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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Public Workshop: Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other
Software
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
ACTION: Notice Announcing Public Workshop and Requesting Public Comment
SUMMARY: The FTC is planning to host a public workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your
PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software,” to explore the issues associated with the
distribution and effects of software that aids in gathering information about a person or
organization without their knowledge and which may send such information to another entity
without the consumer’s consent, or asserts control over a computer without the consumer’s
knowledge.
DATES: The workshop will be held on April 19, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the
Federal Trade Commission’s Satellite Building located at 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. The event is open to the public and there is no fee for attendance. Preregistration
is not required.
REQUESTS TO PARTICIPATE AS A PANELIST: As discussed below, written requests to
participate as a panelist in the workshop must be filed on or before Friday, March 5, 2004.
Persons filing requests to participate as a panelist will be notified on or before Friday, March…