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I think he meant that instead of each company creating their own ToS, the government should set the standard or limitations on what a company can do.

> Laws trump Terms of service/agreements and contracts of any kind.

Web is not regulated by the government.

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"The government"? Which one? Some governments do regulate certain aspects of the web directly.

All companies have to do is abide the local rules set by regulations, if such exist. And some very much do. Maybe not in your jurisdiction?

I think you two have things backwards

> All companies have to do is abide the local rules set by regulations

The point being that there are not enough regulations.

One feature that I wish exist is the option to completely erase your account on a particular website along with the data they have collected from you (there can a waiting time of few months before they erase it from their servers). This feature can only be bought out by government regulation because most websites don't have the incentive.

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