In early August, officials at America Online released information about searches being conducted by AOL members and users of the AOL search tool. This historical data was released onto the Internet by several AOL officials, to demonstrate how useful such data could be for tracking patterns, uses and interest of AOL members. The data was anonymized, with members being assigned random ID numbers instead of userid
Privacy laws, both in the United States and abroad generally protect the collection, dissemination and use of

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