World Privacy Forum Files FTC Complaint About AOL Data Releases

Internet privacy — The World Privacy Forum filed a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission regarding AOL’s multiple releases of portions of its users’ search query histories. The complaint discusses AOL search query releases from 2004 and 2006. The complaint alleges that the data release was intentional, and due to significant identifiability issues of the data subjects, that the releases are harming some AOL customers, and that AOL customers did not know their search histories would be made available to the public. The World Privacy Forum urges consumers to take precautions when using search engines.

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Posted August 16, 2008 in Blog Post, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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World Privacy Forum Files FTC Complaint About AOL Data Releases

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