Anti-Spyware Bill Launched

Posted on February 27, 2004

Congress has launched an anti-spyware bill to target the annoying adware and invasive spyware programs that are secretly installed on people's computers. The bill is called the Spy Block Act (Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge), S. 2131. Spy Block is sponsored by Senators Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA).