[LINK] Fwd: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Google reduces "Google Suggest" non-anonymized data retention to 24 hours or less

[Marghanita da Cruz]

This does raise some questions about designing privacy and security into 
systems. Can any linkers advise whether personal information can be captured in 
Caches?:
> 
> However, given the concerns that have been raised about Google storing this information -- and its limited potential use -- we decided that we will anonymize it within about 24 hours (basically, as soon as we practically can) in the 2% of Google Suggest requests we use. This will take a little time to implement, but we expect it to be in place before the end of the month.
<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-to-google-suggest.html>

Roger Clarke wrote:
> [Getting closer still, if only in a small corner]
> 
>> To: privacy-list at vortex.com
>> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:55:44 -0700
>> From: privacy at vortex.com
>>
>> Greetings.  A quick addendum to: "Google Halves Non-Anonymized Data
>> Retention Period" ( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000424.html ) --
>> Google has also now just announced that the data retention period
>> for non-anonymized logged IP address data from use of Google Suggest
>> (which I discussed in relation to Google's Chrome Web browser a week
>> ago) will be reduced to less than 24 hours or so
>> ( http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-to-google-suggest.html ).
>>
>> Excellent.
>>
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