Ask.com Allows Users to Erase Search Queries
by Markus Robinson
In a move to become more privacy-friendly, IAC’s Ask.com released its “AskErase” feature. AskErase, when enabled, will completely delete search queries and associated cookie information from Ask.com servers. This includes your IP addresses, user IDs, session IDs and the text of queries made. According to Ask, the deletion in most cases takes place within a few hours after a search is completed. This move comes on the heels of the changes in Google’s privacy policy, that will anonymize server logs after a limited period of time, and changes in the frequency in which cookies expire. Although, none of this information can be used to personally identify you, Ask.com is betting that enough people care about the extra privacy to make the switch.
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