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Website Privacy Policies and the Federal Trade Commission’s Authority over Retirement Plans

By Robert Toth on September 28, 2015

Posted in Cybersecurity, Fiduciary Issues, General Comment, Plan Administration

Remembering that ERISA does NOT preempt the application of other federal law (like the SEC, Anti-Money Laundering, and the Patriot Act rules-just to name a few), which we continue to learn to integrate into our practices, we now may find ourselves needing to deal with the Federal Trade Commissions standards as well. The issue arises from something as innocuous as the website privacy policies which are so commonplace on retirement plan vendor websites (you know, those things know one ever reads or pays attention to). Well, it appears to matter to the Federal Tead Commission.
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Robert TothPrincipal

Bob Toth has more than 35 years of experience in employee benefits law. His practice focuses on the design, administration and distribution of financial products…

Bob Toth has more than 35 years of experience in employee benefits law. His practice focuses on the design, administration and distribution of financial products and services for retirement plans.

Conni TothManaging Pension Consultant

Conni Toth, co-founder and managing consultant for Applied Pension Professionals, LLC, brings more than 25 years of experience in retirement planning to the financial…

Conni Toth, co-founder and managing consultant for Applied Pension Professionals, LLC, brings more than 25 years of experience in retirement planning to the financial services industry.