In March of this year, Utah became the first state to enact new legislation addressing certain types of "spyware" -- with its Spyware Control Act. (Spyware is software that tracks a consumer's online activities, and uses the data it collects to choose targeted pop-up advertisements and other promotional messages, which are then displayed to the user.)
Then, in May, a suit was brought pursuant to Utah's new act. Overstock.com sued Massachusetts-based online retailer SmartBargains, Inc. in the Third District Court in Salt Lake City, claiming that SmartBargains used spyware to display pop-up ads over the Overstock.com Web site. Overstock.com is seeking injunctive relief, damages, attorney's fees and other costs.
Meanwhile, other states are also considering legislation on this topic, and several bills on this issue have been introduced in Congress. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission recently hosted a spyware workshop in an attempt to craft useful policy solutions. The Utah law has been the subject of criticism from industry as well as from privacy advocates alike. But on closer examination, many of these criticisms are without merit.
News source: CNN
Then, in May, a suit was brought pursuant to Utah's new act. Overstock.com sued Massachusetts-based online retailer SmartBargains, Inc. in the Third District Court in Salt Lake City, claiming that SmartBargains used spyware to display pop-up ads over the Overstock.com Web site. Overstock.com is seeking injunctive relief, damages, attorney's fees and other costs.
Meanwhile, other states are also considering legislation on this topic, and several bills on this issue have been introduced in Congress. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission recently hosted a spyware workshop in an attempt to craft useful policy solutions. The Utah law has been the subject of criticism from industry as well as from privacy advocates alike. But on closer examination, many of these criticisms are without merit.
News source: CNN
What's New in This Release:
· [+] Mail Chat (Tools|Mail Chat)
· [+] Chat Virtual folders for watching conversation threads or waiting for replies to specific messages
· [+] "Utilities|Create a Quick Template" menu command in the message editor to quickly create a QT based on the selected text
· [+] (#0001869) New Window Split Mode - Full-width Message List
· [+] Automatic filtering on IMAP
· [+] Customizable hotkeys for next/prev folder tab (Edit shortcuts/MainMenu/Specials)
· [+] It is now possible to re-filter only selected messages
· [+] Message Editor (using MicroEd) has new status - AutoFormat, AutoWrap, JustifyOnWrap, AutoSpell
· [+] Possibility to insert a line divider in HTML editor
· [+] URLs of incoming messages are added to the log
· [+] Possibility to open URLs by double click from the account's log viewer
· [+] Smartpad.ini: [Options] Taskbar = 1 - shows smartpad in taskbar
· [+] Support of ImagesPDSF.MSL file for translating smileys (see the Beta distribution file)
· [+] VF message DblClk - opens VF folder view; Ctrl+DblClk - Follows message; Shift+DblClk - opens folder view
· [+] Viewing account's log window is no longer modal
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· [ * ] (#0002992) UTF-7/8 decoding is now much faster
· [ * ] It is now possible to log manual refiltering
· [ * ] Search options in the Accont Log View pop-up menu
· [ * ] The current folder was removed from the Unread tab when new mail was received
· [-] (#0001633) Character set detection bug in PGP/MIME messages
· [-] (#0001742) Unread messages were loaded and treated as read during refiltering process
· [-] (#0002259) Embedded image files were multiplicated at each [auto] save
· [-] (#0002653) Account tree nodes' states were not stored correctly
· [-] (#0002673) Selected shortcuts for Send/Queue in the message editor weren't remembered
· [-] (#0002716) Access Violation error while search in a deleted folder
· [-] (#0002764) The "l" LDAP attribute was not processed
· [-] (#0002922) Deleted messages counters were not updated in the Folder Maintenance Centre
· [-] (#0002951) Access Violation error when selecting folders for search in message reminder
· [-] (#0002955) Generic view mode setting is not saved, previous setting is used after restart
· [-] (#0002972) Account tree expand, when you open the account properties
· [-] (#0002997) Split mode - full width msg list - msg preview toggle one way
· [-] (#0003005) Virtual Folders think they're Normal Folders is VF name and Directory are not the same
· [-] (#0003026) Option "Edit | Select all" doesn't work in HTML editor, Ctrl+A works
· [-] (#0003027) MessageFinder does not "Follow"
· [-] (#0003038) Using "IMAP Folder management" deletes account level VFs
· [-] IMAP folder management could fail to see some folders on some IMAP servers
· [-] No duplicates of message in chat folders
· [-] Some other minor fixes
short answer: no.
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