The European Commission is worried that the UK is not taking online privacy rights seriously and has warned London that it will take the government to court if it does not crack down on an controversial advertising company that gathered information about internet users' surfing habits in secret.
Some find it extremely disconcerting when Facebook or Amazon recommend a concert or a book or a CD that one of their algorithms has identified as a product they might like - and then it turns o...
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