[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 709-710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00008]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') 
requests that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend for 
an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') 
clearance for information collection requirements of its Affiliate 
Marketing Rule, which applies to certain motor vehicle dealers, and its 
shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
(``CFPB'') of the provisions (subpart C) of the CFPB's Regulation V 
regarding other entities (``CFPB Rule''). The existing clearance 
expires on January 31, 2020.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments in response to this notice should be submitted to 
the OMB Desk Officer for the Federal Trade Commission within 30 days of 
this notice. You may submit comments using any of the following 
methods:
    Electronic: Write ``Affiliate Marketing Disclosure Rule, PRA 
Comment: FTC File No. P0105411,'' on your comment and file your comment 
online at https://www.regulations.gov, by following the instructions on 
the web-based form.

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    Email: [email protected].
    Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Trade 
Commission, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine McCarron, Attorney, Division 
of Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room CC-8232, 
Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.), the FTC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(``OMB'') this request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Title: Affiliate Marketing Rule (16 CFR 680).
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0131.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Estimated Annual Burden:
    The total estimated burden is 9,170 hours and $367,588 in 
associated labor costs. Commission staff estimates that the capital and 
non-labor costs associated with the Affiliate Marketing Rule's 
disclosure requirements are de minimis, because covered entities can 
consolidate affiliate marketing notices with other notices they already 
provide to their customers such as notices issued pursuant to the 
Commission's Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Financial Privacy Rule (16 CFR 
313).\1\ For more details about the Rule requirements, the background 
behind these information collection provisions, and the basis for these 
calculations, see 84 FR 51163 (Sept. 27, 2019).
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    \1\ We note, however, that some financial institutions may 
qualify for an exception and would not be required to send annual 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley privacy notices. See Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation Act (``FAST Act''), Public Law 114-94, 129 Stat. 
1312, Section 75001 (Dec. 4, 2015).
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    Request for Comment:
    On September 27, 2019, the Commission sought comment on the 
information collection requirements associated with the Affiliate 
Marketing Rule and the Commission's shared enforcement with the CFPB of 
the affiliate marketing provisions of Regulation V subpart C (12 CFR 
1022.21). 84 FR 51163 (Sept. 27, 2019). No relevant comments were 
received. Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, that 
implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FTC is providing this 
second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB approval to 
renew the pre-existing clearance for those information collection 
requirements.
    Your comment--including your name and your state--will be placed on 
the public record of this proceeding. Because your comment will be made 
public, you are solely responsible for making sure that your comment 
does not include any sensitive personal information, like anyone'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, like medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, do 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). In particular, do not include competitively sensitive 
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 
patterns devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.

Heather Hippsley,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-00008 Filed 1-6-20; 8:45 am]
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