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Search Engine Privacy Explained

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the watching-the-watchmen dept.

Kesch writes "Zdnet has a posted a FAQ describing the storage of personal information done by the search engines of AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and, of course, Google. They describe what information is stored, how it is stored, what laws protect it (none), how you can attempt to protect your privacy, and what Congress is doing with regards to the issue."

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  1. Not Surprising by valisk · · Score: 3, Funny
    None of this is exactly surprising as it should have occured to anyone who cared to think about the issue.

    But it does leave a legitimate question.
    Will those bastards at Google tell my wife about my chronic pr0n addiction?

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    1. Re:Not Surprising by paulthomas · · Score: 4, Funny

      Will those bastards at Google tell my wife about my chronic pr0n addiction?
      No, but /. might.

      Love,
      Your Wife

  2. Congress: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please feel free to stop doing stuff about stuff.

    Thank you.

  3. Oops by kalbzayn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was going to RTFA but then realized that zdnet is probably working in association with the government to gather information about people that would be interested in this article. And I'm not going to fall for it.