[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4260-4261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2113]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Delegation of Authority To Disclose Certain Nonpublic Information 
to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Delegation of Authority.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has delegated authority to the Associate

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Director of the Division of Planning and Information to share certain 
non-public information with Australian agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 18, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maneesha Mithal, Attorney, Division of 
Planning and Information, 202-326-2771, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1961, 26 FR 6191, that the Commission has 
delegated to the Associate Director for Planning and Information the 
authority to disclose information contained in the Consumer Sentinel 
database of consumer complaints and law enforcement information to 
Australian law enforcement agencies. (The Commission has already 
delegated authority to the Associate Director for Planning and 
Information to share information, including information in Consumer 
Sentinel, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 65 
FR 64,950 (Oct. 31, 2000). The current delegation is for sharing 
information in Consumer Sentinel with additional Australian agencies.)
    This delegation does not apply to competition-related 
investigations. When exercising its authority under this delegation, 
staff will require from the relevant foreign law enforcement agency 
assurances of confidentiality. Disclosures shall be made only to the 
extent consistent with limitations on disclosure, including section 
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), section 21 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 
57b-2, and Commission Rule 4.10(d), 16 CFR 4.10(d), and with the 
Commission's enforcement policies and other important interests.\1\
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    \1\ The Associate Director is responsible for ensuring the 
confidentiality of the information contained in the Consumer 
Sentinel Network and, in appropriate circumstances, for authorizing 
participants to make further disclosures of the material in response 
to requests for access or compulsory process.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2113 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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