Friday, May 25, 2007

Google's Storage of Personal Data May Break EU Law, Privacy Watchdog Says

(Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., owner of the world's most
popular search engine, may be violating the European Union's
privacy laws by storing information on customer queries for as
long as two years, advisers to EU regulators told the company.

Google's privacy counsel in Paris, Peter Fleischer, said the
company received a letter this month from the EU's data-protection
advisory agency asking it to explain why records of user searches
are retained.


Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News

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