(1) IN GENERAL.—Notice in accordance with this 
subsection with respect to an information collection 
program is clear and conspicuous notice in plain lan-
guage, set forth as the Commission shall provide, that 
meets all of the following requirements: 
(A) The notice clearly distinguishes such no-
tice from any other information visually pre-
sented contemporaneously on the computer. 
(B) The notice contains one of the following 
statements, as applicable, or a substantially 
similar statement: 
(i) With respect to an information col-
lection program described in subsection 
(b)(1)(A): ‘‘This program will collect and 
transmit information about you. Do you ac-
cept?’’. 
(ii) With respect to an information col-
lection program described in subsection 
(b)(1)(B): ‘‘This program will collect infor-
mation about Web pages you access and 
will use that information to display adver-
tising on your computer. Do you accept?’’. 
(iii) With respect to an information 
collection program that performs the actions 
described in both subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of subsection (b)(1): ‘‘This program will 
collect and transmit information about you 
and will collect information about Web 
pages you access and use that information 
to display advertising on your computer. 
Do you accept?’’. 
(C) The notice provides for the user—
(i) to grant or deny consent referred to 
in subsection (a) by selecting an option to 
grant or deny such consent; and 
(ii) to abandon or cancel the trans-
mission or execution referred to in sub-
section (a) without granting or denying 
such consent. 
(D) The notice provides an option for the 
user to select to display on the computer, before 
granting or denying consent using the option re-
quired under subparagraph (C), a clear descrip-
tion of—
(i) the types of information to be col-
lected and sent (if any) by the information 
collection program; 
(ii) the purpose for which such infor-
mation is to be collected and sent; and
(iii) in the case of an information col-
lection program that first executes any of 
the information collection functions of the 
program together with the first execution of 
other computer software, the identity of any 
such software that is an information collec-
tion program. 
(E) The notice provides for concurrent dis-
play of the information required under subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) and the option required 
under subparagraph (D) until the user—
(i) grants or denies consent using the 
option required under subparagraph (C)(i); 
(ii) abandons or cancels the trans-
mission or execution pursuant to subpara-
graph (C)(ii); or 
(iii) selects the option required under 
subparagraph (D). 
(2) SINGLE NOTICE.—The Commission shall pro-
vide that, in the case in which multiple information 
collection programs are provided to the protected com-
puter together, or as part of a suite of functionally re-
lated software, the notice requirements of paragraphs 
(1)(A) and (2)(A) of subsection (a) may be met by 
providing, before execution of any of the information
collection functions of the programs, clear and con-
spicuous notice in plain language in accordance with 
paragraph (1) of this subsection by means of a single 
notice that applies to all such information collection 
programs, except that such notice shall provide the 
option under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of 
this subsection with respect to each such information 
collection program. 
(3) CHANGE IN INFORMATION COLLECTION.—If 
an owner or authorized user has granted consent to 
execution of an information collection program pur-
suant to a notice in accordance with this subsection: 
(A) IN GENERAL.—No subsequent such no-
tice is required, except as provided in subpara-
graph (B). 
(B) SUBSEQUENT NOTICE.—The person who 
transmitted the program shall provide another 
notice in accordance with this subsection and ob-
tain consent before such program may be used to 
collect or send information of a type or for a 
purpose that is materially different from, and 
outside the scope of, the type or purpose set forth 
in the initial or any previous notice. 
(4) REGULATIONS.—The Commission shall issue 
regulations to carry out this subsection.