Spyware related press:
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The U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade,
and Consumer Protection
held a hearing on April 29, 2004 exploring whether a legislative
solution exists to the problem of spyware-adware-malware.
Representatives from The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft, Earthlink
ISP, and The Center For Democracy and Technology testified. The hearing focused on legislation introduced by Representative Mary Bono, H.R. 2929, "The Safeguard Against Privacy Invasion Act" (SPI Act). |
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Hearing witnesses prior to commencement.
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Representative Cliff Stearns, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection (top); Mr. Stearns with Representative Jan Schakowsky (2nd & 3rd photo from top); Representatives Mary Bono, John Shadegg, Fred Upton (bottom) | Representative Mary Bono This hearing focused on her bill, H.R. 2929, "The Safeguard Against Privacy Invasion Act" (SPI Act)
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Representative Jan Schakowsky (top); Representatives Ted Strickland
(l) and Jay Inslee (r) 2nd photo from top. Representative Inslee has also introduced Spyware legislation
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The Honorable Mozelle W. Thompson, Commissioner, U.S.
Federal Trade Commission
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J. Howard Beales III, Director, Bureau Consumer
Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
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David Baker, V.P. Law & Public Policy, Earthlink (top); Ari Schwartz, Associate Director, Center For Democracy & Technology (bottom) |
Jeffrey Friedberg, Director of Windows Privacy, The
Microsoft Corporation
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Hearing attendees
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Representative Mary Bono (top) FTC Commissioner
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Earthlink's David Baker gives Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns, and Congresswoman Mary Bono a real-time Spyware demonstration |
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Monitoring Software On Your PC: Spyware, Adware, And Other Software |
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
held a
day long public workshop on April 19, 2004 exploring issues surrounding
PC spyware, adware, malware, and began a dialogue on solutions to a rapidly
growing consumer and business computer usage problem. You can read an event press release or agenda (pdf format). Event related press:
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Panel Two: Security Risks And PC Functionality Moderator, David Koehler, FTC; John Gilroy, WAMU Ask The Computer Guys/Washington Post; Bryson Gordon, McAfee Security; Austin Hill, Zero-Knowledge Systems; Roger Thompson, Pest Patrol; Michael Wood, Lavasoft |
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Panel Three: Privacy Risks Moderator Dean Forbes, FTC; Ray Everett-Church, TurnTide, Inc.; Evan Hendricks, Privacy Times, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, EPIC; James H. Koenig, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP; Ronald Plesser, Piper Rudnick LLP |
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Panel Four: Industry Responses To Spyware-Industry Best Practices And
Working With The Government Moderator Mozelle Thompson; Brian Arbogast, Microsoft; J. Trevor Hughes, Network Advertising Initiative; Chris Kelly, Spoke Software; Fran Maier, TRUSTe; Andrew McLaughlin, Google; Jules Polonetsky, AmericaOnline, Inc.; John Schwarz, Symantec Corp. |
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Panel Five: Technological Responses To Spyware Moderator Beverly Thomas, FTC; Steven Bellovin, AT&T Labs-Research; Jeffrey Friedberg, Microsoft; David Moll, WebRoot; Wayne Porter, SpywareGuide.com; Daniel Weitzner, World Wide Web Consortium |
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Panel Six: Government Responses To Spyware-Law Enforcement, Consumer
Education, and Coordinating With Industry Moderator, Beth Delaney, FTC; Jennifer Baird, Office of Rep. Mary Bono; Mark Eckenwiler, U.S. Dept. of Justice; Mary Engle, U.S. FTC; Elizabeth Prostic; Matthew Sarrel, PC Magazine; Stephen Urquhart, State Representative, Utah House Of Representatives |
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