Top 4 Search Engines Tackle Privacy Concerns

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Top 4 Search Engines Tackle Privacy Concerns

07-24-2007, 09:17 AM,

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Top 4 Search Engines Tackle Privacy Concerns

Quote:User worries are driving search firms to let people manage how much data they reveal when they visit the sites.

The top four search sites, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Ask, have unveiled plans to cut how much data they hold and how long they store it.

Going furthest Ask said it would let users search without surrendering any data about themselves and their PC.

At the same time Microsoft and Ask have called for an industry-wide deal to draw up standards on user privacy...

full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6911527.stm

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