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Net neutrality, anti-cookie legislation approved by senateWednesday 09 May 2012 New legislation guaranteeing unhindered access to the internet and banning the unauthorised use of cookies was approved by the upper house of parliament on Wednesday. This means the Netherlands is only the second country in the world, after Chile, to enshrine net neutrality in law, the Financieele Dagblad said. The legislation was introduced after telecom firms said they would bring in new subscriptions for clients who use certain mobile phone applications. The law means telecom companies will not be able to charge more money for services offered by competitors, such as WhatsApp or Skype. Cookies The legislation also sets limits to the use of tracking text files known as cookies. Under the new legislation, cookies can only be placed if the user gives express permission to do so. In addition, whoever collects the information must be able to prove they have the user’s permission. The legislation was passed by the lower house of parliament last summer and has been heavily criticised by publishers and some internet users groups. The government has now agreed not to implement this aspect of the new legislation until the EU has completed its investigation into alternatives for the cookie ban. According to the Volkskrant, the legislation also breaks open the Dutch cable market, forcing cable firms to allow their competitors to use their networks. © DutchNews.nl
If you have a Google Account or a Facebook profile you already agreed that they own all you online information so this law won't do much in that direction. but it's good that the telecoms won't be able to create new rules so they can make more money. By Ivan | May 9, 2012 4:52 PM This means that blocking of PirateBay or any other website, forced by whatever lobbying group, is now illegal. By George | May 9, 2012 6:08 PM Use Ghostery and NoScript for Firefox and no one knows what you're doing, ever. By Stupid | May 9, 2012 6:50 PM Surely if one blocks the cookies, one cannot view the site? It's all Greek to me (Or Double Dutch lol!) By The visitor | May 10, 2012 4:12 AM I hope you're right George! Chop, chop XS4ALL... I'm waiting for my website back. By Pirate | May 10, 2012 2:57 PM Everytime you visit a page with a facebook like button on it, facebook gets sent your IP address and location etc., whether you are a facebook user or not. By jaycee | May 10, 2012 11:06 PM
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Excellent!
By Sharon | May 9, 2012 3:53 PM