Dear FTC Chair Khan:

Major tech companies collect, process and share our personal data with little oversight from our government regulators. These companies use our information to track, confuse, trick and exploit individuals for profit — while undermining our civil rights and sabotaging our access to economic opportunities. Reining in these data abuses falls squarely within the FTC’s authority and we cannot wait for action in Congress to disrupt social-media companies’ discriminatory practices.

We urge you to put an end to these companies’ exploitation of our personal data, which has resulted in discriminatory practices against people of color, women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, religious minorities, people with disabilities, people living on low incomes, immigrants and other impacted groups.

The time to act is now. We urge the FTC to stand against these data abuses and initiate a privacy-rulemaking proceeding to set standards to protect everyone.

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    The FTC must act to protect privacy and civil rights online.

    Tell the FTC: Protect Privacy and Civil Rights Online

    How our online data is collected, processed and shared has consequences that extend far beyond the internet. In fact, shady data practices can have a direct impact on civil rights and economic opportunities. Tech companies use our personal data to discriminate against people of color, women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, religious minorities, people with disabilities, people living on low incomes, immigrants and other impacted groups. Companies also use personal data to track, confuse, trick and exploit people for commercial gain.

    These discriminatory and abusive data practices are common and affect all parts of everyday life, including employment, finance, health care, credit, insurance, housing and education.

    We deserve better. And the Federal Trade Commission has the power to enact data-privacy rules that protect us from discriminatory and exploitative companies. The FTC can pass a rulemaking proceeding that would set ethical privacy standards for the entire tech industry.

    Take action: Urge the Federal Trade Commission to protect your privacy and civil rights online.