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Google Will Anonymize Server Logs Over Time

Newspaper current event by tomtolman on 14 March 2007, tagged as internetnetworking

Search engines have been under fire in the past for releasing search information to the government and the general public. Google has just announced that they will make the data they collect "much more anonymous, so that it can no longer be identified with individual users, after 18-24 months." Currently, Google stores an individual's IP address, data and time of the query, the requested URL, browser and operating system, and the user's cookie. Google now plans to change part of the IP address and the cookie information in their massive database. They say they are "busy working out the technical details" and should implement the policy within a year. Google admits the changes will not guarantee complete anonymization but should make it very unlikely that anyone could be identified as happened when AOL released their search data to the public last year.

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Why does Google remember information about searches? by tomtolman :: NR5

Peter Fleischer, Google's Global Privacy Counsel, has just explained the reasoning behind their new policy of storing information for 18-24 months. His main points:

    • Improve our services
    • Maintain security and prevent fraud and abuse
    • Comply with legal obligations to retain data#
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