FTC, FCC release marketing rules for long distance

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Joint guidelines regulating the advertisement of long-distance telephone services have been issued by the FCC and the FTC. The guidelines requires long-distance carriers to substantiate, tell the truth and not to mislead consumers in their advertisements. Carriers must also disclose all costs that consumers will have to pay including monthly fees and service charges. However, an attorney for the Direct Marketing Assn said that problems would arise when the guidelines are enforced while noting that it has no practical application for marketers.

Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Long Distance Telephone Svc, Long distance telephone services

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Financial rule includes retailers, online aggregators

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued its guidelines for the implementation of the privacy provisions contained in the Gramm-Leach- Bliley Act. The rules, which will take effect on Nov 13, 2000, deal with how financial institutions share their clients' data with telemarketing firms. The FTC, which has given financial institutions until Jul 1, 2001, to comply with the new provisions, has included retailers and technology firms that provide financial services to their clients in its definition of a financial institution.

Trade Regulations NEC, International trade regulation

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FTC sets forum for TSR review

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will conduct a public forum from Jul 27-28, 2000, as part of an effort to discuss the provisions contained in the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The FTC is conducting a year-long review of TSR, a law that was enacted in 1995 and is mandated to be reviewed every five years. The public forum, however, will not touch on the proposed creation of a national do-not-call list.

Government regulation (cont), Federal Trade Commission

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