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By: Aol Releases Googles most prized Keyword List… Google is gonna get mega spammed. // The Paradigm Shift « Internet Duct Tape

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:12:22 +0000

[...] A class action lawsuit is being launched against AOL to try and prevent them from storing search res… This entry was written by engtech and posted on August 07, 2006 at and filed under Web 2.0 and [...]

By: Pam Robinson

Pam Robinson — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:13:32 +0000

Can someone please tell me how I can get in on the AOL lawsuit that was filed in CA or whoever filed it. I was double billed by AOL for almost two years. When I discovered it i called them and tried to get a refund and they just laughed at me and told me there was nothing they could do about it. I will billed for an account they was to have been closed 2 years prior to that. An account when i discovered it (less than 30 days old, I contacted them and it was to have been closed). In order to stop the billing i had to change my method of payment. Is there anyway I can have information to join the lawsuit?

Thanking you in advance for your help.

Pam Robinson

By: bIPlog at boalt.org » Blog Archive » AOL Search Class Action – One to Watch

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:05:16 +0000

[...] AOL was sued in a class action yesterday for violations of privacy related to its disclosure of user searches (first reported at TechCrunch. See complaint. Plaintiffs allege violations of ECPA, unfair trade practices, and unfair competition under California Business & Professions Code § 17200. The allegations relate to AOL’s disclosure of aggregated search data for research purposes last month. AOL took down the data after a week, but plaintiffs allege the damage was already done. [...]

By: The Last Podcast » AOL Sued Over Data Disclosure

The Last Podcast » AOL Sued Over Data Disclosure — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:12:34 +0000

[...] Via TechCrunch: [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:32:21 +0000

There are many industries where our personal information is mined to learn things about us. Our purchases are tracked (especially if you use discount cards at the supermarket), and what do you think the credit industry does? Information exists to be used; if we don’t always like how, then that dissatisfaction comes with living in this society. If every other industry analyzes its customer data, why should search engines be held to a higher, or at least less realistic standard?

First of all, if you use multiple search engines as someone mentioned above (which is also leads to better searches) your search profile will not be represented completely within one company’s data warehouse.

Second, if remove cookies from your system, you reduce data that can be provided directly from your system without your knowledge.

Third, spend a couple of hours research Swedish doily-making, or something outside your typical searches (if you’re already a doily freak). That will surely throw the hounds off your trail!

By: AOL lawsuit over data release and, more importantly, storage of search database of intentions « Joe Duck

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:28:21 +0000

[...] Over at TechCrunch there’s a discussion about the lawsuit against AOL for releasing search data and also challenging their right to store the search histories of AOL users. I’m surprised this took so long because Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc have been storing all of our searches for some time and probably are using that data to adjust the search experience including refinement to advertising and organic results. [...]

By: Joseph Hunkins

Joseph Hunkins — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:09:48 +0000

The Government viewing my data is low on my list of privacy concerns because I doubt they’ll choose to or be able to effectively process the information in sinister ways, but it bothers me that my search “fingerprint” is getting used without my consent, understanding, or permission in an effort by Google, Yahoo, et al to sell me things and adjust my search and internet experiences.

If they want to do that they need to let me know the process they use to do it. If they think sharing that process violates their need for commercial secrecy then…do NOT use my stuff.

By: PJ

PJ — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:09:10 +0000

In the end, who really gets the privacy here?

If you make data storage rules for AOL, don’t you think that affects future storage of data (logs, metrics, etc.) on your own server? Doesn’t this go both ways? Do you want someone telling you how long you can keep old emails, chat logs, blog comments, forum postings…?

I think the answer is: If you don’t like AOL, maybe try Clusty, Google, Ask, Yahoo, DMOZ, etc. Or buy some bandwidth and code your own SE.

By: AOL Search Data Release: Class Action Lawsuit Filed

AOL Search Data Release: Class Action Lawsuit Filed — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:57:41 +0000

[...] According to TechCrunch, The suit also demands that user search data not appear in further search results and not be used for commercial or non-commercial purposes. Though this is probably an unrealistic demand to make, it’s also a broad attack on many of the most interesting developments on the web today. [...]

By: Greg Yardley

Greg Yardley — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:17:10 +0000

Or for terrorists, without the ironic quotation marks.

By: ResourceShelf » Search Briefs: Full Tex of Complaint in Class Action Lawsuit over Release of AOL Search Records

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:42:09 +0000

[...] + Suit filed against AOL; seeks to block search history storage (via TechCrunch) Here’s the full text of the complaint: John Doe v. AOL, LLC (via FindLaw) [...]

By: John Beales

John Beales — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:53:42 +0000

While I think you’re right in saying when you say “that valuable resource, (the search data), should be used for our benefit and according to our desires – not destroyed” the flip side is that if it’s not stored then the US government can’t force search companies to hand it over to the Department of Homeland Security, (or whoever), to look for “terrorists.”

By: Wierd Info.com » Blog Archive » AOL’s cock-up could cost them up to $4000/user

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:52:58 +0000

[...] I read this story on Techcrunch one of my favourite Blogs, and discovered that AOL is under a class action lawsuit that will cost them $1000 per user and up to $4000 per user in California. [...]

By: AOL - more bad news… « Technically Speaking

AOL - more bad news… « Technically Speaking — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:15:57 +0000

[...] Well again, those professional bloggers who don’t have a day job like this professional blogcaster has hit it again with the latest bad news for AOL! Being the professional blogcaster I am, I have to go now and create the new podcast – 7 Minutes for Rex Dixon – the Monday 9/25/2006 edition. [...]

By: AOL - more bad news… « Technically Speaking

AOL - more bad news… « Technically Speaking — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:15:57 +0000