Microsoft Complies With EU Demand, First To Cut Data Retention To Six Months, Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land (Jan 19)
Microsoft moved first to meet EU Demand to retain user search data for no more than 6 months. Others are expected to follow. This posting has the details and some history.
"Microsoft is the first of the major search engines to agree to the European Union’s demand that data retention be cut to six months. The company will now completely delete IP addresses after six months."
Posted by Gwen at January 25, 2010 06:34 PM