In support to the Article 29 Working Group demand for providing a better policy for privacy matters, Bing has agreed with regulators from European Union (EU) 27 countries to eliminate all data collected on users who conducted search on Bing after six months period, as reported by Bing's team blog. User data include IP address, email address, phone number, service provider location, and type-in keywords search.
Most of search engines including Bing, Yahoo, and Google had been storing user data in their giant databases for over 18 months. According to nytimes.com, as per John Vassallo, Bing general counsel, the decision engine will introduce a new way to collect user data during the next 18 months aiming to fulfill the EU demand. During a press conference in Brussels, nytimes.com quoted Bing general counsel “We support what the Article 29 Working Group is doing. That is why we are making this change.”
(chart posted by Peter Cullen, Chief Privacy Strategist of microsoftontheissues.com)
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