Tag Archives: search privacy

Microsoft Will Delete IP Addresses Of Bing Users After 6 Months

By HideIP Admin | Published: January 20, 2010

Microsoft has announced that it would reduce the users data retention time on its Bing search engine from 18 months to 6 months. With the new policy in place, the IP address of the users will be deleted completely after 6 months, thereby offering increased user privacy protection. However, all other processes will remain the same, for the [...]

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Ixquick, World’s Most Private Search Engine

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 13, 2009

Ixquick, a Dutch search engine, has become, in January 2009, the first to function without retaining the user IP address in order to increase user privacy protections. While search engines such as Google  and Yahoo keep data for nine months, respective three months, Ixquick has until now deleted it after 48 hours. It now says [...]

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Protect Your Privacy With SquiggleSR Add-on

By HideIP Admin | Published: April 21, 2008

Guest Post: In this post Vincent Toubiana from SquiggleSR talks about his new Firefox add-on. Search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN record user queries and clicks to establish accurate profiles used to provide personalized services and let advertisers target their audience. These search profiles represent a constant threat to user’s privacy. In addition these profiles [...]

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