Pressure from the European Union has Yahoo and Microsoft changing their privacy policies, according to the Financial Times.
"The Article 29 Working Party, a group of national officials that advises the European Union on privacy policy, last month said it wanted to investigate how long companies such as Yahoo and Microsoft keep data on individuals who use their search engines," FT.com reported.
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>>Publish Date: 7/10/2007 11:03:11 AM
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Disclosure: the writer of this article, Emre Sokullu, recently joined Hakia as a Search Evangelist. The following article in no way represents Hakia"s views - it is Emre"s personal opinions only. Goog