Electronic Frontier Foundation announces new 'Do Not Track' policy for web browsing to boost privacy

Danny Palmer
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EFF teams up with coalition of web firms in effort to enable web users to have more choice over who can track their browsing and data

Digital civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has partnered with web and technology companies to announce a stronger policy standard for a "Do Not Track" (DNT) web browser ...

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