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I think you are seeing this from a limited viewpoint. There's lots of people out there who don't even understand what the internet is, you'd be lucky if they kn
by ticks 14y ago
I think you are seeing this from a limited viewpoint. There's lots of people out there who don't even understand what the internet is, you'd be lucky if they know what a browsers is. The EU is proactively protecting those people, much like has been done for decades with offline data protection.
- gyardley 14y agoProtecting them from what exactly? I'm genuinely curious about this - what do you think gets done with a browser cookie that actually causes real harm to the user? Perhaps that should be regulated instead of the mechanism for it.
- justincormack 14y agoThat already is regulated in the EU, which has reasonable data protection legislation. This is just supposed to be like the signs you are required to have if you use cctv, letting people avoid it if they wish to.
- ticks 14y agoProtecting them from commercial use of their personal data - without explicit consent. In the US it's more of a free-for-all and businesses can get away with much more; in EU countries, their governments prefer to protect their populations from businesses (before anything bad happens). Just a different philosophy.