SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:

Public Records–FTC (FTC-I-6). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580. For 

other locations where records may be maintained or accessed, see Appendix III (Locations of 

FTC Buildings and Regional Offices), available on the FTC’s website at 

https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/foia-reading-rooms/privacy-act-systems and at 80 FR 9460, 

9465 (Feb. 23, 2015). 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):

Director, Records and Filings Office, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580, email: SORNs@ftc.gov. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

 Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.; Executive Order 10450; Freedom 

of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552; 16 CFR 4.9. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:

 To make appropriate portions of the records in FTC matters available to the public; to 

enable members of the public to review and comment on or respond to such comments; to 

maintain records of Commission activities related to those matters. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: 

Participants in Commission investigations, rulemaking, advisory, and law enforcement

proceedings; parties requesting formal advisory opinions; and consumers who have received 
redress or who are entitled to redress pursuant to Commission or court orders. (Businesses, sole 

proprietorships, or corporations are not covered by this system.) 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Public comments and other records that an individual may submit in an agency matter, 

where such record is subject to routine inspection and copying under the FTC’s Rules of 

Practice, 16 CFR 4.9(b). These records include records that either have become or are likely to 

become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records under the Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA). See 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2)(D). This system (FTC I-6) is limited to files 

and records that are about an individual, and only when the file or record is pulled (“retrieved”) 

by the name of that individual or other identifying particular assigned to that individual (e.g., 

number, symbol, fingerprint, etc.). Public comments received in connection with FTC 

rulemakings, workshops and consent agreements are also collected on behalf of the FTC and 

maintained by the Government-wide Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) through a 

Web site (www.regulations.gov). The General Services Administration (GSA) manages and 

operates the FDMS on behalf of the Federal Government, and has published a system of records 

notice to cover the FDMS, including any records collected on behalf of the FTC through that 

system. See GSA/OGP-1 (e-Rulemaking Program Administrative System). 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

 Individual respondent(s) or proposed respondent(s), company records, complainants, 

informants, witnesses, participants, and FTC employees. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING 

CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Records in this system may be: 
(1) Disclosed on the FTC’s public record under the FTC’s Rules of Practice, including by 

posting copies of such records on the FTC’s Web site, www.ftc.gov, or made public by other 

electronic or non-electronic means. See 16 CFR 4.9(b); or 

(2) Disclosed publicly through the FDMS or for any other routine use set forth in the 

system of records notice published for that system of records, GSA/OGP-1, or any successor 

system notice for that system. 

For other ways that the Privacy Act permits the FTC to use or disclose system records 

outside the agency, see Appendix I (Authorized Disclosures and Routine Uses Applicable to 

All FTC Privacy Act Systems of Records), available on the FTC’s website at 

https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/foia-reading-rooms/privacy-act-systems and at 83 FR 55541, 

55542-55543 (Nov. 6, 2018). 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS: 

The FTC maintains these records in electronic and non-electronic formats. The FTC 

maintains electronic records in this system using a combination of different databases and 

applications, rather than maintaining them in a single electronic system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS: 

Indexed by respondent’s, participant’s, or FTC staff member’s name; company name;

industry investigation title; and FTC matter number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained and disposed of under applicable schedules and procedures 

approved by the National Archives and Records Administration. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS: 

The FTC’s Web sites are secured and monitored to protect against unauthorized deletion
or alteration of records posted on such sites. Access to the official record copy of such records is 

restricted, where appropriate, to agency personnel or contractors whose responsibilities require 

access. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

See § 4.13 of the FTC’s Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For additional guidance, see also 

Appendix II (How to Make A Privacy Act Request), available on the FTC’s website at 

https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/foia-reading-rooms/privacy-act-systems and at 73 FR 33592, 

33634 (June 12, 2008). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

See § 4.13 of the FTC’s Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For additional guidance, see also 

Appendix II (How to Make A Privacy Act Request), available on the FTC’s website at 

https:/www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/foia-reading-rooms/privacy-act-systems at 73 FR 33592, 

33634 (June 12, 2008). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

See § 4.13 of the FTC’s Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 4.13. For additional guidance, see also 

Appendix II (How to Make A Privacy Act Request), available on the FTC’s website at 

https:/www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/foia/foia-reading-rooms/privacy-act-systems at 73 FR 33592, 

33634 (June 12, 2008). 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:

 None. 

HISTORY:

87 FR 964-974 (January 7, 2022) 

73 FR 33591-33634 (June 12, 2008).