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Posted by tracyanne on Apr 17, 2008 9:54 AM EDT
Net Developer's Journal; By Maureen O'Gara
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The European Commission Says that Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft at el Can't Keep Personal Search Data Longer Than Six Months

The European Commission may crack down on Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft et al and tell them they can’t keep personal search data longer than six months – and even that may be pushing it.

The EC’s international advisory body, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, whose findings are usually adopted, delivered its 29-page opinion to the regulator last Friday and it ain’t buying Google’s dearly held arguments of better search results or custom tailored ads.

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