Ixquick.com Eliminates 'Big Brother'; First search engine to stop recording privacy details.HAARLEM, Netherlands -- As personal privacy concerns create growing alarm about the freedom of the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises Ixquick metasearch engine The search engine software that is used to search other search engines. See metasearch site. (www.ixquick.com) has taken a pioneering step: starting today, Ixquick will permanently delete To remove an item of data from a file or to remove a file from the disk. See file wipe, trash and undelete. 1. (operating system) delete - (Or "erase") To make a file inaccessible. all personal search details gleaned from its users from the log files. "This new feature of our search engine ensures both optimal privacy protection and maximum search performance for our customers, since they will be able to search using the 11 best search engines without their personal data being recorded," says Ixquick spokesman Alex van Eesteren. As digital technology increasingly pervades our world, more and more personal details personal details npl (on form etc) → coordonnées fpl personal details person npl → Personalien pl personal details are being stored electronically, many of them by search engines. While you are searching the internet, these engines register the time of your searches, the terms you used, the sites you visited and your IP address. In many cases this IP address makes it possible to trace the computer, and in turn the household, that carried out the search. These personal details are often retained for long periods by search engines and are of interest to commercial parties, governments and even criminals. "Many search engines openly use this data for commercial purposes. It seems only to be a question of time before the data gets misused mis·use n. Improper, unlawful, or incorrect use; misapplication. tr.v. mis·used, mis·us·ing, mis·us·es 1. To use incorrectly. 2. To mistreat or abuse. See Synonyms at abuse. Adj. ," alleges Van Eesteren. "Therefore we have decided to permanently delete all personal search records. If the data is not stored, users privacy can't be breached." Ixquick's Meta Search feature enables the user to simultaneously search 11 of the best search engines. However, Ixquick does not share the user's personal data with these individual search engines in any circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or . In addition, as of this week, Ixquick will delete the users' IP addresses and 'unique user IDs' from its own 'Log Files.' "Therefore, any user can use Ixquick.com to search in a combination of the best search engines secure in the knowledge that they can enjoy complete protection of their privacy," continues Mr. van Eesteren. For more information, please visit www.ixquick.com About Ixquick.com Ixquick is a global, award-winning Meta Search Engine based in Haarlem The Netherlands, combining 11 international and local search engines for each query, resulting in more relevant hits. To download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. additional information and screenshots, please visit www.ixquick.com/press. |
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