Thu, Dec 13 2007 8:46 Don

Google Keeps What Ask.com Erases

Ask Eraser may remove user search query data from Ask.com's severs, but deleted data may live on, in part at least, on Google's servers. That's because Google delivers the bulk of the ads on Ask.com, based on information provided by Ask.

This week Ask.com launched its new AskEraser program to eliminate a users' IP addresses, user IDs, session ID cookies, and the complete text of search queries if users ask for it. In some cases, however, gone from an Ask.com server does not mean gone for good.

Full story at informationweek.com 

 

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