A U.S. House subcommittee has approved a spyware bill that would allow fines up to $3 million for collecting personal information, diverting browsers, and delivering some pop-up advertisements to computer users without their consent.
The Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act (SPY ACT) which bears little resemblance to the bill originally introduced under that name. It requires vendors of software that collects the personal information of computer users to notify users of its installation, to get the users’ consent before installation, and to provide users with easy uninstall options.
I *hope* this is effective and doesn’t become the latest joke for tech legislation. -KF
Source: PCWorld
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