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Consumer Reports: What Insurers Need to Know

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Table of Contents: Introduction Insurer Obligations Getting and Using Medical Information Adverse Action Notice Disposing of Consumer Report Information Other Considerations Non-Compliance Your...
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Data Breach Response: A Guide for Business

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You just learned that your business experienced a data breach. Whether hackers took personal information from your corporate server, an insider stole customer information, or information was...
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Dealer's Guide to the Used Car Rule

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Introduction The Buyers Guide Vehicle Information Dealer Information Optional Signature Line Warranty Information What About Service Contracts? What Do I Have to Give the Buyer At the Sale? Can the...
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Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers

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Do you work with brands to recommend or endorse products? If so, you need to comply with the law when making these recommendations. One key is to make a good disclosure of your relationship to the...
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Disposing of Consumer Report Information? Rule Tells How

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In an effort to protect the privacy of consumer information and reduce the risk of fraud and identity theft, a federal rule is requires businesses to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive...
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Down...But Not Out: Advertising and Labeling of Feather Down

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General Advertising Policies Under the FTC Act, advertising claims about feather and down products must be truthful, non-deceptive, and substantiated. Some states also have their own laws that deal...
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EnergyGuide Labeling: FAQs for Appliance Manufacturers

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The Energy Labeling Rule requires manufacturers of certain appliances to disclose a product’s annual energy cost or efficiency information — based on Department of Energy (DOE) test procedures — on...
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EnergyGuide Labels: Templates for Manufacturers

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These label templates can be used to create model-specific EnergyGuide labels. To download, click the appropriate label link below, and when prompted, save the file with the extension, ".ai" (unless...
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FAQs: Complying with the Contact Lens Rule

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Eye care providers must give customers their contact lens prescriptions once the lens fitting is complete. If you are ready to sell lenses to the customer, that means the fitting is complete. Here are...
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FTC Safeguards Rule: What Your Business Needs to Know

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As the name suggests, the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission’s Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information – the Safeguards Rule, for short – is to ensure that entities covered by the Rule...
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FTC's Endorsement Guides: What People Are Asking

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Suppose you meet someone who tells you about a great new product. The person says it performs wonderfully and offers fantastic new features that nobody else has. Would that recommendation factor into...
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