Oklahoma + EULA == 1984?

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I couldn't believe this one when I read it. How many other states will M$ be manipulating? Or General Motors, for that matter. Sony? Boeing? I bet H&R Block would love to suddenly become an ISP. Normally I wouldn't be all that worried about such a law passing, but I do believe it was Oklahoma that had the federal judge using a peniis-pump during a murder trial. If you've got a state like that, it's gotta be capable of anything.


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"The bill has a clear prohibition on anything going in without your permission. You have to grant permission," said Jolley, R-Edmond. "You can look at your license agreement. It will say whether they have the ability to take that information or not."

"It prohibits them from taking things as basic as your home address, your first name, your first initial in combination with your last name, your passwords, any personal identification numbers you have, any biometric information, any Social Security, tax IDs, drivers licenses, account balances, overdraft histories - there is a clear prohibition on that," Jolley said.

Indeed, Sections 4 and 5 of the act specifically forbid anyone from doing so without the user's permission.

However, Section 6 of the act says such a prohibition "shall not apply" to "telecommunications carrier, cable operator, computer hardware or software provider or provider of information service" and won't apply to those companies in cases of "detection or prevention of the unauthorized use of or fraudulent or other illegal activities."

Which means software companies updating a user's software or the cable company monitoring that user's activities on a broadband modem hookup can turn over that user's history of writing hot checks to the district attorney if the company feels like it, said Rotenberg.