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Why we need a sound Do-Not–Track standard for privacy online

Friday, January 20th, 2012
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This really is privacy and data protection week! In Brussels there is the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference and the Commission is soon adopting its proposal for a reform of the European Data Protection legal framework (which I wrote about here).

So today, a blog on how I want to ensure privacy and user control when you’re browsing online: in particular, a standard known as “do not track” (DNT) that I hope will have a big role to play for the future of online privacy.

First a bit of background: what is “do not track”, and why is it so important? Read the full entry

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