Search Engines and Internet Privacy

What is Your Right to Privacy with Search Engines?

Ever wondered what a search engine's privacy policy looks like? Here's a few for you the next time you'd like some light reading.

• Yahoo Privacy: Yahoo has very nicely done a roundup of every search service they offer with direct links to each one's privacy policy. You can also view a printer-friendly version of every single privacy policy; most likely a pretty lengthy load on your printer, but helpful nonetheless.
• Google Privacy: Get privacy information on such Google services as Gmail, Google Web Accelerator, etc., along with Google Privacy FAQ, a layman's look at search engine privacy issues.
• A9 Privacy: As of this writing, A9's privacy policy has not been updated since 2004. Worth a read.
• Alta Vista Privacy Policy: In addition to the regular privacy policy Alta Vista also has a children's privacy policy "to learn about how we treat information collected from children."
• AOL Member Privacy Policy: AOL has a very complete privacy policy; you can read it all online.
• Ask.com Privacy Policy: Ask's privacy policy is presented in a very user-friendly format. Easy to understand.
• Microsoft Online Privacy Policy:This link is to the short and sweet version; to really get into the nitty gritty of Microsoft's online privacy policies, you'll want to visit Microsoft Online Privacy Statement, the full version.

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