Range of Laws Used in Fight Against Spyware: Report - State and federal law enforcers are increasingly cracking down on distributors of malicious spyware and adware using an array of laws aimed at fraud, deception and snooping, CDT finds in a new report. Led at the federal level by the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department, and in the states by the attorneys general, law enforcers have been able to apply a broad range of statutes against those who distribute dangerous and unwanted software by surreptitious means. CDT's report charts the important cases against spyware distributors and identifies the statutes applied. June 26, 2006
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