U.K. Proposes Law Letting Citizens Erase Personal Data on Web
- Law would bring U.K. ‘in line’ with Europe rules after Brexit
- Bill would give consumers more control over internet data
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The devil’s bargain underlying the internet economy is that people get free usage of websites such as Google and Facebook in exchange for letting companies collect all sorts of personal data that can be used to sell advertising and other services.
But in recent years European governments have pushed back, arguing the balance of the trade has gotten overly skewed in favor of giant technology companies.