Net Neutrality and cookie limitations by Law in Netherlands
As the second country in the world (Chile beat us to it) the Dutch have amended the Telecom Law to enforce Internet Net Neutrality.
This means that ISP’s are not/no longer allowed to, for instance:
- slow down or limit certain types of traffic (think p2p traffic)
block – or charge for certain types of traffic (think Skype, SIP, WhatsApp, etc)
There is currently one exception mentioned in the law, and that says that ISP’s can block certain types of traffic on ideological grounds, if the user specifically asks for it. This one exception is expected to be removed in yet antoher amendement, to be voted on next week.
Apart from the neutrality, the Teleocom law now also says that web site owners must specifically ask users’ permission to store non-session tracking cookies. This is thought to promote privacy.
Web site owners don’t have to do this each time a user visits, they may do so once a year.
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