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Daily Archives: June 25, 2004

Spy Act Receives Strong Endorsement from House Cmte.

H.R. 2929, the Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions Act or Spy Act, was approved by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 45-4, on June 24. Declan McCullagh highlights the latest amendments to the bill: “Network providers may use monitoring software to guard against network security and fraud; software vendors may choose from certain specific notices when… Continue Reading

More Anti-Spyware Legislation

From the press release by Zoe Lofgren (CA 16): “Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-06), and Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) today introduced bipartisan legislation to address the most egregious activities that are conducted via spyware and make those activities criminal offenses. HR 4661, the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2004, will be referred to… Continue Reading