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The British government should e-privacy at the international level, together with EU partners and the United States, the Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said.
In his speech, the CBI Forum on e-privacy and digital economy, Vaizey said the Internet must be potted “lightly regulated driven.

But he said similar privacy standards were emerging from current regulation and new legislation in Europe and the US.

Unlike traditional television and radio publishing, Vaizey said the internet did not respect national boundaries. And he said: “The rules governing on-line privacy need to reflect that.”

“For the sake of web users and businesses we need a unified and consistent approach to on-line privacy that crosses borders.”

US regulation under a forthcoming ‘consumer bill of rights’ was said to be “not that different” from European data protection and e-Privacy directives, and Vaizey said countries should work together.

Creating an international standard to ensure the privacy of online business to compete on an equal footing, in which Web users enjoy the same protection that is based on the site. “

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