( November 14, 2012) -- The unexpected defeat of California Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack, chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, and one of her party’s leaders on privacy and data security, leaves prospects for legislation in those areas very uncertain, according to a top FTC official. And during a discussion at the American Bar Association’s annual antitrust fall forum on November 8, not everybody agreed about whether comprehensive privacy legislation even is needed....