US Search, an online data broker, settled FTC charges that the company’s claims of protecting consumer records through a privacy service were deceptive. US Search began selling Privacy Lock in June 2009, the commission said Wednesday. It alleged that the $10 service but didn’t block a customer’s name “from showing up as an associate of someone else” in a search for that person’s name. The company also failed to prevent information from appearing in a reverse search of a customer’s phone number or address, the FTC said. The settlement bars US Search from “misrepresenting the effectiveness of their Privacy Lock Service” or any other service allowing customers to remove their information from search results.
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
Broker Power is issuing a correction to its September 10, 2010 ITT article regarding the recent final results of antidumping duty administrative review for certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand, due to an error in the listing of an AD duty rate for the Rubicon Group.
House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders1 released a discussion draft of legislation on September 20, 2010 that would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve drug safety.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its Importer Self-Assessment Handbook.
When it comes to shipping a new broadband-enabled HD DVR/DirecTV satellite receiver, “the ball is in TiVo’s court” on when the product becomes available, Martin Sheehan, DirecTV senior director of investor relations, told us. While TiVo originally expected to ship the combo device in 2009, there were many technical issues that need to be resolved in porting TiVo’s DVR platform to a DirecTV HD satellite receiver, he said. TiVo is “continuing to test” the HD DVR/satellite receiver and will have it available by year end (CED Sept 15 p1).
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing to extend and revise its CBP Form 301 (Customs Bond) for continuous and single transaction bonds.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”
The manager’s amendment for S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which was posted by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on August 12, 2010, would establish new importer requirements and fees, certification for high risk food imports, hazard prevention controls, new fees, etc.