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European Search Engine Probe To Widen

European Union's privacy watchdog has basically said to Google "We'll get back to you on that"
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June 26, 2007 01:45 AM EDT
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In response to Google's mollifying offer to cut the time it holds onto the personal data it amasses on searchers to 18 months, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, the European Union's privacy watchdog, has basically said, "We'll get back to you on that." It's reportedly preparing a substantive response and, according to Reuters, intends to look at other search engines. One can reasonably assume they mean Microsoft and Yahoo. The Article 29 folks feel Google's policies flout EU privacy rules.

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SEO / SEM News 06/26/07 12:18:19 AM EDT

In response to Google's mollifying offer to cut the time it holds onto the personal data it amasses on searchers to 18 months, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, the European Union's privacy watchdog, has basically said, 'We'll get back to you on that.' It's reportedly preparing a substantive response and, according to Reuters, intends to look at other search engines. One can reasonably assume they mean Microsoft and Yahoo. The Article 29 folks feel Google's policies flout EU privacy rules.