At work, our news summary included this one--it appears the changes to the law mean companies need a license to do any kind of forensic work on computers, but the definition of forensic work is essentially anything involving searching the data on the computer for information (e.g. you take the computer to a repair shop to determine who your kids are talking to on MySpace). The repair shops are worried that the law could catch them for not having a sufficiently-narrow definition of "forensic".

Perhaps a phrase such as "(not allowed to do whatever) without the owner's permission" would fix the concerns (though might involve the owner signing more papers before anything is done).

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