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WhatsApp, Facebook and Google face tough new privacy rules under EC proposal | Technology | The Guardian

Hi, I’m Anselm Hannemann, a freelance Frontend Developer and Engineering Manager. You can hire me. I wrote WDRL for 10 years and have a a Market Garden as a side-business.

This link appeared in WDRL 165 on 12.01.2017.

WhatsApp, Facebook and Google face tough new privacy rules under EC proposal | Technology | The Guardian

The current revision of the European Union ePrivacy law tries to protect communication confidentiality, block nonconsensual tracking, and lessen cookie warnings. A step in the right direction to make the web a safer, clearer place. For us developers it’s also great since the annoying cookie warnings are now questioned.