The Internet Spyware Prevention Act, also known as I-SPY, is an act by the United States Congress to impose penalties and punishments on creators of computerspyware. The act was first introduced in the House of Representatives in 2004 (H.R. 744) and passed the house in 2005.[1] The bill was reintroduced in March 2007 to further prosecute makers of spyware.
Members of the Interactive Advertising Bureau claim that the provisions of the act would prohibit all but one form of data collection on computers, cookies. They say that advanced programs (involving JavaScript) in the future that utilize data collection would be criminalized under this act.
internet, spyware, prevention, also, known, united, states, congress, impose, penalties, punishments, creators, computer, spyware, first, introduced, house, representatives, 2004, passed, house, 2005, bill, reintroduced, march, 2007, further, prosecute, makers. The Internet Spyware Prevention Act also known as I SPY is an act by the United States Congress to impose penalties and punishments on creators of computer spyware The act was first introduced in the House of Representatives in 2004 H R 744 and passed the house in 2005 1 The bill was reintroduced in March 2007 to further prosecute makers of spyware Contents 1 History 2 Criticisms 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editOn June 23 2004 Representatives Bob Goodlatte Zoe Lofgren and Lamar S Smith introduced the Internet Spyware Prevention Act as an amendment to Title 18 of the United States Code Criticisms editMembers of the Interactive Advertising Bureau claim that the provisions of the act would prohibit all but one form of data collection on computers cookies They say that advanced programs involving JavaScript in the future that utilize data collection would be criminalized under this act See also editSpyware United States CongressReferences edit http www infoworld com article 07 03 16 HNspywarebill 1 html US lawmakers introduce I Spy bill accessed March 24 2007 External links edit The Library of Congress Search on HR 4661 nbsp This United States federal legislation article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This malware related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Internet Spyware Prevention Act amp oldid 1086708139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
