Search Engine Spies

[DrLeftover]

BRUSSELS & NEW YORK & ZEIST, Netherlands --(BUSINESS WIRE)--A draconian proposal to retain all Internet search traffic, known as Written Declaration 29, was adopted by the European Parliament last week. Framed as a measure to crack down on paedophiles, the controversial Declaration calls on the EU to require that search engines store all search traffic for up to two years for possible analysis by authorities.



Search engine Ixquick (www.ixquick.com), widely regarded as the world's most private search engine, has built a strong privacy reputation by storing no search data on its users. The company believes it has been singled out by the data retention proposal, and it has vowed to strongly oppose the measure becoming law.



Since Google, Yahoo, and Bing already retain users' search data, this proposal is clearly aimed at Ixquick and our English-language subsidiary Startpage (www.startpage.com), said Robert Beens, CEO of Ixquick.

http://ixquick.com/eng/press/pr-ixquick-fights-data-retention-policy.html

 

[Evil Eye]

Creepy.

 

[Wolvendeer]

Good publicity for Ixquick, though. I'll have to check it out.