Web companies will probably face new restrictions on digital privacy in Europe. Global online companies may face some new challenges in operating in Europe. Digital-privacy agencies from the European Union’s member countries met late last week to discuss how to apply privacy laws to “cookies”-- small Internet files used to remember things about users, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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