Monitoring Software on Your PC:
Spyware, Adware, and Other Software
FTC Conference Center
601 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
April 19, 2004
On April 19, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop to explore the issues associated with the distribution and effects of software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge and which may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge. The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 19, 2004 at the FTC Conference Center located at 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. It is open to the public and there is no attendance fee. For admittance to the building, all attendees will be required to display a valid form of identification, such as a driver's license.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/spyware/index.htm
TheKid and KTTD - you guys should go and represent all the folks here at computing.net who are concerned about the spyware problem! I'm in California and can't go :(
