Now I shall demand the cookies! Proposed new browsing agreement turns the tables and lets users dictate terms to websites
Every time you visit a website, you're essentially entering an agreement over a share of information. The site will give you the page you've asked for, and in return you'll provide some personal data. It might just be browsing cookies, but with the rise of targeted advertising these unspoken deals are getting more and more one sided on who gets the value. There are ways of mitigating this, like this woman who successfully sued Facebook over ad tracking, but in the digital age, there has to be a better way.