Google will halve the length of time it holds data linking surfers’ IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to their Web searches. The move comes in response to regulators’ concerns, especially in Europe and ...

Microsoft executives today told European privacy officials that the company is willing to anonymize its search logs after six months if its competitors do likewise. EU officials have been pressing ...

As it turns out, Indymedia.us destroys IP logs after five weeks, so Clair wasn't able to comply with the subpoena, which was issued in January. The EFF also convinced the government to back off its ...

The privacy-touting, end-to-end encrypted email provider erased its site’s “we don’t log your IP” boast after France sicced Swiss cops on it. The privacy-hugging, end-to-end encryption-providing email ...

In response to regulatory pressure, Google has announced a new data retention policy that reduces the duration that user IP addresses are stored in the company's logs. Google claims that IP addresses ...

A federal magistrate is granting Sony the right to acquire the internet IP addresses of anybody who has visited PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz's website from January of 2009 to the present. Thursday ...