Germany Passes Sweeping Cyberspace Legislation 01/06/97 (fwd)

[wb8foz at netcom.com]

BONN, GERMANY, 1997 JAN 6 (NB) -- By Sylvia Dennis. The German  
government passed a major round of legislation in the runup to 
Christmas that aims at regulating the Internet and protecting user 
privacy. 

	No surprise there....

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The law also prohibits the use of "cookies," software applets that
trace a user's path across the Internet and recording the data they
view.

	This is, to me!

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