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== Citation == |
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| − | '''Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress''' (CRS Report RL32706) (Jan. 12, 2011) ([http://opencrs.com/document/RL32706/2011-01-12/download/1005/ full-text]). |
+ | Patricia Moloney Figliola, '''Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress''' (CRS Report RL32706) (Jan. 12, 2011) ([http://opencrs.com/document/RL32706/2011-01-12/download/1005/ full-text]). |
== Overview == |
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| − | The term "spyware" generally refers to any software that is |
+ | The term "[[spyware]]" generally refers to any [[software]] that is [[download]]ed onto a [[computer]] without the owner's or [[user]]'s knowledge. [[Spyware]] may [[data collection|collect]] [[information]] about a [[computer user]]'s activities and [[transmit]] that [[information]] to someone else. It may change [[computer]] settings, or cause [[Pop-up ad|"pop-up" advertisements]] to appear. |
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| + | This report discusses [[spyware]] and legislative and [[Federal Trade Commission]] efforts to control it. |
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 2 July 2015
Citation[]
Patricia Moloney Figliola, Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress (CRS Report RL32706) (Jan. 12, 2011) (full-text).
Overview[]
The term "spyware" generally refers to any software that is downloaded onto a computer without the owner's or user's knowledge. Spyware may collect information about a computer user's activities and transmit that information to someone else. It may change computer settings, or cause "pop-up" advertisements to appear.
This report discusses spyware and legislative and Federal Trade Commission efforts to control it.