2005 Senate Bill 151 ↩

Senate Roll Call 26: Passed

To prohibit and provide civil remedies for intentionally installing spyware onto another person's computer without consent. Action could be brought by a computer user, an Internet Web site owner, an authorized advertiser, or a copyright or trademark owner. Penalties would be the greater of actual damages, or $10,000 per violation. "Spyware" is a program that surreptitiously monitors a person's use of a computer, including where they go on the web, and transmits that information to an advertiser or other person. Note: Senate Bills 53 and 54 establish criminal penalties.