| Google adding search privacy protections
anonymizing the final eight bits of the IP address in logs after 18 months |
phranque
msg:3282467 | 6:10 am on Mar 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
from CNET News.com [news.com.com]:
Google is changing its data retention practices to make it harder to identify the specific computers used in searches.
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Currently, Google maintains the search data logs indefinitely. Under the new policy announced on Wednesday, which Google expects to have fully implemented by the end of the year, the company will anonymize the final eight bits of the IP address and the cookie data after somewhere between 18 months and 24 months, unless legally required to retain the data for longer. The information on specific searches will remain indefinitely, but it will be much harder to tie the searches to specific individuals or computers. |
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i hope they also maintain the policy of telling the federal government to shove it whenever possible...
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RonPK
msg:3282606 | 10:40 am on Mar 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Here's the announcement on the Google blog: [googleblog.blogspot.com...] Caution: Newspeak galore.
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zeus
msg:3282625 | 11:16 am on Mar 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
why all this keeping info from webmasters, then I would 100% never use there tools, if I can get other tools for free and with no spying.
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ByronM
msg:3282689 | 1:13 pm on Mar 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Google has enough data they could care less about you in specifics, they just know how you, as an entity exists on the net. You could be Johny 122.222.22.11.113.353 but they know where you shop, what you look for, what sites you visit and countless other bits of data. Your name an ip are pointless if they can summarize your demographics and sell what they know about you anyway.
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