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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3105697" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="https://www.startpage.com/eng/protect-privacy.html#hmb" target="_blank">PRIVACY - How we protect you</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Your privacy is under attack!</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: right"><img src="https://www.startpage.com/graphics/privacy_under_attack.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Every time you use a regular search engine, your search data is recorded. Major search engines capture your IP address and use tracking cookies to make a record of your search terms, the time of your visit, and the links you choose - then they store that information in a giant database.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Tracking your searches can erode your privacy and lead to <a href="https://dontbubble.me/" target="_blank">censorship</a>.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>In addition, those searches reveal a shocking amount of personal information about you, such as your interests, family circumstances, political leanings, medical conditions, and more. This information is modern-day gold for marketers, <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/analysis-search-engines-trustworthiness-shaken-by-government-data-gathering/d/d-id/1039805?" target="_blank">government officials</a>, black-hat hackers and criminals - all of whom would love to get their hands on your private search data.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Why should you worry?</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Major search engines have quietly amassed the largest database of personal information on individuals ever collected. Unfortunately, this data can all too easily fall into the wrong hands. Consider the following story:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>In August 2006, the online world was jarred when <a href="http://news.cnet.com/2100-1030_3-6103098.html" target="_blank">AOL accidentally released</a> three months' worth of aggregated search data from 650,000 of its users, publishing all the details in an online database.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>That database is still searchable. It is an absolute eye-opener to see the potential for privacy nightmares.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><a href="http://www.not-secret.com/" target="_blank"><p style="text-align: left"><img src="https://www.startpage.com/graphics/eng/small_aol_database.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></a> » Enter a query and find who searched for it</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>» Then click on a "User ID" to find what else this user searched for </strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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