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Google Will Anonymize IP Logs Faster

Posted by timothy on from the time-to-make-a-baby dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports on some changes to the data retention policy at Google in response to pressure from European authorities, but also included in the article is information about why Google claims they need to retain non-anonymised data for so long. Improving services, sure, but preventing fraud? Aiding 'valid legal orders'?" Reader s0ckratees points to some commentary on the change at Google's official blog. The upshot: IP addresses in Google's logs will be anonymized after nine months, rather than 18 as previously.

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  1. So if you live in china by HungryHobo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And the government wants to know who's been searching for things they don't approve of they have to ask google for the logs every 9 months rather than every 18 months.