Feds Asked to Take Action Against Adware Creator

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Your Rights Online <http://yro.slashdot.org/> : Feds Asked to Take Action
Against Adware Creator 

Posted by ScuttleMonkey <http://slashdot.org/~ScuttleMonkey/>  on Monday
January 23, @05:36PM
from the paging-big-brother dept. 
 <http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=158>  
An anonymous reader writes "CNet is reporting that a consumer watchdog group
has asked the Federal Trade Commission to take action against
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6029786.html> 180solutions and CJB.net
for unfair and deceptive business practices. The Center for Democracy and
Technology submitted over 150 pages of examples of 180s bad practices." From
the article: "180Solutions deliberately and repeatedly duped Internet users
into downloading intrusive advertising software, according to a Center for
Democracy and Technology complaint (download PDF). The company continued
these practices even after it pledged to better itself and after receiving
warnings from spyware experts and privacy advocates, the group said." 

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