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AOL 's $658 Million Privacy Breach?

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In a possible massive violation of federal privacy law, America Online released the logs of nearly 20 million web searches documenting three months of activity by 650,000 AOL users on Sunday ten days ago in an effort to share data with the search research community.

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New York Times journalis tracks down AOL Searcher No. 4417749

Journalist Barbaro analyzed the AOL datalist and tracks down searcher 4417749

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No. 4417749 conducted hundreds of searches over a three-month period on topics ranging from “numb fingers” to “60 single men” to “dog that urinates on everything.”

At times, the searches appear to betray intimate emotions and personal dilemmas. No. 3505202 asks about “depression and medical leave.” No. 7268042 types “fear that spouse contemplating cheating.”

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First one to monetize the AOL datalist

will not be me. But you might have an idea or come across a website that's done it. If so don't leave us in the dark and share it with us by emailing it or in the comments.

I personally think the data is for the long term. You know optimizing (SEO) your website based on the AOL analysis.

Well let's wait

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AOL data release debacle

AOL data release debacle
AOL’s public release of well over half-a-million search records comprises one of the Net’s worst privacy violations ever.

Data have been online for about 10 days but the appalling phk-up escaped notice until this weekend.

Details of the search histories, gathered between March to May this year, were revealed in what AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein describes as, "innocent-enough attempt to reach out to the academic community with new research tools".

But, "This was a screw up, and we’re angry and upset about it," Weinstein admits in a statement.

"Although there was no personally-identifiable data linked to these accounts, we’re absolutely not defending this," he says. "It was a mistake, and we apologize. We’ve launched an internal investigation into what happened, and we are taking steps to ensure that this type of thing never happens again."

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