Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 11 months ago

Yahoo sets new standards for net privacy

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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  1. I have been pressing online companies for greater voluntary efforts to refrain from the massive, systematic gathering of information about individual consumer web use and the long-term retention of such data
    Edward J. Markey – Edward J. Markey SOURCE: Earthtimes.org 11 months ago
  2. We certainly hope that taking a leadership position in this will differentiate us even further
    SOURCE: The New York Times 11 months ago
  3. There isn't a consensus on the best way to anonymize logs ... We need more industry standardization and more research.
    SOURCE: Wired 11 months ago
  4. I don't think Yahoo's announcement takes the privacy discussion off the table
    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 11 months ago
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