googleblog.blogspot.com — When you search on Google, we collect information about your search, such as the query itself, IP addresses and cookie details. Previously, we kept this data for as long as it was useful. Today we're pleased to report a change in our privacy policy: Unless we're legally required to retain log data for longer, we will anonymize our server logs.
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nudarMar 15, 2007
Can someone recommend a search engine that is truly anonymous?
ob7ectMar 15, 2007
at first, after reading this I thought, "Gee, Google is swell". But then I realized that this is a way for them to wrap up practical & technical limitations in a nice, PR bow.Google is in the advertising business (99% of revenues are derived from) and IS NOT interested in accumulating your life story. The fact is, what ever may have been of interest to you 5-10 years ago (expressed in searches and visits) isn't likely of interest to you now and thus less monitizable, so why should Google bother storing your searches and site visits -- remember, Google knows every page you've been to that runs either Analytics or Ad-Words -- for a period longer than which they can benefit from? Not only is it likely to be of little value, but it storing it has a cost (storage, maintenance, performance, etc).I love Google, but this is kinda low.
Closed AccountMar 15, 2007
Yet another reason why Google rocks. Dugg!
Closed AccountMar 15, 2007
Thats an old article about TrackMeNot. It has improved from those criticisms.
scarwarsMar 15, 2007
always used <a class="user" href="http://blackboxsearch.com/">http://blackboxsearch.com/</a> as my proxy when i searched with g00gle
aroundtownMar 15, 2007
So the government has an official deadline to when they should snatch up all your information.
atb12688Mar 15, 2007
W00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000T!
shanmacMar 16, 2007
Anyone who thinks this will 'really' happen is a fool.
gesturemakerMay 22, 2007
Amazing. I've never thought it is for real.
thailandseoJan 19, 2008
Thanks for good news.
joedeanJul 5, 2008
It seems more and more companies are not respecting the privacy of their users. Just last week I read about another popular social networking site releasing private information to marketing companies. I recommend that anyone who cares about keeping their identity safe use a VPN service that conceals and encrypts your internet identity. We use LiteVPN's anonymous VPN service and we love it. You can go to <a class="user" href="http://LiteVPN.com">http://LiteVPN.com</a> for more information. I think it only a matter of time before none of our information stays private with internet companies like google.
bafflesFeb 13, 2009
Google doesn't cost money, so your example is full of epic failure.