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nakkiel on Feb 9, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stealing Your Address Book

I'd expect most european countries to fall in the same category. Actually, I'm surprised it's not illegal in the US.

becasse on Feb 10, 2012 [–]

They do fall in the same category, because of the Data Protection Directive. This is not a law, but all EU states interpreted the directive, and enacted it into law, and the law in each country is now basically the same.

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