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Google announced it will begin deleting personally identifying information from its computers 18 to 24 months after it gets logged, addressing a major privacy concern of consumers and government officials alike.

According to a Google FAQ document about the new policy: “We had previously kept the logs data for as long as it was useful. When we implement this policy change, we will continue to keep server log data so that we can improve Google’s services and protect them from security and other abuses, but we will anonymize our server logs after 18-24 months, unless legally required to retain the data for longer.”

Source: Beta News