Agree. I can remember the issue of the EC's database directive from as far back as the early 1990's. It was one of the issues we studied. At that time it see

Agree. I can remember the issue of the EC's database directive from as far back as the early 1990's. It was one of the issues we studied. At that time it seemed somewhat tenuous to apply it to what was happening on the nascent www. For the most part it seemed no one was ostensibly collecting personal data and building sensitive databases of personal info. It was just a possibility we discussed. Needless to say things have changed.