Janis Kestenbaum was quoted in the IAPP article, "So the Fine is $5B: Does That Change Anything?" regarding Facebook's $5 billion fine from the FTC for violating its 2011 consent decree.

Janis, previously a senior legal advisor to former FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, said the fine signals the FTC today is "highly focused on privacy and data security, and unafraid to push the envelope when using its limited authority."

"The reported settlement says nothing about the need for a federal privacy law. There are many reasons why the United States should have a baseline federal privacy law — no case changes that. But the reported settlement should definitively establish that the FTC is best positioned to serve as the enforcement agency under any new privacy law."