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  • Google's long memory stirs privacy concerns

    06/03/2005 10:00:08 AM PDT · by CHARLITE · 20 replies · 1,979+ views
    REUTERS.COM ^ | JUNE 3, 2005 | ANDY SULLIVAN
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Google Inc.'s 19 million daily users look up a long-lost classmate, send e-mail or bounce around the Web more quickly with its new Web Accelerator, records of that activity don't go away. In an era of increased government surveillance, privacy watchdogs worry that Google's vast archive of Internet activity could prove a tempting target for abuse. Like many other online businesses, Google (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) tracks how its search engine and other services are used, and who uses them. Unlike many other businesses, Google holds onto that information for years. Some privacy experts who otherwise...