Federal Trade Commission Spyware Workshop

On April 19th, 2004 the Federal Trade Commission held a Spyware Workshop in Washington, DC. The goal of this event was to help define Spyware and discuss is new regulations could help curb this public menace. Many interested parties attended including Bill Pytlovany of BillP Studios, creators of the popular WinPatrol system utility. This page was created to help inform anyone who wasn't able to attend.

• Public Comments Submitted for and against Spyware
  
  
• BillP Studios Public Comments (PDF)
  
  

• Panel One: Defining, Understanding and Disseminating Spyware
  
  
• Panel Two: Security Risks and PC Functionality
  
  
• Panel Three: Privacy Risks
  
  
• Panel Four: Industry Responses to Spyware
  
  
• Panel Five: Technological Responses to Spyware
  
  
• Panel Six: Government Responses to Spyware
  
  
• Declan McCullagh's Photographs
  

• Final FTC Staff Report (March 2005)
  
  
• Eric L. Howes: The FTC's Spyware Workshop
  
  

http://www.ftc.gov/infosecurity

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