This morning Ask.com added the AskEraser that lets you completely erase your searches and related data from the search engine’s servers.
“Anywhere that you log into, anywhere where you put in personalized information, there should be a way - an easy way - to control how that information is used and retained,” said Doug Leeds, senior vice president at Ask.com, a unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp. “We are giving users the ability themselves to take control of their privacy.”
This is a huge step in internet privacy and security, and it will be curious to see if other SE’s follow this example in the near future. Ask.com may not be up in the same numbers as search engines like Google and Yahoo, but with the recent “slappings” from the G and people looking to use other engines, a benefit like added privacy might be just what Ask.com needs to push it into the running!
>> news link: article about it at the wall street journal <<
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