[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1468]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security

AGENCY:  Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION:  Notice of meeting on February 4, 2000.

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SUMMARY:  Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. Sec. 10(a)(2), and 16 C.F.R. Sec. 16.9(a), 
notice is hereby given that the Federal Trade Commission Advisory 
Committee on Online Access and Security will hold a meeting on Friday, 
February 4, 2000, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Room 432 in the 
headquarters of the Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20580. The meeting is open to the public and will 
include a period for public comment. The purpose of the Advisory 
Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Commission 
regarding implementation of certain fair information practices by 
domestic commercial Web sites--specifically, providing online consumers 
reasonable access to personal information collected from and about 
them, and maintaining adequate security for that information. 
Interested parties who wish to submit comments on the meeting agenda or 
questions for consideration by the Advisory Committee may file these 
documents before the meeting with the Secretary, Federal Trade 
Commission.

DATES:  The Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, February 4, 2000, 
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will take place in Room 432, Federal Trade 
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Laura Mazzarella, Division of 
Financial Practices, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Mail Stop 4429, Washington, DC 20580, telephone (202) 326-3424, 
email [email protected]; or Hannah Stires, Division of Financial 
Practices, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Mail Stop 4429, Washington, DC 20580, telephone (202) 326-3178, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. App. sections 1-15; 16 
C.F.R. Part 16.

    The first meeting of the Federal Trade Commission Advisory 
Committee on Online Access and Security will be held on Friday, 
February 4, 2000, in Room 432, Federal Trade Commission, 600 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
    The Advisory Committee will identify the costs and benefits, to 
both consumers and businesses, of implementing the fair information 
practices of access and security with respect to personal information 
collected for and about consumers online. The Advisory Committee will 
consider the parameters of reasonable access to personal information 
and adequate security and will present options for implementation of 
these information practices in a report to the Commission.
    The tentative agenda for the first meeting is as follows:

1. Introduction and Opening Remarks
2. Administrative matters; designation of subcommittees on access and 
security
3. Preliminary discussion on ``reasonable access''
4. Preliminary discussion on ``adequate security''
5. Discussion on report to the Commission
6. Public Comment
7. Closing Remarks

    The meeting is open to the public.

Submission of Documents

    Parties interested in submitting comments concerning any matter to 
be considered at the meeting should send an original and two copies in 
advance of the meeting to the Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, Room 
H-159, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Comments 
and questions should be captioned ``Advisory Committee on Online Access 
and Security--Comment, P004807.'' To enable prompt review and public 
access, paper submissions should be accompanied by a version on 
diskette in ASCII, WordPerfect (please specify version) or Microsoft 
Word (please specify version) format. Diskettes should be labeled with 
the name of the submitter, the Advisory Committee caption, and the name 
and version of the word processing program used to create the document. 
Alternatively, comments may be submitted to the following email 
address: advisory committee @ftc.gov. All comments will be posted on 
the Commission's Web site atwww.ftc.gov.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 00-1468 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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