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Google Enacts New Privacy Precautions

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You've probably seen more gracious behavior from 6-year-olds who have lost a game of Monopoly.  Still, even if the company's not thrilled about it, Google's agreed to take new steps to protect users' privacy.

The main development relates to anonymizing IP addresses on corporate server logs after nine months instead of eighteen.  It's no secret that the EU regulators and other watchdogs pushed Google on this point for a long time.

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Soon that data will be anonymized within about 24 hours of the time it's received.

It's anybody's guess what the Department of Justice and

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