[cm2187]

One can see this as one more Belgian eccentricity, and the list is long. But this is bound to generalise. The amount of data collected throught tracking is awfully intrusive. Between google, facebook, linkedin, and the hundreds of ad networks, one can know pretty much anything there is to know on someone: network of friends, political opinions, sexual preferences, health problems, spending habbits, etc. It is bound to become illegal ultimately, when politicians finally get a clue.

I am not sure it would help however. Making something illegal only makes sense if it's enforceable. Making tracking illegal is like making hacking into systems illegal. If the offender is based in another country there is very little one can do anyway. Therefore to me the solution has to be technological. Encryption, strict first party cookies/data/javascript is the only realistic response. The browser as it is is broken.