European Parliament on privacy & cookies/US Net use

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

EU pushes ahead with cookie limits 
The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to adopt an amendment to the
draft directive on electronic data collection and privacy that would
restrict the use of cookies.
If the vote is ratified, Web sites will have to explicitly ask people
if they want to accept cookies--a move that the advertising industry
says could be damaging to business. 
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7861529.html

Europe Backs Net Privacy Restrictions  
The European Parliament voted Tuesday to allow anti-terrorist
investigators to eavesdrop on private data on the Internet and also
endorsed improved police cooperation in hunting down terrorists.
 http://www.iht.com/articles/38791.html

U.S. Surfing Turns Around In October to Post New High
U.S. Internet usage reached record levels in October as 115 million
Americans went online, according to measurements released Tuesday by
Nielsen/NetRatings Inc.
 http://www.iht.com/articles/38825.html


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