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Article: SEN. PRYOR: COMPANIES MUST STOP SPYING, HIJACKING COMPUTERS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 14, 2007
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The office of Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., issued the following press release:
Sen. Mark Pryor today introduced the Counter Spy Act of 2007 to make it illegal for companies or fraudsters to implant spyware on a person's computer without consent.
Pryor said spyware raises significant privacy, economic and security concerns for consumers and businesses as companies covertly plant unwanted software on them. Spyware is used to collect information about a consumer's browsing habits, enable pop-up ads, and/or change a user's home page. In addition, spyware allows a fraudster to duplicate another website, including financial or retail site where he/she can steal personal information such as credit ...
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Article: HOUSE APPROVES SPY ACT PROTECTING COMPUTER USERS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 6, 2007 ;
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... ... This led to the introduction of the Spy Act, which would stop these deceptive and ... be deleted." Stearns rewrite of the Spy Act eventually passed in the full House in ... 48 approved the latest version of the Spy Act, H.R. 964. "This measure prohibits ...
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