Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; Analysis To Aid Public Comment, 57429-57431 [2019-23263]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2019 / Notices Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With Revision, the Following Information Collection Report title: Intermittent Survey of Businesses. Agency form number: FR 1374. OMB control number: 7100–0302. Frequency: On occasion. Respondents: Businesses and state and local governments. Estimated number of respondents: 720. Estimated average hours per response: 15 minutes. Estimated annual burden hours: 540. General description of report: The survey data are used to gather information specifically tailored to the Federal Reserve’s policy and operational responsibilities. Currently, this eventgenerated survey is approved to operate in two ways. First, under the guidance of Board staff, the Reserve Banks survey business contacts as economic developments warrant. Although each survey is contemplated to have approximately 2,400 business respondents (about 200 respondents per Reserve Bank), surveys in recent years have had far fewer respondents; occasionally, state and local government officials are surveyed rather than business, in which case there are also far fewer respondents. It is necessary to conduct these surveys to provide timely information to the members of the Board and presidents of the Reserve Banks. Usually, these surveys are conducted by Reserve Bank economists telephoning or emailing purchasing managers, economists, or other knowledgeable individuals at selected, relevant businesses. Reserve Bank staff may also use online survey tools to collect responses to the survey. The frequency and content of the questions, as well as the entities contacted, vary depending on developments in the economy. The draft reporting form provides a sample of the types of questions used in a previous survey to illustrate the format of these surveys. Second, economists at the Board survey business contacts by telephone, inquiring about current business conditions. Board economists conduct these surveys as economic conditions require, with approximately ten respondents for each survey. Proposed revisions: For surveys conducted by the Reserve Banks at the direction of the Board, the Board proposes to decrease the number of respondents from 2,400 to 720 (an average of 60 per Reserve Bank). This decrease better reflects the actual number of respondents in recent years. In addition, the Board proposes to VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Oct 24, 2019 Jkt 250001 discontinue the surveys conducted solely by the Board, as they have not been conducted in recent years and are not anticipated to be needed in the future. Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR 1374 is authorized by sections 2A and 12A of the Federal Reserve Act (FRA). Section 2A of the FRA requires that the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ‘‘maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the economy’s long run potential to increase production, so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.’’ 1 Under section 12A of the FRA, the FOMC is required to implement regulations relating to the open market operations conducted by Federal Reserve Banks ‘‘with a view to accommodating commerce and business and with regard to their bearing upon the general credit situation of the country.’’ 2 In order to carry out these objectives, the Board must collect economic data, including by using the FR 1374. Survey submissions are voluntary. Individual respondents may request that information submitted to the Board through a survey under FR 1374 be kept confidential. If a respondent requests confidential treatment, the Board will determine whether the information is entitled to confidential treatment on a case-by-case basis. The Board will consider whether information collected through these surveys may be kept confidential under exemption 4 for the Freedom of Information Act (‘‘FOIA’’), which protects privileged or confidential commercial or financial information,3 or any other applicable FOIA exemption. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 22, 2019. Michele Taylor Fennell, Assistant Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2019–23321 Filed 10–24–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION [File No. 192 3008] Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; Analysis To Aid Public Comment Federal Trade Commission. Proposed consent agreement; request for comment. AGENCY: ACTION: 1 12 U.S.C. 225a. U.S.C. 263(c). 3 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4). 2 12 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57429 The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent order—embodied in the consent agreement—that would settle these allegations. DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 25, 2019. ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file comments online or on paper, by following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write: ‘‘Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; File No. 192 3008’’ on your comment, and file your comment online at https://www.regulations.gov by following the instructions on the webbased 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 D), 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 D), Washington, DC 20024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ostheimer (202–326–2699), Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 2.34, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is hereby given that the above-captioned consent agreement containing a consent order to cease and desist, having been filed with and accepted, subject to final approval, by the Commission, has been placed on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days. The following Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes the terms of the consent agreement and the allegations in the complaint. An electronic copy of the full text of the consent agreement package can be obtained from the FTC Home Page (for October 21, 2019), on the World Wide Web, at https:// www.ftc.gov/news-events/commissionactions. You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to consider your comment, we must receive it on or before November 25, 2019. Write ‘‘Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; File No. 192 3008’’ on your comment. Your comment—including your name and your state—will be placed on the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25OCN1.SGM 25OCN1 57430 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2019 / Notices public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, on the https://www.regulations.gov website. 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 through the https:// www.regulations.gov website. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, write ‘‘Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; File No. 192 3008’’ on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC– 5610 (Annex D), 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 D), Washington, DC 20024. If possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or overnight service. Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible website at https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or confidential information. In particular, your comment should not include any sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone else’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 does not include any sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information. In addition, your comment should not include any ‘‘trade secret or any commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or confidential’’—as provided by 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)— including in particular competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names. Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). In particular, the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request, and must VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Oct 24, 2019 Jkt 250001 identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has been posted on the public FTC website—as legally required by FTC Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC website, unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel grants that request. Visit the FTC website at https:// www.ftc.gov to read this Notice and the news release describing it. 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 November 25, 2019. For information on the Commission’s privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/siteinformation/privacy-policy. Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment The Federal Trade Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) has accepted, subject to final approval, an agreement containing a consent order from Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC (‘‘Sunday Riley Skincare’’) and its Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Sunday Riley (collectively ‘‘respondents’’). The proposed consent order (‘‘order’’) has been placed on the public record for 30 days for receipt of comments by interested persons. Comments received during this period will become part of the public record. After 30 days, the Commission will again review the order and the comments received, and will decide whether it should withdraw the order or make it final. This matter involves the respondents’ marketing of their Sunday Riley brand cosmetic products. The respondents have sold their cosmetic products through Sephora’s website, www.sephora.com, which provides consumers the opportunity to leave product reviews. According to the complaint, on multiple occasions, Sunday Riley Skincare managers, including Ms. Riley, posted reviews of Sunday Riley brand cosmetic products on the Sephora website using fake accounts created just for that purpose or requested that other employees do so. The complaint alleges that the respondents violated Section 5(a) of the PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FTC Act by misrepresenting that certain reviews of Sunday Riley brand products on the Sephora website reflected the independent experiences or opinions of impartial ordinary users of the products, when they were written by Ms. Riley and her employees. The complaint further alleges that the respondents deceptively failed to disclose that certain online consumer reviews were written by Ms. Riley or her employees. The order contains provisions designed to prevent the respondents from engaging in similar acts and practices in the future. Provision I prohibits the respondents, in connection with the sale of any product, from misrepresenting the status of any endorser or person providing a review of the product, including misrepresenting that the endorser or reviewer is an independent or ordinary user of the product. Provision II prohibits the respondents from making any representation about any consumer or other endorser of a product without disclosing, clearly and conspicuously, and in close proximity to that representation, any unexpected material connection between the consumer or endorser and (1) any respondent, or (2) any other individual or entity affiliated with the product. The order defines the terms ‘‘clearly and conspicuously,’’ ‘‘close proximity,’’ and ‘‘unexpected material connection.’’ Provision III requires that the respondents instruct their employees, officers, and agents as to their responsibilities for disclosing their connections to any respondent’s product they endorse and that the respondents obtain signed acknowledgements from them. Provision IV mandates that the respondents acknowledge receipt of the order, distribute the order to principals, officers, and certain employees and agents, and obtain signed acknowledgments from them. Provision V requires that the respondents submit compliance reports to the FTC one year after the order’s issuance and submit notifications when certain events occur. Provision VI requires the respondents to create certain records for twenty years and retain them for five years. Provision VII provides for the FTC’s continued compliance monitoring of the respondents’ activity during the order’s effective dates. Provision VIII provides the effective dates of the order, including that, with exceptions, the order will terminate in 20 years. The purpose of this analysis is to facilitate public comment on the order, and it is not intended to constitute an official interpretation of the complaint E:\FR\FM\25OCN1.SGM 25OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2019 / Notices or order, or to modify the order’s terms in any way. By direction of the Commission. April J. Tabor, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2019–23263 Filed 10–24–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day–20–0943; Docket No. CDC–2019– 0090] Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Data Collection for the Residential Care Community and Adult Day Services Center Components of the National Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Study. The purpose is to collect data for the residential care community and adult day services center components for the 2020 wave of the National Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Study (formerly the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers). DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 24, 2019. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC–2019– 0090 by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments to Regulations.gov. SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Oct 24, 2019 Jkt 250001 Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS– D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help: 1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses. 5. Assess information collection costs. Proposed Project The Residential Care Community and Adult Day Service Center components of the National Post-Acute and LongTerm Care Study (OMB Control No. 0920–0943 Exp. 03/12/2019)— Reinstatement with Change—National PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57431 Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, ‘‘shall collect statistics on health resources . . . [and] utilization of health care, including extended care facilities, and other institutions.’’ NCHS seeks approval to collect data for the Residential Care Community (RCC) and Adult Day Services Center (ADSC) survey components of the 5th National PostAcute and Long-Term Care Study or NPALS (formerly known as the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers or NSLTCP). A two year clearance is requested. The NPALS is designed to (1) broaden NCHS’ ongoing coverage of paid, regulated long-term care (LTC) providers; (2) merge with existing administrative data on LTC providers and service users (i.e., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data on inpatient rehabilitation facilities and patients, long-term care hospitals and patients, nursing homes and residents, home health agencies and patients, and hospices and patients); (3) update data more frequently on LTC providers and service users for which nationally representative administrative data do not exist; and (4) enable comparisons across LTC sectors and timely monitoring of supply and use of these sectors over time. Data will be collected from two types of LTC providers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia: 11,600 RCCs and 5,500 ADSCs in each wave. Data were collected in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. The data to be collected in 2020 include the basic characteristics, services, staffing, and practices of RCCs and ADSCs, and aggregate-level distributions of the demographics, selected health conditions and health care utilization, physical functioning, and cognitive functioning of RCC residents and ADSC participants. Expected users of data from this collection effort include, but are not limited to CDC; other Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies, such as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, The Administration for Community Living, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; associations, such as LeadingAge, National Center for Assisted Living, American Seniors Housing Association, Argentum, and National Adult Day E:\FR\FM\25OCN1.SGM 25OCN1

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 192 3008]


Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; Analysis To Aid Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged 
violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both 
the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent order--
embodied in the consent agreement--that would settle these allegations.

DATES:  Comments must be received on or before November 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file comments online or on paper, by 
following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write: ``Sunday Riley Modern 
Skincare, LLC; File No. 192 3008'' on your comment, and file your 
comment online at https://www.regulations.gov 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 D), 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 
D), Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ostheimer (202-326-2699), 
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 6(f) of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 2.34, 16 CFR 2.34, 
notice is hereby given that the above-captioned consent agreement 
containing a consent order to cease and desist, having been filed with 
and accepted, subject to final approval, by the Commission, has been 
placed on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days. The 
following Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes the terms of the 
consent agreement and the allegations in the complaint. An electronic 
copy of the full text of the consent agreement package can be obtained 
from the FTC Home Page (for October 21, 2019), on the World Wide Web, 
at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/commission-actions.
    You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to 
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before November 25, 
2019. Write ``Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC; File No. 192 3008'' on 
your comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will be 
placed on the

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public record of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, 
on the https://www.regulations.gov website.
    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 through the https://www.regulations.gov website.
    If you prefer to file your comment on paper, write ``Sunday Riley 
Modern Skincare, LLC; File No. 192 3008'' on your comment and on the 
envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 
CC-5610 (Annex D), 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 
D), Washington, DC 20024. If possible, submit your paper comment to the 
Commission by courier or overnight service.
    Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible 
website at https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for 
making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or 
confidential information. In particular, your comment should not 
include any sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone 
else'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 does not include any sensitive health information, such as 
medical records or other individually identifiable health information. 
In addition, your comment should not include any ``trade secret or any 
commercial or financial information which . . . is privileged or 
confidential''--as provided by 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)--including in 
particular competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales 
statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing 
processes, or customer names.
    Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is 
requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled 
``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). In particular, 
the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the 
comment must include the factual 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). Your comment will be kept 
confidential only if the General Counsel grants your request in 
accordance with the law and the public interest. Once your comment has 
been posted on the public FTC website--as legally required by FTC Rule 
4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove your comment from the FTC website, 
unless you submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements 
for such treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel 
grants that request.
    Visit the FTC website at https://www.ftc.gov to read this Notice and 
the news release describing it. 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 November 25, 2019. For information on the 
Commission's privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the 
Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment

    The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') has 
accepted, subject to final approval, an agreement containing a consent 
order from Sunday Riley Modern Skincare, LLC (``Sunday Riley 
Skincare'') and its Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Sunday Riley 
(collectively ``respondents'').
    The proposed consent order (``order'') has been placed on the 
public record for 30 days for receipt of comments by interested 
persons. Comments received during this period will become part of the 
public record. After 30 days, the Commission will again review the 
order and the comments received, and will decide whether it should 
withdraw the order or make it final.
    This matter involves the respondents' marketing of their Sunday 
Riley brand cosmetic products. The respondents have sold their cosmetic 
products through Sephora's website, www.sephora.com, which provides 
consumers the opportunity to leave product reviews. According to the 
complaint, on multiple occasions, Sunday Riley Skincare managers, 
including Ms. Riley, posted reviews of Sunday Riley brand cosmetic 
products on the Sephora website using fake accounts created just for 
that purpose or requested that other employees do so. The complaint 
alleges that the respondents violated Section 5(a) of the FTC Act by 
misrepresenting that certain reviews of Sunday Riley brand products on 
the Sephora website reflected the independent experiences or opinions 
of impartial ordinary users of the products, when they were written by 
Ms. Riley and her employees. The complaint further alleges that the 
respondents deceptively failed to disclose that certain online consumer 
reviews were written by Ms. Riley or her employees.
    The order contains provisions designed to prevent the respondents 
from engaging in similar acts and practices in the future.
    Provision I prohibits the respondents, in connection with the sale 
of any product, from misrepresenting the status of any endorser or 
person providing a review of the product, including misrepresenting 
that the endorser or reviewer is an independent or ordinary user of the 
product.
    Provision II prohibits the respondents from making any 
representation about any consumer or other endorser of a product 
without disclosing, clearly and conspicuously, and in close proximity 
to that representation, any unexpected material connection between the 
consumer or endorser and (1) any respondent, or (2) any other 
individual or entity affiliated with the product. The order defines the 
terms ``clearly and conspicuously,'' ``close proximity,'' and 
``unexpected material connection.''
    Provision III requires that the respondents instruct their 
employees, officers, and agents as to their responsibilities for 
disclosing their connections to any respondent's product they endorse 
and that the respondents obtain signed acknowledgements from them. 
Provision IV mandates that the respondents acknowledge receipt of the 
order, distribute the order to principals, officers, and certain 
employees and agents, and obtain signed acknowledgments from them. 
Provision V requires that the respondents submit compliance reports to 
the FTC one year after the order's issuance and submit notifications 
when certain events occur. Provision VI requires the respondents to 
create certain records for twenty years and retain them for five years. 
Provision VII provides for the FTC's continued compliance monitoring of 
the respondents' activity during the order's effective dates. Provision 
VIII provides the effective dates of the order, including that, with 
exceptions, the order will terminate in 20 years.
    The purpose of this analysis is to facilitate public comment on the 
order, and it is not intended to constitute an official interpretation 
of the complaint

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or order, or to modify the order's terms in any way.

    By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-23263 Filed 10-24-19; 8:45 am]
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