"so why allow them to peek into your PC?" This bill does NOT outlaw the use of spyware, just increases penalties for a few, already illegal, uses of the data collected. You seem to have missed my point. I am suggesting that, under the guise of protecting the poor stupid public from identity theft, this act would appear to actually promote and further the legal uses of spyware, which is far & away the largest current application of the stuff. This legislation is a smoke-screen for legitimate advertisers and marketers who wanted a definition, a line drawn between legal and illegal, so that they could relax and safely continue their legal use of more of the junk with indemnity. Congress has obliged them. By giving a red light to just a few, they have in effect given a green light to all the rest. Again, this act will result in more spyware, not less.