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Yahoo Rivals Urged To Limit Personal Data Retention

Microsoft and Google should adopt privacy guidelines similar to those unveiled by Yahoo this week, an influential lawmaker said. Full Article at Information Week

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  1. Yahoo announced today it will limit its data retention period to just 90 days, a substantial reduction from its current 13 month policy. Full Article at ClickZ

  2. Yahoo claims it is setting a "new industry standard" for data retention, but look beyond the headlines and you might not be so impressed. Full Article at iTWire

  3. Earlier today, Yahoo! providing for anonymization of search queries — as well as page views, page clicks, ad views and ad clicks — after 90 days. Full Article at Electronic Frontier Foundation

  4. Yahoo threw down the gauntlet to bitter rivals Google and Microsoft yesterday by cutting the length of time that it retains information about what its users are doing online. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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