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Europe: Time to Crunch the Cookies?
A proposed amendment to a European Commission law on privacy would require websites to get the explicit, informed consent of users before placing or reading cookies on the user's computer. (11/12/2001 at ZDNet)
Brit Cops Tackle E-Thievery
Britain has announced the formation of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, a police squad that will focus on cybercrime. According to reports, British companies are second only to Indian ones in the number of hacker attacks they are subject to. (4/19/2001 at Wired News)
EU May Outlaw Cookies
Slashdot discussion of a misleading news article regarding the EU, cookies, and privacy. (10/31/2001 at Slashdot.org)
Europe Slaving Over Cybercrime
The Council of Europe's treaty for dealing with cybercrime is coming under fire; it calls for ISPs to monitor Web users' online movements, and some countries said it doesn't go far enough. (3/6/2001 at Wired News)
Europe Tries To Take On Spammers
The European Union, which has already banned unsolicited commercial phone calls to its citizens, is considering similar bans on calls to wireless phones and on spam. (1/10/2001 at Las Vegas Sun)
French Netizens May Get Cheap, Unmetered Access
A French official says France Telecom, which manages France's telephone system, will offer ISPs a flat-rate connection, allowing the ISPs to give customers cheap, flat-rate Internet service. (1/12/2001 at The Industry Standard)
German Official Says Hate Web Sites Doubled Last Year
An official for Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution says the number of German-language far-right websites grew from 330 in 1999 to 800 in 2000; most are housed in the U.S., and so can't be shut down by German authorities. (1/14/2001 at The Nando Times)
ITU Data: No Surprises in Europe
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Scandinavia has more Internet hosts per capita, PCs per inhabitant, and Internet users as a percentage of population than the rest of Europe. (4/25/2001 at eMarketer)
Russian Internet Landscape Still Bleak
Computer and Internet use in Russia still lag other "developed" countries; 2.9 million of Russia's 122 million adults are active Net users. (2/21/2001 at eMarketer)
UK Govt Shuts E-Govt Portal
The British government plans to shut down open.gov.uk in July, saying its functionality is duplicated at UK Online. (4/20/2001 at The Register)
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