At today's Federal Trade Commission workshop on spyware [define and adware, Commissioner Mozelle Thompson charged "the industry" to return to the FTC with best practices for quelling the problem. The commissioner did not specify which of the many industries represented at the forum should spearhead such an effort.
The Commissioner's remarks were made at the FTC's public forum, "Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software," in Washington, D.C. Monday. The daylong workshop's goal is to initiate a dialogue on the subject and move toward possible solutions. "We are putting a public face on what many see as secret software," said Commissioner Thompson, noting that this is the first broad public forum to discuss the topic. Workshops included topics like security and privacy risks, industry responses and government responses such as law enforcement, consumer education and coordinating with industry.
News source: ClickZ
