The House unanimously voted Tuesday to reauthorize the U.S. SAFE...
The House unanimously voted Tuesday to reauthorize the U.S. SAFE WEB Act (HR-6131) for another seven years. The 2006 bill, which was set to expire on Dec. 22, 2013, provides the FTC with legal authority and information sharing tools to…
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combat international Internet scams, spyware and fraud targeted at U.S. citizens. “The ‘U.S. SAFE WEB Act’ is good for American consumers. It’s good for the future of e-commerce. And it sends an important signal to the rest of the world that online crooks -- no matter where they're located -- will be tracked down and prosecuted,” said Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., chair of the House Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee, in a statement. Bono Mack, who introduced the bill with Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., said an estimated 20 percent of consumer complaints the FTC received in 2005 involved fraud originating outside of the U.S., with Americans suffering annual losses of nearly $220 million to foreign operators, during a July subcommittee hearing she chaired (CD July 13 p6).