Identity theft, spyware and the law

Proceedings of the 2005 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, InfoSecCD '05

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 118-121

  Loibl, Timothy R ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

federal and state spyware legislation; identity theft; information security; spyware

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SPYWARES; AUTHORIZED USERS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GOVERNMENT IS; IDENTITY THEFT; IDENTITY THIEVES; INFORMATION SECURITY; ON-DEMAND; PERSONAL INFORMATION; SPY-WARE; SPYWARE PROGRAMS; UNAUTHORIZED USERS;

CRIME; CURRICULA; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77953858738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1107622.1107650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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