Information Society Watch

June 21, 2007, Wired News

A European Union probe triggered by concerns over how long Google stores user information has widened to include all Internet search engines. The EU's panel of national data protection officers say they are concerned over the retention of data that the companies use to deliver more relevant search results and advertising. Some fear the data could be targeted by hackers and governments. The EU investigation into Google comes amid growing concerns over the Mountain View, California based company's privacy practices. London-based Privacy International has rated Google the worst among the Internet's top destinations on privacy (Adapted from author).

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