big data’s disparate effects in order to ensure that the algorithms that consumers interact with on a daily basis afford them the same rights online as they’re entitled to offline.” Consumer advocates and technologists expect Soltani to put the agency at the forefront of emerging tech issues (see 1410290060).