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Download as PDF 54088 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2016 / Notices sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES may deter similar conduct that has no legitimate business purpose.5 As described above, during the relevant time period, Fortiline competed with Manufacturer A in selling DIP to customers while also serving as Manufacturer A’s distributor. Fundamentally, the fact that the firms are competitors in some transactions and collaborators in others does not alter the legal analysis. An agreement between actual or potential competitors that restrains interbrand price competition between the two firms presumptively harms competition. The existence of an intrabrand component to the conspirators’ relationship (such as a distribution agreement or a license agreement) does not necessarily foreclose per se analysis.6 The relevant issue is not whether the parties are in a vertical or horizontal relationship, but whether the restraint on competition is an intrabrand restraint or an interbrand restraint.7 A similar analysis applies in the context of an invitation to collude. Here, the Complaint charges that Fortiline invited Manufacturer A to collude on pricing across the board, including on transactions in which Fortiline was distributing for a rival manufacturer, Manufacturer B.8 5 In re Valassis Commc’ns, 141 F.T.C. at 283 (Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order to Aid Public Comment). 6 See Gen. Leaseways, Inc. v. Nat’l Truck Leasing Ass’n, 744 F.2d 588, 594 (7th Cir. 1984) (‘‘It does not follow that because two firms sometimes have a cooperative relationship there are no competitive gains from forbidding them to cooperate in ways that yield no economies but simply limit competition.’’). See also Palmer v. BRG of Georgia, Inc., 498 U.S. 46, 49 (1990) (per se liability where conspirators had both horizontal and vertical (licensor/licensee) relationship); Eli Lilly and Co. v. Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 172 F.Supp.2d 1060 (S.D. Ind. 2001) (per se liability where conspirators had both horizontal and vertical relationship); United States v. General Electric Co., 1997–1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 71,765 (D. Mont. 1997) (same). 7 See United States v. Apple, Inc., 791 F.3d 290, 322 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal citations omitted) (rejecting Apple’s argument that its role in a horizontal conspiracy with publishers should be evaluated under rule of reason because it was in a vertical relationship with publishers, noting that ‘‘it is the type of restraint that Apple agreed with the publishers to impose that determines whether the per se rule or the rule of reason is appropriate. These rules are means of evaluating ‘whether [a] restraint is unreasonable,’ not the reasonableness of a particular defendant’s role in the scheme.’’). 8 The Commission has previously found similar communications to constitute unlawful invitations to collude. E.g., In re Step N Grip LLC, 160 F.T.C. ll, Docket No. C–4561 (Dec. 7, 2015), https:// www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/1510181/step-n-grip-llc-matter (respondent communicated to competitor that both parties should sell at the same price); In re Precision Moulding, 122 F.T.C. 104 (1996) (respondent complained to competitor that the competitor’s pricing was ‘‘ridiculously low’’ and that the competitor did not have to ‘‘give the product away’’); In re AE Clevite, 116 F.T.C. 389, 391 (1993) VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Aug 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 Certainly, market and price-related communications between a manufacturer and its distributor can be appropriate and procompetitive.9 A firm may not, however, use an intrabrand relationship to shield itself from anticompetitive interbrand conduct.10 As an intrabrand relationship will not immunize an otherwise unlawful agreement, it likewise will not immunize an unlawful invitation to collude. If Manufacturer A accepted Fortiline’s requests to raise prices on projects for which the firms were interbrand competitors, the resulting agreement would be per se unlawful. It follows that Fortiline’s communications to Manufacturer A—its attempts to secure an unlawful agreement—were unlawful invitations to collude. III. The Proposed Consent Order The Commission recognizes the need to tailor relief that will prevent Fortiline from engaging in the anticompetitive conduct described in the complaint, yet avoid chilling procompetitive communications and efficient contracting between Fortiline and each of its current and future suppliers. The Proposed Order contains the following substantive provisions: Section II prohibits Fortiline from entering into, attempting to enter into, participating in, maintaining, organizing, implementing, enforcing, inviting, encouraging, offering or soliciting an agreement or understanding with any competitor to raise or fix prices or any other pricing action, or to allocate or divide markets, customers, contracts, transactions, business opportunities, lines of commerce, or territories. Two provisos apply to Section II. The first proviso makes clear that Fortiline may engage in conduct that is reasonably related to, and reasonably necessary to achieve the procompetitive benefits of, a lawful manufacturer-distributor relationship, joint venture agreement, or lawful merger, acquisition, or sale agreement. The second proviso makes clear that Fortiline may negotiate and enter into an agreement to buy DIP from, or sell DIP to, a competitor. Paragraphs III–VI of the Proposed Order impose certain standard reporting and compliance requirements on Fortiline. The Proposed Order will expire in 20 years. (respondent complained to competitor about its pricing, and subsequently faxed the competitor comparative price lists from both companies). 9 See Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp., 465 U.S. 752, 764–65 (1984). 10 See supra notes 6–8. PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 By direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–19339 Filed 8–12–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for an additional three years the current PRA clearance for information collection requirements in its Affiliate Marketing Rule (or ‘‘Rule’’), which applies to certain motor vehicle dealers, and its shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (‘‘CFPB’’) of the provisions (subpart C) of the CFPB’s Regulation V regarding other entities (‘‘CFPB Rule’’). The current clearance expires on January 31, 2017. DATES: Comments must be filed by October 14, 2016. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments electronically or in paper form by following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ‘‘Affiliate Marketing Disclosure Rule, PRA Comment: FTC File No. P0105411’’ on your comment, and file your comment online at https:// ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ affiliatemarketingpra, by following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be addressed to Ruth Yodaiken, Attorney, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2016 / Notices 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room CC–8232, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–2127. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (‘‘DoddFrank Act’’).1 The Dodd-Frank Act substantially changed the federal legal framework for financial services providers. Among the changes, the Dodd-Frank Act transferred to the CFPB most of the FTC’s rulemaking authority for the Affiliate Marketing provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (‘‘FCRA’’),2 on July 21, 2011.3 For certain other portions of the FCRA, the FTC retains its full rulemaking authority.4 The FTC retains rulemaking authority for its Affiliate Marketing Rule, 16 CFR 680, solely for motor vehicle dealers described in section 1029(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act that are predominantly engaged in the sale and servicing of motor vehicles, the leasing and servicing of motor vehicles, or both.5 Regulation V subpart C does not affect the pre-existing requirements of the FCRA. Additionally, the FTC shares enforcement authority with the CFPB for provisions of Regulation V subpart C that apply to entities other than those specified above. Thus, for that remainder, the FTC and CFPB have overlapping enforcement authority. As an analytical framework to estimate PRA burden in the ‘‘Burden Statement’’ below, the FTC estimates burden pertaining to respondents over which both agencies have shared enforcement authority, divides the resulting total by one-half to reflect the FTC’s shared jurisdiction, and add to the resulting subtotal the incremental estimated burden regarding the motor vehicle dealers described above over which the FTC retains exclusive enforcement (and rulemaking) authority. 1 Public Law 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). U.S.C. 1681 et seq. 3 Dodd-Frank Act, at section 1061. This date was the ‘‘designated transfer date’’ established by the Treasury Department under the Dodd-Frank Act. See Dep’t of the Treasury, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Designated Transfer Date, 75 FR 57252, 57253 (Sept. 20, 2010); see also DoddFrank Act, at section 1062. 4 The Dodd-Frank Act does not transfer to the CFPB rulemaking authority for FCRA sections 615(e) (‘‘Red Flag Guidelines and Regulations Required’’) and 628 (‘‘Disposal of Records’’). See 15 U.S.C. 1681s(e); Public Law 111–203, section 1088(a)(10)(E). Accordingly, the Commission retains full rulemaking authority for its ‘‘Identity Theft Rules,’’ 16 CFR part 681, and its rules governing ‘‘Disposal of Consumer Report Information and Records,’’ CFR part 682. See 15 U.S.C. 1681m, 1681w. 5 See Dodd-Frank Act, at section 1029 (a), (c). sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 2 15 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Aug 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 Background As mandated by section 214 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (‘‘FACT Act’’), Public Law 108–159 (Dec. 6, 2003), the Affiliate Marketing Rule, 16 CFR part 680, specifies disclosure requirements for certain affiliated companies. Except as discussed below, these requirements constitute ‘‘collection[s] of information’’ for purposes of the PRA. Specifically, the FACT Act and the FTC Rule require covered entities to provide consumers with notice and an opportunity to opt out of the use of certain information before sending marketing solicitations. The FTC Rule generally provides that, if a company communicates certain information about a consumer (eligibility information) to an affiliate, the affiliate may not use it to make or send solicitations to him or her unless the consumer is given notice and a reasonable opportunity to opt out of such use of the information and s/he does not opt out. To minimize compliance costs and burdens for entities, particularly any small businesses that may be affected, the FTC Rule contains model disclosures and opt-out notices that may be used to satisfy the statutory requirements. The FTC Rule also gives covered entities flexibility to satisfy the notice and opt-out requirement by sending the consumer a free-standing opt-out notice or by adding the opt-out notice to the privacy notices already provided to consumers, such as those provided in accordance with the provisions of Title V, subtitle A of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (‘‘GLBA’’).6 In either event, the time necessary to prepare or incorporate an opt-out notice would be minimal because those entities could either use the model disclosure verbatim or base their own disclosures upon it. Moreover, verbatim adoption of the model notice does not constitute a PRA ‘‘collection of information.’’ 7 Burden Statement Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, federal agencies must get OMB approval for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ includes agency requests or requirements to submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). The FTC is seeking clearance U.S.C. 6801 et seq. public disclosure of information originally supplied by the Federal government to the recipient for purpose of disclosure to the public is not included within [the definition of collection of information].’’ 5 CFR 1320.3(c)(2). 54089 for its assumed share of the estimated PRA burden regarding the disclosure requirements under the FTC and CFPB Rules. Except where otherwise specifically noted, staff’s estimates of burden are based on its knowledge of the consumer credit industries and knowledge of the entities over which the Commission has jurisdiction. This said, estimating PRA burden of the Rule’s disclosure requirements is difficult given the highly diverse group of affected entities that may use certain eligibility information shared by their affiliates to send marketing notices to consumers. The estimates provided in this burden statement may well overstate actual burden. As noted above, verbatim adoption of the disclosure of information provided by the federal government is not a ‘‘collection of information’’ to which to assign PRA burden estimates, and an unknown number of covered entities will opt to use the model disclosure language. Second, an uncertain, but possibly significant, number of entities subject to FTC jurisdiction do not have affiliates and thus would not be covered by section 214 of the FACT Act or the Rule. Third, Commission staff does not know how many companies subject to FTC jurisdiction under the Rule actually share eligibility information among affiliates and, of those, how many affiliates use such information to make marketing solicitations to consumers. Fourth, still other entities may choose to rely on the exceptions to the Rule’s notice and opt-out requirements.8 Finally, the population estimates below to apply further calculations are based on industry data that, while providing tallies of business entities within industries and industry segments, does not identify those entities individually. Thus, there is no clear path to ascertain how many individual businesses have newly entered and departed within a given industry classification, from one year to the next or from one triennial PRA clearance cycle to the next. Accordingly, there is no ready way to quantify how many establishments accounted for in the data reflect those previously accounted for in the FTC’s prior PRA analysis, i.e., entities that would already have experienced a declining learning curve applying the Rule with the passage of time. For simplicity, the FTC analysis will continue to treat covered entities as newly undergoing the previously 6 15 7 ‘‘The PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8 Exceptions include, for example, having a preexisting business relationship with a consumer, using information in response to a communication initiated by the consumer, and solicitations authorized or requested by the consumer. E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 54090 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2016 / Notices assumed learning curve cycle, although this would effectively overstate estimated burden for unidentified covered entities that have remained in existence since OMB’s most recent clearances for the FTC Rule.9 As in the past, FTC staff’s estimates assume a higher burden will be incurred during the first year of a prospective OMB three-year clearance, with a lesser burden for each of the subsequent two years because the opt-out notice to consumers is required to be given only once. Institutions may provide for an indefinite period for the opt-out or they may time limit it, but for no less than five years. Staff’s labor cost estimates take into account: Managerial and professional time for reviewing internal policies and determining compliance obligations; technical time for creating the notice and opt-out, in either paper or electronic form; and clerical time for disseminating the notice and opt-out.10 In addition, staff’s cost estimates presume that the availability of model disclosures and opt-out notices will simplify the compliance review and implementation processes, thereby significantly reducing the cost of compliance. Moreover, the Rule gives entities considerable flexibility to determine the scope and duration of the opt-out. Indeed, this flexibility permits entities to send a single joint notice on behalf of all of its affiliates. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES A. Non-GLBA Entities Based, in part, on industry data regarding the number of businesses under various industry codes, staff estimates that 958,894 non-GLBA entities under FTC jurisdiction have affiliates and would be affected by the Rule.11 Commission staff further 19:23 Aug 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 191,779 × (14 ÷ 3). associated labor cost is based on the labor cost burden per notice by adding the hourly mean private sector wages for managerial, technical, and clerical work and multiplying that sum by the estimated number of hours. The classifications used are ‘‘Management Occupations’’ for managerial employees, ‘‘Computer and Mathematical Science Occupations’’ for technical staff, and ‘‘Office and Administrative Support’’ for clerical workers. See OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES— MAY 2015, U.S. Department of Labor, released March 30, 2016, Table 1 (‘‘National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015’’): https:// www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm. The respective private sector hourly wages for these classifications are $55.30, $41.43, and $17.47. Estimated hours spent for each labor category are 7, 2, and 5, respectively. Multiplying each occupation’s hourly wage by the associated time estimate, labor cost burden per notice equals $557.31. This subtotal is then multiplied by the estimated number of non-GLB business families projected to send the affiliate marketing notice (191,779) to determine cumulative labor cost burden for non-GLBA entities ($106,880,354). Averaged over a three-year clearance period this amounts to $35,626,785 per year. 14 Financial institutions must provide a privacy notice at the time the customer relationship is established and then annually so long as the relationship continues. Staff’s estimates assume that the affiliate marketing opt-out will be incorporated in the institution’s initial and annual notices. 13 The 9 On January 16, 2014, OMB granted three-year clearance for the Rule through January 31, 2017. 10 No clerical time was included in staff’s burden analysis for GLBA entities as the notice would likely be combined with existing GLBA notices. 11 This estimate is derived from an analysis of a database of U.S. businesses based on June 2015 SIC codes for businesses that market goods or services to consumers, which included, among others, the following industries: Transportation services; communication; electric, gas, and sanitary services; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services (excluding business services and engineering, management services). See https:// www.naics.com/search.htm. This estimate excludes businesses not subject to FTC jurisdiction as well as businesses that do not use data or information subject to the rule. To the resulting sub-total (5,824,739), staff applies a continuing assumed rate of affiliation of 16.75 percent, see 78 FR 73,192, 73,193 n.12 (Dec. 5, 2013), thus, 975,644 (businesses in a family tree of at least two members), reduced by a continuing estimate of 100,000 entities subject to the Commission’s GLBA privacy notice regulations, see id., applied to the same assumed rate of affiliation. The net total is 958,894 (975,644¥(100,000 × 16.75%). VerDate Sep<11>2014 of burden during the first year of the clearance period, comprised of a projected 5 hours of managerial time and 1 hour of technical time to execute the notice, given that the Rule provides a model.15 Staff further estimates that 3,350 GLBA entities under FTC jurisdiction would be affected.16 Allowing for increased familiarity with procedure, however, the PRA burden in ensuing years would decline, with GLBA entities each incurring an estimated 4 hours of annual burden (3 hours of managerial time and 1 hour of technical time) during the remaining two years of the clearance. Thus, average annual burden for GLBA families during the prospective threeyear clearance period would approximate 15,633 hours.17 Associated average annual labor cost would total $818,059.18 Before attribution to the FTC of its apportioned share of PRA burden estimates, the cumulative average annual burden for both non-GLBA and GLBA for the prospective three-year clearance period is 910,602 burden B. GLBA Entities hours and $36,444,844 in labor costs. Entities that are subject to the GLBA entities are already providing Commission’s GLBA privacy notice notices to their customers so there are regulation already provide privacy no new capital or non-labor costs, as 14 Because the notices to their customers. this notice may be consolidated into FACT Act and the Rule contemplate their current notices. For non-GLBA that the affiliate marketing notice can be entities, the Rule provides for simple included in the GLBA notices, the and concise model forms that burden on GLBA regulated entities institutions may use to comply. Thus, would be greatly reduced. Accordingly, any capital or non-labor costs associated the GLBA entities would incur 6 hours with compliance for these entities are negligible. 12 estimates an average of 5 businesses per family or affiliated relationship, and believes that the affiliated entities will choose to send a joint notice, as permitted by the Rule. Thus, an estimated 191,779 non-GLBA business families may send the affiliate marketing notice. Staff also estimates that non-GLBA entities under the jurisdiction of the FTC would each incur 14 hours of burden during the prospective requested three-year PRA clearance period, comprised of a projected 7 hours of managerial time, 2 hours of technical time, and 5 hours of clerical assistance. Non-GLBA entities, however, will give notice only once during the clearance period ahead. Thus, average annual burden for non-GLBA families during the prospective three-year clearance period would approximate 894,969 hours.12 Associated average annual labor cost would total $35,626,785.13 These estimates include the start-up burden and attendant costs, such as determining compliance obligations. PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 C. FTC Share of Burden: 460,205 Hours; $18,472,938, Labor Costs To calculate the total burden attributed to the FTC, staff first deducted from the total annual burden hours those hours attributed to motor vehicle dealers, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the FTC. Staff estimates that there are 62,750 motor vehicle dealerships subject to the Rule.19 Of these, staff estimates that 15 As stated above, no clerical time is included in the estimate because the notice likely would be combined with existing GLBA notices. 16 Based on the previously stated estimates of 100,000 GLBA business entities at an assumed rate of affiliation of 16.75 percent (16,750), divided by the presumed ratio of 5 businesses per family, this yields a total of 3,350 GLBA business families subject to the Rule. 17 3,350 × (14 ÷ 3). 18 Year 1: 3,350 GLBA families × [($55.30 × 5 hours) + ($41.43 × 1 hour)] = $1,065,066. Years 2 and 3: 3,350 GLBA families × [($55.30 × 3 hours) + ($41.43 × 1 hour)] = $694,556 each. Annualized: ($1,065,066 + $694,556 + $694,556) ÷ 3 = $818,059. 19 This figure consists, in part, of 62,750 car dealers (based on industry data for the number of franchise/new car and independent/used car E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2016 / Notices sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 10% are non-GLBA entities (6,275), and 90% are GLBA entities (56,475). Applying an assumed rate of affiliation of 16.75%, staff estimates that there are 1,051 non-GLBA and 9,460 GLBA motor vehicle dealerships in affiliated families. Staff further assumes there are an average of 5 businesses per family or affiliated relationship, leaving approximately 210 non-GLBA and 1,892 GLBA motor vehicle dealership families, respectively. Staff further estimates that non-GLBA business families will spend 14 hours in the first year and 0 hours thereafter to comply with the Rule, while GLBA business families will spend 6 hours in the first year, and 4 hours in each of the following two years. The cumulative average annual burden for the nonGLBA and GLBA motor vehicle dealership families is 9,809 hours.20 To calculate the FTC’s total shared burden hours, staff deducted from overall estimated burden hours (910,602 hours) the hours attributed to motor vehicle dealerships (9,809 hours), leaving a total of 900,793 hours to split between the CFPB and the FTC. The resulting shared burden for the CFPB is half that amount, or 450,396 hours. To calculate the total burden hours apportioned to the FTC, staff added to the shared sub-total (450,396 hours) the hours separately attributed to motor vehicle dealers (9,809 hours), which yields for the FTC an apportioned burden estimate of 460,205 hours. Staff used the same approach to estimate the shared costs for the FTC. Staff estimated the costs attributed to motor vehicle dealers as follows: NonGLBA business families have $35,626,785 in annualized labor costs,21 and GLBA business families have $818,059 in annualized labor costs,22 for cumulative annualized costs of $36,444,844. To calculate, on an annualized basis, the FTC’s cumulative share of labor cost burden, staff deducted from overall total labor costs ($36,444,844) the labor costs attributed to motor vehicle dealerships ($501,032), leaving a net amount of $35,943,812 to split between the CFPB and the FTC. The resulting shared burden for the CFPB is half that amount, or $17,971,906. To calculate the total dealers) (81 FR 33,255 at 33,257 n9 (May 25, 2016) (FTC Prescreen Opt-Out Rule PRA analysis). 20 (210 non-GLBA business families × 4.666667 average hours = 980 hours, annualized) + (1,892 GLBA business families × 4.666667 average hours per family = 8,829 hours, annualized) = 9,809 hours, annualized. 21 191,779 non-GLBA business families × combined rate of $557.31 (see supra note 13) ÷ 3 = $35,626,785. 22 See supra note 18. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Aug 12, 2016 Jkt 238001 burden hours for the FTC, staff added the costs associated with motor vehicle dealers ($501,032), resulting in a total cost burden for the FTC of $18,472,938. Request for Comment You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to consider your comment, we must receive it on or before October 14, 2016. Write ‘‘Affiliate Marketing Disclosure Rule, PRA Comment: FTC File No. P0105411’’ on your comment. Your comment, including your name and your state— will be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, on the public Commission Web site, at https://www.ftc.gov/os/ publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of discretion, the Commission tries to remove individuals’ home contact information from comments before placing them on the Commission Web site. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment doesn’t include any sensitive personal information, like anyone’s Social Security number, date of birth, driver’s license number or other state identification number or foreign country equivalent, passport number, financial account number, or credit or debit card number. You are also solely responsible for making sure that your comment doesn’t include any sensitive health information, like medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, don’t include any ‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information which is . . . privileged or confidential,’’ as provided in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2). In particular, don’t include competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names. If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for confidential treatment, and you have to follow the procedure explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).23 Your comment will be kept confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the public interest. 23 In particular, the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the comment must include the actual and legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54091 Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit your comments online. To make sure that the Commission considers your online comment, you must file it at https:// public.commentworks.com/ftc/ affiliatemarketingpra by following the instructions on the web-based form. If this Notice appears at https:// www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also may file a comment through that Web site. If you file your comment on paper, write ‘‘Affiliate Marketing Disclosure Rule, PRA Comment: FTC File No. P0105411’’ on your comment, and on the envelope, and mail or deliver it to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC–5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. If possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service. The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that it receives on or before October 14, 2016. For information on the Commission’s privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https:// www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm. David C. Shonka, Acting General Counsel. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54088-54091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19226]

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The information collection requirements described below will
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC
is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for an additional
three years the current PRA clearance for information collection
requirements in its Affiliate Marketing Rule (or ``Rule''), which
applies to certain motor vehicle dealers, and its shared enforcement
with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (``CFPB'') of the
provisions (subpart C) of the CFPB's Regulation V regarding other
entities (``CFPB Rule''). The current clearance expires on January 31,
2017.

DATES: Comments must be filed by October 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments
electronically or in paper form by following the instructions in the
Request for Comment part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write ``Affiliate Marketing Disclosure Rule, PRA Comment: FTC
File No. P0105411'' on your comment, and file your comment online at
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/affiliatemarketingpra, by
following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file
your comment on paper, mail your comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver
your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office
of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor,
Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be addressed to Ruth Yodaiken, Attorney, Division of Privacy and
Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission,

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600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room CC-8232, Washington, DC 20580, (202)
326-2127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed
into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(``Dodd-Frank Act'').\1\ The Dodd-Frank Act substantially changed the
federal legal framework for financial services providers. Among the
changes, the Dodd-Frank Act transferred to the CFPB most of the FTC's
rulemaking authority for the Affiliate Marketing provisions of the Fair
Credit Reporting Act (``FCRA''),\2\ on July 21, 2011.\3\ For certain
other portions of the FCRA, the FTC retains its full rulemaking
authority.\4\
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\1\ Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010).
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.
\3\ Dodd-Frank Act, at section 1061. This date was the
``designated transfer date'' established by the Treasury Department
under the Dodd-Frank Act. See Dep't of the Treasury, Bureau of
Consumer Financial Protection; Designated Transfer Date, 75 FR
57252, 57253 (Sept. 20, 2010); see also Dodd-Frank Act, at section
1062.
\4\ The Dodd-Frank Act does not transfer to the CFPB rulemaking
authority for FCRA sections 615(e) (``Red Flag Guidelines and
Regulations Required'') and 628 (``Disposal of Records''). See 15
U.S.C. 1681s(e); Public Law 111-203, section 1088(a)(10)(E).
Accordingly, the Commission retains full rulemaking authority for
its ``Identity Theft Rules,'' 16 CFR part 681, and its rules
governing ``Disposal of Consumer Report Information and Records,''
CFR part 682. See 15 U.S.C. 1681m, 1681w.
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The FTC retains rulemaking authority for its Affiliate Marketing
Rule, 16 CFR 680, solely for motor vehicle dealers described in section
1029(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act that are predominantly engaged in the
sale and servicing of motor vehicles, the leasing and servicing of
motor vehicles, or both.\5\
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\5\ See Dodd-Frank Act, at section 1029 (a), (c).
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Regulation V subpart C does not affect the pre-existing
requirements of the FCRA. Additionally, the FTC shares enforcement
authority with the CFPB for provisions of Regulation V subpart C that
apply to entities other than those specified above. Thus, for that
remainder, the FTC and CFPB have overlapping enforcement authority.
As an analytical framework to estimate PRA burden in the ``Burden
Statement'' below, the FTC estimates burden pertaining to respondents
over which both agencies have shared enforcement authority, divides the
resulting total by one-half to reflect the FTC's shared jurisdiction,
and add to the resulting subtotal the incremental estimated burden
regarding the motor vehicle dealers described above over which the FTC
retains exclusive enforcement (and rulemaking) authority.

Background

As mandated by section 214 of the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act (``FACT Act''), Public Law 108-159 (Dec. 6, 2003), the
Affiliate Marketing Rule, 16 CFR part 680, specifies disclosure
requirements for certain affiliated companies. Except as discussed
below, these requirements constitute ``collection[s] of information''
for purposes of the PRA. Specifically, the FACT Act and the FTC Rule
require covered entities to provide consumers with notice and an
opportunity to opt out of the use of certain information before sending
marketing solicitations. The FTC Rule generally provides that, if a
company communicates certain information about a consumer (eligibility
information) to an affiliate, the affiliate may not use it to make or
send solicitations to him or her unless the consumer is given notice
and a reasonable opportunity to opt out of such use of the information
and s/he does not opt out.
To minimize compliance costs and burdens for entities, particularly
any small businesses that may be affected, the FTC Rule contains model
disclosures and opt-out notices that may be used to satisfy the
statutory requirements. The FTC Rule also gives covered entities
flexibility to satisfy the notice and opt-out requirement by sending
the consumer a free-standing opt-out notice or by adding the opt-out
notice to the privacy notices already provided to consumers, such as
those provided in accordance with the provisions of Title V, subtitle A
of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (``GLBA'').\6\ In either event, the time
necessary to prepare or incorporate an opt-out notice would be minimal
because those entities could either use the model disclosure verbatim
or base their own disclosures upon it. Moreover, verbatim adoption of
the model notice does not constitute a PRA ``collection of
information.'' \7\
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\6\ 15 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.
\7\ ``The public disclosure of information originally supplied
by the Federal government to the recipient for purpose of disclosure
to the public is not included within [the definition of collection
of information].'' 5 CFR 1320.3(c)(2).
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Burden Statement

Under the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, federal agencies must get OMB
approval for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor.
``Collection of information'' includes agency requests or requirements
to submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third
party. 44 U.S.C. 3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). The FTC is seeking clearance
for its assumed share of the estimated PRA burden regarding the
disclosure requirements under the FTC and CFPB Rules.
Except where otherwise specifically noted, staff's estimates of
burden are based on its knowledge of the consumer credit industries and
knowledge of the entities over which the Commission has jurisdiction.
This said, estimating PRA burden of the Rule's disclosure requirements
is difficult given the highly diverse group of affected entities that
may use certain eligibility information shared by their affiliates to
send marketing notices to consumers.
The estimates provided in this burden statement may well overstate
actual burden. As noted above, verbatim adoption of the disclosure of
information provided by the federal government is not a ``collection of
information'' to which to assign PRA burden estimates, and an unknown
number of covered entities will opt to use the model disclosure
language. Second, an uncertain, but possibly significant, number of
entities subject to FTC jurisdiction do not have affiliates and thus
would not be covered by section 214 of the FACT Act or the Rule. Third,
Commission staff does not know how many companies subject to FTC
jurisdiction under the Rule actually share eligibility information
among affiliates and, of those, how many affiliates use such
information to make marketing solicitations to consumers. Fourth, still
other entities may choose to rely on the exceptions to the Rule's
notice and opt-out requirements.\8\ Finally, the population estimates
below to apply further calculations are based on industry data that,
while providing tallies of business entities within industries and
industry segments, does not identify those entities individually. Thus,
there is no clear path to ascertain how many individual businesses have
newly entered and departed within a given industry classification, from
one year to the next or from one triennial PRA clearance cycle to the
next. Accordingly, there is no ready way to quantify how many
establishments accounted for in the data reflect those previously
accounted for in the FTC's prior PRA analysis, i.e., entities that
would already have experienced a declining learning curve applying the
Rule with the passage of time. For simplicity, the FTC analysis will
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assumed learning curve cycle, although this would effectively overstate
estimated burden for unidentified covered entities that have remained
in existence since OMB's most recent clearances for the FTC Rule.\9\
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\8\ Exceptions include, for example, having a preexisting
business relationship with a consumer, using information in response
to a communication initiated by the consumer, and solicitations
authorized or requested by the consumer.
\9\ On January 16, 2014, OMB granted three-year clearance for
the Rule through January 31, 2017.
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As in the past, FTC staff's estimates assume a higher burden will
be incurred during the first year of a prospective OMB three-year
clearance, with a lesser burden for each of the subsequent two years
because the opt-out notice to consumers is required to be given only
once. Institutions may provide for an indefinite period for the opt-out
or they may time limit it, but for no less than five years.
Staff's labor cost estimates take into account: Managerial and
professional time for reviewing internal policies and determining
compliance obligations; technical time for creating the notice and opt-
out, in either paper or electronic form; and clerical time for
disseminating the notice and opt-out.\10\ In addition, staff's cost
estimates presume that the availability of model disclosures and opt-
out notices will simplify the compliance review and implementation
processes, thereby significantly reducing the cost of compliance.
Moreover, the Rule gives entities considerable flexibility to determine
the scope and duration of the opt-out. Indeed, this flexibility permits
entities to send a single joint notice on behalf of all of its
affiliates.
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\10\ No clerical time was included in staff's burden analysis
for GLBA entities as the notice would likely be combined with
existing GLBA notices.
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A. Non-GLBA Entities

Based, in part, on industry data regarding the number of businesses
under various industry codes, staff estimates that 958,894 non-GLBA
entities under FTC jurisdiction have affiliates and would be affected
by the Rule.\11\ Commission staff further estimates an average of 5
businesses per family or affiliated relationship, and believes that the
affiliated entities will choose to send a joint notice, as permitted by
the Rule. Thus, an estimated 191,779 non-GLBA business families may
send the affiliate marketing notice.
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\11\ This estimate is derived from an analysis of a database of
U.S. businesses based on June 2015 SIC codes for businesses that
market goods or services to consumers, which included, among others,
the following industries: Transportation services; communication;
electric, gas, and sanitary services; retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services (excluding business
services and engineering, management services). See https://www.naics.com/search.htm. This estimate excludes businesses not
subject to FTC jurisdiction as well as businesses that do not use
data or information subject to the rule. To the resulting sub-total
(5,824,739), staff applies a continuing assumed rate of affiliation
of 16.75 percent, see 78 FR 73,192, 73,193 n.12 (Dec. 5, 2013),
thus, 975,644 (businesses in a family tree of at least two members),
reduced by a continuing estimate of 100,000 entities subject to the
Commission's GLBA privacy notice regulations, see id., applied to
the same assumed rate of affiliation. The net total is 958,894
(975,644-(100,000 x 16.75%).
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Staff also estimates that non-GLBA entities under the jurisdiction
of the FTC would each incur 14 hours of burden during the prospective
requested three-year PRA clearance period, comprised of a projected 7
hours of managerial time, 2 hours of technical time, and 5 hours of
clerical assistance. Non-GLBA entities, however, will give notice only
once during the clearance period ahead. Thus, average annual burden for
non-GLBA families during the prospective three-year clearance period
would approximate 894,969 hours.\12\ Associated average annual labor
cost would total $35,626,785.\13\ These estimates include the start-up
burden and attendant costs, such as determining compliance obligations.
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\12\ 191,779 x (14 / 3).
\13\ The associated labor cost is based on the labor cost burden
per notice by adding the hourly mean private sector wages for
managerial, technical, and clerical work and multiplying that sum by
the estimated number of hours. The classifications used are
``Management Occupations'' for managerial employees, ``Computer and
Mathematical Science Occupations'' for technical staff, and ``Office
and Administrative Support'' for clerical workers. See OCCUPATIONAL
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES--MAY 2015, U.S. Department of Labor, released
March 30, 2016, Table 1 (``National employment and wage data from
the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May
2015''): https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm. The respective
private sector hourly wages for these classifications are $55.30,
$41.43, and $17.47. Estimated hours spent for each labor category
are 7, 2, and 5, respectively. Multiplying each occupation's hourly
wage by the associated time estimate, labor cost burden per notice
equals $557.31. This subtotal is then multiplied by the estimated
number of non-GLB business families projected to send the affiliate
marketing notice (191,779) to determine cumulative labor cost burden
for non-GLBA entities ($106,880,354). Averaged over a three-year
clearance period this amounts to $35,626,785 per year.
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B. GLBA Entities

Entities that are subject to the Commission's GLBA privacy notice
regulation already provide privacy notices to their customers.\14\
Because the FACT Act and the Rule contemplate that the affiliate
marketing notice can be included in the GLBA notices, the burden on
GLBA regulated entities would be greatly reduced. Accordingly, the GLBA
entities would incur 6 hours of burden during the first year of the
clearance period, comprised of a projected 5 hours of managerial time
and 1 hour of technical time to execute the notice, given that the Rule
provides a model.\15\ Staff further estimates that 3,350 GLBA entities
under FTC jurisdiction would be affected.\16\ Allowing for increased
familiarity with procedure, however, the PRA burden in ensuing years
would decline, with GLBA entities each incurring an estimated 4 hours
of annual burden (3 hours of managerial time and 1 hour of technical
time) during the remaining two years of the clearance. Thus, average
annual burden for GLBA families during the prospective three-year
clearance period would approximate 15,633 hours.\17\ Associated average
annual labor cost would total $818,059.\18\
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\14\ Financial institutions must provide a privacy notice at the
time the customer relationship is established and then annually so
long as the relationship continues. Staff's estimates assume that
the affiliate marketing opt-out will be incorporated in the
institution's initial and annual notices.
\15\ As stated above, no clerical time is included in the
estimate because the notice likely would be combined with existing
GLBA notices.
\16\ Based on the previously stated estimates of 100,000 GLBA
business entities at an assumed rate of affiliation of 16.75 percent
(16,750), divided by the presumed ratio of 5 businesses per family,
this yields a total of 3,350 GLBA business families subject to the
Rule.
\17\ 3,350 x (14 / 3).
\18\ Year 1: 3,350 GLBA families x [($55.30 x 5 hours) + ($41.43
x 1 hour)] = $1,065,066. Years 2 and 3: 3,350 GLBA families x
[($55.30 x 3 hours) + ($41.43 x 1 hour)] = $694,556 each.
Annualized: ($1,065,066 + $694,556 + $694,556) / 3 = $818,059.
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Before attribution to the FTC of its apportioned share of PRA
burden estimates, the cumulative average annual burden for both non-
GLBA and GLBA for the prospective three-year clearance period is
910,602 burden hours and $36,444,844 in labor costs. GLBA entities are
already providing notices to their customers so there are no new
capital or non-labor costs, as this notice may be consolidated into
their current notices. For non-GLBA entities, the Rule provides for
simple and concise model forms that institutions may use to comply.
Thus, any capital or non-labor costs associated with compliance for
these entities are negligible.

C. FTC Share of Burden: 460,205 Hours; $18,472,938, Labor Costs

To calculate the total burden attributed to the FTC, staff first
deducted from the total annual burden hours those hours attributed to
motor vehicle dealers, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the
FTC. Staff estimates that there are 62,750 motor vehicle dealerships
subject to the Rule.\19\ Of these, staff estimates that

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10% are non-GLBA entities (6,275), and 90% are GLBA entities (56,475).
Applying an assumed rate of affiliation of 16.75%, staff estimates that
there are 1,051 non-GLBA and 9,460 GLBA motor vehicle dealerships in
affiliated families. Staff further assumes there are an average of 5
businesses per family or affiliated relationship, leaving approximately
210 non-GLBA and 1,892 GLBA motor vehicle dealership families,
respectively.
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\19\ This figure consists, in part, of 62,750 car dealers (based
on industry data for the number of franchise/new car and
independent/used car dealers) (81 FR 33,255 at 33,257 n9 (May 25,
2016) (FTC Prescreen Opt-Out Rule PRA analysis).
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Staff further estimates that non-GLBA business families will spend
14 hours in the first year and 0 hours thereafter to comply with the
Rule, while GLBA business families will spend 6 hours in the first
year, and 4 hours in each of the following two years. The cumulative
average annual burden for the non-GLBA and GLBA motor vehicle
dealership families is 9,809 hours.\20\
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\20\ (210 non-GLBA business families x 4.666667 average hours =
980 hours, annualized) + (1,892 GLBA business families x 4.666667
average hours per family = 8,829 hours, annualized) = 9,809 hours,
annualized.
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To calculate the FTC's total shared burden hours, staff deducted
from overall estimated burden hours (910,602 hours) the hours
attributed to motor vehicle dealerships (9,809 hours), leaving a total
of 900,793 hours to split between the CFPB and the FTC. The resulting
shared burden for the CFPB is half that amount, or 450,396 hours. To
calculate the total burden hours apportioned to the FTC, staff added to
the shared sub-total (450,396 hours) the hours separately attributed to
motor vehicle dealers (9,809 hours), which yields for the FTC an
apportioned burden estimate of 460,205 hours.
Staff used the same approach to estimate the shared costs for the
FTC. Staff estimated the costs attributed to motor vehicle dealers as
follows: Non-GLBA business families have $35,626,785 in annualized
labor costs,\21\ and GLBA business families have $818,059 in annualized
labor costs,\22\ for cumulative annualized costs of $36,444,844.
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\21\ 191,779 non-GLBA business families x combined rate of
$557.31 (see supra note 13) / 3 = $35,626,785.
\22\ See supra note 18.
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To calculate, on an annualized basis, the FTC's cumulative share of
labor cost burden, staff deducted from overall total labor costs
($36,444,844) the labor costs attributed to motor vehicle dealerships
($501,032), leaving a net amount of $35,943,812 to split between the
CFPB and the FTC. The resulting shared burden for the CFPB is half that
amount, or $17,971,906. To calculate the total burden hours for the
FTC, staff added the costs associated with motor vehicle dealers
($501,032), resulting in a total cost burden for the FTC of
$18,472,938.

Request for Comment

You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before October 14,
2016. Write ``Affiliate Marketing Disclosure Rule, PRA Comment: FTC
File No. P0105411'' on your comment. Your comment, including your name
and your state--will be placed on the public record of this proceeding,
including, to the extent practicable, on the public Commission Web
site, at https://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of
discretion, the Commission tries to remove individuals' home contact
information from comments before placing them on the Commission Web
site.
Because your comment will be made public, you are solely
responsible for making sure that your comment doesn't include any
sensitive personal information, like anyone's Social Security number,
date of birth, driver's license number or other state identification
number or foreign country equivalent, passport number, financial
account number, or credit or debit card number. You are also solely
responsible for making sure that your comment doesn't include any
sensitive health information, like medical records or other
individually identifiable health information. In addition, don't
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information
which is . . . privileged or confidential,'' as provided in Section
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR
4.10(a)(2). In particular, don't include competitively sensitive
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.
If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential
treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for
confidential treatment, and you have to follow the procedure explained
in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).\23\ Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the FTC General Counsel grants your request in
accordance with the law and the public interest.
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\23\ In particular, the written request for confidential
treatment that accompanies the comment must include the actual and
legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions
of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule
4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to
heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit
your comments online. To make sure that the Commission considers your
online comment, you must file it at https://public.commentworks.com/ftc/affiliatemarketingpra by following the instructions on the web-
based form. If this Notice appears at https://www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also may file a comment through that Web site.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``Affiliate Marketing
Disclosure Rule, PRA Comment: FTC File No. P0105411'' on your comment,
and on the envelope, and mail or deliver it to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver
your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office
of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor,
Suite 5610 (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. If possible, submit your
paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service.
The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission administers permit
the collection of public comments to consider and use in this
proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and
responsive public comments that it receives on or before October 14,
2016. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.

David C. Shonka,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-19226 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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