Privacy expert to join FTC

Paul Ohm to serve as senior policy advisor.

Privacy expert Paul Ohm is reported to be joining the Federal Trade Commission this summer as a senior policy advisor on the Web and mobile, according to a May 21 news article in the Wall Street Journal.

Ohm is a law professor and privacy expert at the University of Colorado who has written extensively on information privacy. His job at the FTC is expected to begin in August.