Proposed Rule2022-22813
Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security
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Published
October 20, 2022
Effective
August 22, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is extending the deadline for filing comments on its advance notice of proposed rulemaking ("ANPR") regarding whether the Commission should prescribe new trade regulation rules or other regulatory alternatives concerning commercial surveillance and data security practices that are prevalent and unfair or deceptive.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63738-63739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22813]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Chapter I
Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data
Security
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is
extending the deadline for filing comments on its advance notice of
proposed rulemaking (``ANPR'') regarding whether the Commission should
prescribe new trade regulation rules or other regulatory alternatives
concerning commercial surveillance and data security practices that are
prevalent and unfair or deceptive.
DATES: The deadline for comments on the advance notice of proposed
rulemaking published August 22, 2022 (87 FR 51273) is extended.
Comments must be received on or before November 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper by
following the instructions in the Comment Submissions part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Commercial
Surveillance ANPR, R111004'' on your comment, and file your comment
online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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 B), Washington, DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Trilling, 202-326-3497; Peder
Magee, 202-326-3538; Olivier Sylvain, 202-326-3046; or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a090507070f1809030b06191f181c0f0306060b04090f18072a0c1e09440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43202c2e2e2631202a222f30363135262a2f2f222d2026312e032537206d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Comment Period Extension
On August 22, 2022 (87 FR 51273), the Commission published in the
Federal Register an advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning
Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security
(``ANPR''), with an October 21, 2022 deadline for filing comments. The
Commission published the ANPR to seek public comments on the prevalence
of commercial surveillance and data security practices that are unfair
or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act
and whether the Commission should prescribe new trade regulation rules
or other regulatory alternatives to address them. Interested parties
have subsequently requested an extension of the public comment period
to give them additional time to respond to the ANPR's requests for
comment.\1\
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\1\ See Cmt. of NTCA--The Rural Broadband Association, Docket ID
FTC-2022-0053 (Oct. 6, 2022), <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2022-0053-0142">https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2022-0053-0142</a>; Cmt. of Am. Escrow Ass'n et al., Docket ID FTC-
2022-0053 (Sept. 26, 2022), <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2022-0053-0105">https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2022-0053-0105</a>.
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The Commission agrees that allowing additional time for filing
comments in response to the ANPR would help facilitate the creation of
a more complete record. The Commission has therefore decided to extend
the comment period for 31 days, to November 21, 2022. A 31-day
extension will provide commenters adequate time to address the issues
raised in the ANPR.
II. 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 November 21,
2022. Write ``Commercial Surveillance ANPR, R111004'' on the 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website. The Commission strongly
encourages you to submit your comment online through the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website. To ensure the Commission considers your
online comment, please follow the instructions on the web-based form.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``Commercial Surveillance
ANPR, R111004'' on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your
comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of
the Secretary,
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600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex B), Washington, DC
20580.
Because your comment will be placed on the public record, you are
solely responsible for making sure that your comment does not include
any sensitive or confidential information. In particular, your comment
should not contain 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 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 ``[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)--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 publicly at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>--as legally
required by FTC Rule 4.9(b)--we cannot redact or remove your comment,
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 to read this document 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 it receives on or before November
21, 2022. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/siteinformation/privacy-policy">https://www.ftc.gov/siteinformation/privacy-policy</a>.
By direction of the Commission, Commissioner Wilson abstaining.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22813 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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