Under pressure from the European Union’s Data Protection Working Party, search giant Google said it will “anonymize” its search server logs after 18 months. However, Google also stressed it will never alter the data sooner than 18 months after its creation and will comply with laws that could require it to retain the information for up to two years. “We believe that we can still address our legitimate interests in security, innovation and antifraud efforts with this shorter period,” wrote Google’s privacy counsel Peter Fleischer.
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Google Gives an Inch in EU Privacy Tiff
Posted by: Fred J. Aun June 12, 2007 11:06 AMUnder pressure from the European Union’s Data Protection Working Party, search giant Google said it will “anonymize” its search server logs after 18 months. However, Google also stressed it will never alter the data sooner than 18 months after its creation and will comply with laws that could require it to retain the information for up to two years. “We believe that we can still address our legitimate interests in security, innovation and antifraud efforts with this shorter period,” wrote Google’s privacy counsel Peter Fleischer.