Search engines' piracy policies

Oct 11
11:47

2007

Anja Glauch

Anja Glauch

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Do you love using search engines like Google, MSN or Yahoo to find information? Whenever you are using a search engine, the information about your short "stay" will be tracked: IP address, the research, profile and even your name (because so many people type their own name to know if others can find it!) This information is stored by the search engines - with no exception.

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We have put together a summary about the search engines regulations: Search engines' privacy policies Google anonymizes user data after: 18 months Google gives user control over data: No Microsoft anonymizes user data after: 18 months Microsoft gives user control over data: End 2007 Yahoo! anonymizes user data after: 13 months Yahoo! gives user control over data: No Ask anonymizes user data after: 18 months Ask gives user control over data: AskEraser: End 2007 By the end of 2007 Microsoft and Ask want to launch a new system to give the user the choice about their personal information being stored or not.