Government:
FTC Spyware Workshop
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/spyware/index.htm
SPYBLOCK, U.S. Senate Bill S 2145
introduced by Senator Conrad Burns:
http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1077&Month=2&Year=2004
Senator Conrad Burns - Montana:
http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Contact
California Assembly Bill AB 2787
Introduced by Assembly Member Tim Leslie:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2751-2800/ab_2787_bill_20040220_introduced.html
AB 2787 (Leslie) - Computer Adware and Spyware: This bill would require
providers of software containing adware or spyware, as defined, to a
computer in California to provide recipients with a privacy policy
containing specified information. It would prohibit spyware that
collects personal financial information supplied by a computer user who
fills out forms online. It would prohibit, without the user's consent,
e-mails and Web pages that automatically download adware or spyware
onto a computer.
California Assembly Member Tim Leslie
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/index.asp?Dist=4&Lang=1
California Senate Bill SB 1530
Introduced by Senator Kevin Murray:
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1501-1550/sb_1530_bill_20040219_introduced.html
SB 1530 (Murray) - Computer Spyware: This bill would state the intent
of the Legislature to address the problem of computer spyware.
California Senator Kevin Murray
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/murray/
California Senate Bill SB 1436
Introduced by Senator Kevin Murray:
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1436_bill_20040219_introduced.html
SB 1436 (Murray) - Computer Spyware: This bill would prohibit
transmitting to a computer in California spyware in violation of the
policy of the recipient's ISP. It would authorize an ISP to bring an
action for damages for violation of its policy.
California Senator Kevin Murray
http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/murray/
California Privacy Legislation:
California Office of Privacy Protection
http://www.privacy.ca.gov/califlegis.htm
News:
Rio Linda News March 11, 2004
http://rlenews.com/04/040311.html#verizon
Verizon's spyware attracts criticism - Bergen
Record - by Brian Kladko (requires provision of demographic data to
view):
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NTAzMzA4
Verizon Wireless Spyware Attracts Criticism Miami Herald - by Brian
Kladko:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8243332.htm
Closing door on 'spyware' - Sacramento Bee - by Ed Fletcher
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/8682929p-9610724c.html
Personal:
Verizon spyware
http://www.obri.net/verizon/
Verizon on ethics:
Verizon: Sponsors Lecture Series On Ethical Business Practices -
"Ethics and corporate values are an integral part of any company's
foundation and mission," noted Anne Carroll, director of Verizon's
Office of Ethics and Business Compliance. Dr. Norman Bowie, the Elmer
L. Andersen Chair in Corporate Responsibility at the University of
Minnesota, will speak as part of the Verizon Visiting Professorship in
Business Ethics and Information Technology. His lecture titled,
"Digital Rights And Wrongs - Intellectual Property in the Information
Age"
Verizon
Press release here Information
on Dr. Bowie and lecture here
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