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Oregon DOJ outlines consumer‑protection and privacy enforcement priorities, calls for staff expansion
Summary
Department of Justice officials told the committee the state’s consumer‑protection unit is small (about seven attorneys) but active; the agency described recent settlements, the new Oregon Consumer Privacy Act work and a plan to expand capacity to pursue larger investigations.
Leslie Wu, policy adviser to Attorney General Dan Rayfield, and Claudia Groberg, chief counsel of DOJ’s Civil Enforcement Division, presented an informational update to the House Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee on Jan. 30 about consumer protection and the department’s new privacy enforcement work.
Wu said consumer protection is an administration priority and that DOJ’s capacity is limited: she said the civil enforcement division’s consumer‑protection team has approximately seven attorneys and that neighboring Washington state has more than triple that staffing level. Wu said the department receives thousands of consumer complaints each year and that greater capacity would allow the state to pursue…
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