The Spy Act (Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass) is being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives.

How will this affect your business?

Hopefully not at all.

But here’s the danger. If some form of this bill becomes law, Congress has a propensity to screw things up when it comes to the Internet because, quite frankly, most legislators are clueless when it comes to the Internet.

Legitimate data collection activities could be outlawed by poorly written legislation.

Also note that the biggest proponents of this legislation are those who seem to be RIAA and MPAA advocates on Capitol Hill. What’s good for the recording and movie industries isn’t necessarily good for your business.

Just keep tabs on this and hope the bill dies. As you know, a new law isn’t going to stop malicious spyware from being created or distributed. Political posturing with a bad law just brings headaches and lawsuits.

Hat tip to PC Advisor.

About the Author

With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.