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Advertisers can target British internet users according to which sites they visit (Photo: caruba)

EU takes Britain to court over online data protection

The European Commission on Thursday (30 September) said it is to take the United Kingdom to court for not fully implementing data privacy rules for online users and allowing service providers to use "behavioural advertising" based on the websites visited by web surfers.

The legal case follows complaints from UK internet users who claim to have been spammed with ads as a result of so-called deep-packet inspections revealing the patterns of their daily online activities. Despite requests ...

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Advertisers can target British internet users according to which sites they visit (Photo: caruba)

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