Ask.com promises not to keep a record of your online searches

[ecstatic]

Hoping to establish itself as the Internet's least intrusive search engine, Ask.com is empowering people to prevent their search requests from being deposited in data banks.

The new privacy control, called "AskEraser," is scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday. When it's turned on, the safeguard purges a user's search requests from Ask.com's computers within a few hours.

Industry leader Google Inc. stores personal information for 18 months, as does Microsoft Corp.'s search engine. Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL retain search requests for 13 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/11/ask.privacy.protection.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

[BuyingThyme]

1. kcik

[mmonk]

2. Ask.com it is then.

[ret5hd]

3. That's a great move but why store it at all???

[tavalon]

4. Because it gives them useful stats

They know where the popular sites are (and that is part of a search engine's job).

[rhett o rick]

5. Please everyone use askeraser, it will encourage the others to follow suit. nm

[eleny]

6. i'm giving it a try

k&r