Despite tighter regulations, European website operators are no better at protecting the privacy of visitors than their U.S. counterparts, according a study released Thursday. Two-thirds of the 751 websites in the United States and Europe surveyed by the advocacy group Consumers . . .
Despite tighter regulations, European website operators are no better at protecting the privacy of visitors than their U.S. counterparts, according a study released Thursday. Two-thirds of the 751 websites in the United States and Europe surveyed by the advocacy group Consumers International collected personal data from visitors. But only a few of those gave visitors the option of limiting how that information was used.

Concerns about the use of personal data like names, birth dates, and addresses have increased in recent years with the growth of the Internet.

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