January 17/2003
Japan Fair Trade Commission
In August, 2002, the JFTC entrusted 50 consumers with business- to-consumer electronic-commerce surveillance,starting the operation of the "B toC E-commerce surveillance system".
The surveillants has reported 508 websites to be inapporpriate in the period of August to December 2002.
The JFTC sent e-mails to 108 sites out of 508 sites reported in order to instruct the administrators of the sites to comply with the Premiums and Representations Act.
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