Europe Wants U.S.-Style ‘Do Not Track’ Standard

One month after a deadline by which European states must make most kinds of online data collection -- including by cookies -- opt-in, only five countries have begun to implement the measure.

“The commission will use its full powers against member states that delay,” the European Commission’s digital agenda VP Neelie Kroes warned at a Brussels workshop on tracking protection, after the measure was introduced in a recent ePrivacy Directive update.