Utah has: The Spyware Control Act - geek/talk: Signature-free discourse for serious web publishers

Steve_S · 06-13-2004, 02:30 PM

Your days are numbered!

The law:

Fair use exstraction from:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/03/ramasastry.spyware/

"In March of this year, Utah became the first state to enact new legislation addressing certain types of "spyware" -- with its Spyware Control Act. (Spyware is software that tracks a consumer's online activities, and uses the data it collects to choose targeted pop-up advertisements and other promotional messages, which are then displayed to the user.)"

Law suit number 1 by Overstock:

http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_ne...?newsID=251985

Law suit number 2 by "Two Utah companies, Overstock.com and 1-800 Contacts, contend that WhenU ads inundate their Web sites with competitors' ads, costing them millions.

From:

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7399

It looks like it's 10K per violation and natch, we have the lawyers involved to protect the respective interests of all parties.

What I find very surprising is that Utah would inact such a great law. Rather than NY and or CA which are normally the hot beds of leading edge state legislation. Spence?

Thoughts?

jokearound · 06-13-2004, 03:05 PM

heres the other side :

"N.Y. Co. Challenges Spyware Control Act" - http://wd.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=116068

06-13-2004, 02:30 PM	#1
Steve_S Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Posts: 5,223	Utah has: The Spyware Control Act Your days are numbered! The law: Fair use exstraction from: http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/03/ramasastry.spyware/ "In March of this year, Utah became the first state to enact new legislation addressing certain types of "spyware" -- with its Spyware Control Act. (Spyware is software that tracks a consumer's online activities, and uses the data it collects to choose targeted pop-up advertisements and other promotional messages, which are then displayed to the user.)" Law suit number 1 by Overstock: http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_ne...?newsID=251985 Law suit number 2 by "Two Utah companies, Overstock.com and 1-800 Contacts, contend that WhenU ads inundate their Web sites with competitors' ads, costing them millions. From: http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7399 It looks like it's 10K per violation and natch, we have the lawyers involved to protect the respective interests of all parties. What I find very surprising is that Utah would inact such a great law. Rather than NY and or CA which are normally the hot beds of leading edge state legislation. Spence? Thoughts? Last edited by Steve_S; 06-13-2004 at 02:32 PM.

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06-13-2004, 03:05 PM	#2
jokearound Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: UK Posts: 739	heres the other side : "N.Y. Co. Challenges Spyware Control Act" - http://wd.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=116068