Trying to understand iMac 10.6.8 better and find out if someone is spying on my computer.

Would like to find out if my computer is being spied on. Trying to understand info in "About my mac" means. Came across something in software Extensions...MACFramework: It says: Version: 10.8.0, Get Info String: MAC Framework Pseudoextension, SPARTA, Inc, 10.8.0, Kind: Universal,
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/Plugins/MACFramework.kext, Kext Version: 10.8.0, Load Address: (built-in to the kernel), Valid: Yes,
Authentic: Yes, Dependencies: Satisfied.
What does this mean?
How/Where and What do I look for to see if someone is spying on my computer? And if so how do I remove it?

The Mandatory Access Control Framework is part of OS X, and is not spyware.
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