A No-Spyware "Bill of Rights"

Concerned by accusations about spyware (the average computer houses roughly 28 items of secret monitoring software), one freeware supplier has now created a "bill of rights" for consumer and business users who download desktop applications. Included in Weatherbug's proclamation, "The right to a download completely free of any spyware or adware."

WeatherBug offers a free, desktop application that streams live local weather conditions to 15 million users from a nationwide network of 7,000 school- and community-based weather stations. For more from Weatherbug about spyware and free spyware detection software, click here.

For information about the Spyware Workshop and other privacy initiatives of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, click here.