“The EU started with the premise of a ‘right to a private life’ and allowed only limited data collection exceptions to that right. Search engines can only hang on to European user data for six months, must generally treat IP addresses as ‘personal information,’ and must comply with the rules even if they are based outside the EU.”

With the US increasingly implementing a policy of voluntary self-regulation by the major search companies, it’s good news that the EU is willing to argue for tougher privacy laws to protect its citizens. The full Ars Technica post is here.

Posted Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
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