Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation

ASDF writes Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation [PDF] is a report from the Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress by
Marcia S. Smith
Specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy
Resources, Science, and Industry Division
From The report:
Internet privacy issues generally encompass two types of concerns. One is the
collection of personally identifiable information (PII) by website operators from
visitors to government and commercial websites, or by software that is surreptitiously
installed on a user’s computer (“spyware�) and transmits the information to someone
else. The other is the monitoring of electronic mail and Web usage by the
government or law enforcement officials, employers, or Internet Service Providers.”