Federal Trade Commission August 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is issuing this final rule, as required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the ``Recovery Act'' or ``the Act''). The rule requires vendors of personal health records and related entities to notify consumers when the security of their individually identifiable health information has been breached.

The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. 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.

In this document, the FTC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'' or ``Notice'') to amend the FTC's Telemarketing

In this document, the Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'' or ``FTC'') issues its Statement of Basis and Purpose (``SBP'') and final Rule, pursuant to Section 811 of Subtitle B of Title VIII of The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (``EISA'').\1\ The final Rule prohibits any person, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates at wholesale, from knowingly engaging in any act, practice, or course of business - including the making of any untrue statement of material fact - that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person, or intentionally failing to state a material fact that under the circumstances renders a statement made by such person misleading, provided that such omission distorts or is likely to distort market conditions for any such product.