By Francoise Gilbert, Greenberg Traurig LLP (February 3, 2017, 12:41 PM EST) -- The Federal Trade Commission is pursuing efforts to ensure the security of devices connected to the internet that are sold to U.S. consumers. These devices often have access to critical, highly personal information about their users, such as their life habits, or the presence of occupants in a dwelling. Thus, security vulnerabilities or deficiencies can cause the unauthorized disclosure or modification of highly sensitive information collected by the internet-of-things device. In addition, since IoT devices continuously communicate with the internet, sending and receiving data, a security deficiency may allow the device itself to be turned into a conduit for harmful attacks on other devices or equipment connected to the Internet....