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Thread: Taking a Stand To Protect Privacy* Europeans question the morality of digital companies.
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[quote=MARRIE,457501]Mr. Schrems's sentiment is emblematic of the discomfort sweeping Europe about the ways in which Internet companies treat personal information. That discomfort has prompted proposals for stricter regulation of online data across the continent. And Europe's moves to protect Internet privacy have given rise to a thorny question: How do the laws and mores of different nations manage, if at all, the multinational companies that now govern our digital lives? Personal data is the oil that greases the Internet. Each one of us sits on our own vast reserves. The data that we share every day - names, addresses, pictures, even our precise locations as measured by the geo-location sensor embedded in Internet-enabled smartphones - helps companies target advertising based not only on demographics but also on the personal opinions and desires we post online. Those advertising revenues, in turn, make hundreds of millions of dollars for companies like Facebook. [/quote]
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