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U.S. Near Bottom When It Comes To Online Privacy

by Darren

Online privacy is a growing issue for many people, and it doesn’t appear that the U.S. is doing a good job concerning the issue. The U.S. finished near the bottom during a recent study.

“The general trend is that privacy is being extinguished in country after country,” said Simon Davies, director of London-based Privacy International, which released a study on the issue Saturday. “Even those countries where we expected ongoing strong privacy protection, like Germany and Canada, are sinking into the mire.

Although privacy was improving in the former communist states of eastern Europe, it is worsening across Western Europe, the report said. Concerns about terrorism, immigration and border security were driving the spread of identity and fingerprinting systems, according to the report.

Greece, Romania and Canada had the best records of 47 countries Privacy International surveyed.

It seems privacy online is getting tougher to come by each day.