businessweek.com — Search data stored by the likes of Google & AOL is a privacy timebomb. It's time for these Net giants to hit the delete key. Most companies don't routinely and purposefully delete their data. It costs more to purge than to store, so businesses take the path of least resistance. Historically, this has caused orphaned account information to linger.
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zoombusaSep 7, 2006
Also don't forget about your local ISPs. They collect data too. Keep in mind every communication transaction is stored. And when you use a search engine you search text is right in the url.The trail is everywhere.I can't wait till IPv6 with true end to end encryption. But we know the feds will have none of that.
Closed AccountSep 7, 2006
The big guys like Google and AOL won't willingly delete their old data. It provides far too much useful info about people's surfing and searching habits that one day may possibly be turned into money for them.
meg33kSep 7, 2006
In the context of enterprise storgage: If you purge you must first review. Who would review the data to be purged? Normally the supervisor of the person that the data belonged to... How many supervisors are that diligent? Or have the time allowed to do that? They normally wave at IT and mumble something like; "Can you take care of that for me?" or "Just burn it to Disc and store it." (an even more disturbing method if done without guidelines).All of that costs more than just buying disk space...
apjoneSep 7, 2006
Not sure if any of you are aware but compannies by law in the EU have to keep 6-24 months of Internet traffic data. please see<a class="user" href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1903618,00.asp">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1903618,00.asp</a>Don't know what the law in the rest of the world is
zoombusaSep 7, 2006
PC===NAT Router---------Internet----------NAT Router=====PC@4st3r1x tell me how you would encrypt traffic end to end (PC - PC) with ipv4 in this drawing using nat and no port forwarding? If you have unique ipv6 addrs (no NAT) you can because you have a unique fully reachable addr.
eelozanoSep 7, 2006
This data is the business a lot of these companies work in. Asking google to purge there data is pretty rediculous!Some people do not want there email messages >1yr (or 2, 3, etc) deleted. The whole point is to be able to pull up useful data 2, 3, or even 4 years down the line.
visioSep 8, 2006
You use their search you agree to their terms. They use the data only for providing you with more relevant search engine results. But listen to this. The government asked the big search engines for their data. Cowardly Yahoo and MSN GAVE THEM OUR DATA! Google said no. Who are you following? Google for me. They provide relevant and they didn't flinch like cowardly msn and yahoo.I am a Search Engine Marketing Specialist and can guarantee you the data Google collects will never be used wrongly. The data is only seen by robots who use it to provide relativity for your searches.If you want to worry about privacy there are bigger worries. But if you think google is a problem DON"T USE THEM. No one follows you around making you use Google. Stop being a moron. Read what is really going on here: google-watch-watch.orgIt is alot like the Paypal haters. They hate them because they are big and offer what people want so they find little faults to stretch apart. And look at alot of these Google haters sites. THEY USE ADSENSE of all things. Is that a oximoron? Maybe its just a moron running the site. And lastly before I end I want you to know that the Verizon and other moronic companies who wanted to control the internet like TV so that the big companies like Verizon would ALWAYS end up first on the search engines. Google said no and fought it even though Google would have got a VERY LARGE cut of the profits by promoting only the big companies but Google doesn't believe in it. Google believes in little companies having a chance. You guys know very little about Google if you think there is a privacy issue. Take it from a expert who works all day long decyphering search algos, policies and marketing strategies. I have seen everything.