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I-SPY Act

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I-SPY Act
Proposed legislation in the United States that would ban all forms of data collection on the Internet except for cookies. The I-SPY Act would increase penalties for persons who create spyware. It passed the House of Representatives in 2005.


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I-SPY Act The I-SPY Act takes a different approach to the problem of spyware: it would extend federal criminal penalties under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (133) to "illicit indirect use of protected computers.
Specifically, the I-Spy Act (Internet Spyware Prevention Act) imposes stricter jail sentences and multi-million dollar fines on those convicted of distributing.
The Cyber Security Enhancement Act and the I-SPY Act are two examples of new legislation passed to simplify and clarify parameters and penalties for computer crimes and cyber criminals.
 
 
 
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