INFOGIFT.INFO

Forget I asked! The life devoid of questions!
Cleaning after yourself just became easier: erase your search record at Ask.com
It’s been in the news only a couple of hours, but this news is travelling fast. Most of the large and small publication already had their say on the announcement. If you haven’t heard about it, here is a short recoup assembled by the use of excerpts:
 
  
“www.Ask.com search engine today announced a new feature called AskEraser that deletes a user’s search activity data from the company’s servers.”
“When enabled by the user, the feature will completely delete search queries and associated cookie information from Ask.com servers — including IP addresses, user IDs, session IDs and the text of queries made, according to the company. In most cases, the deletion will take place within a few hours of the time a search is completed, the company said.”
“But there are important caveats to keep in mind, Chester said, Ask.com, for instance, will still collect and store user search data by default, unless the user specifically enables AskEraser, Chester said. And enabling AskEraser does nothing to prevent third parties with whom Ask.com has relationships from collecting and storing search data.
With third parties, Ask.com will continue to supply user information such as IP addresses, the last URL visited, browser and platform type, data in undeleted cookies from Ask.com and the search query data itself. A recent Ask.com deal with Google Inc. for search display advertising would also allow the search giant to gain access to some of its smaller rival’s search data, Chester said.
Ask.com has also said that it will also retain user search data in cases where it is required by law to do so, according to Chester. Formal legal requests for search data will continue to be honored, even if AskEraser is enabled.”
Read this article here: www.computerworld.com