Google takes measures to protect its users

Google , faced with a huge amount of data from its users, will take steps to strengthen the protection of their personal information, company representatives said.

The world leader among search engines said that he would take a step towards privacy - next year the personal information of millions of users will be stored from 18 months to two years (now the information is stored indefinitely). After this period, cookies will be deleted and the last 8-bit IP addresses (that is, identification will be possible with an accuracy of up to 256 computers). Information about search queries will still be stored "as long as necessary."

Many endorsed Google’s initiatives, but they said that although this step was correct, it was clearly not enough.

Richard M. Smith (Richard M. Smith), an Internet security consultant for Boston Software Forensics , said that Google should not store IP addresses and cookies on its servers at all: “Google has no right to conduct its business using spyware. With access to IP addresses and search queries, Google can conduct the world's largest intelligence operations. ”
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Source: CNews