Europe wants privacy promise from Google
Faced with concerns of online privacy concerns in Europe, Google has promised to cut the length of time it holds onto identifying information about people's Internet searches.
The decision is a change in policy for Google which says it will recognize the need to respect laws of the countries in which it does business.
Google announced in March a policy to edit data to render users anonymous after 18 to 24 months but European lawyers warned that Google would still be flaunting European regulations.
Google said it needed to keep information about searchers to protect its system against attacks, expose online scams and hackers, improve the search algorithm and meet requirements by U.S. law enforcement.
