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But already those with the job of oversight are expressing frustration with services - Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft in particular - which have so far failed to comply with a limit set earlier this year. The EC demands that they implement a six-months-then-delete program. The Federal Trade Commission in the U.S., meanwhile, is only projected to issue voluntary guidelines on the matter.
Kevin J. O’Brien of the International Herald Tribune quotes French data protection chief as saying that, “For the moment, Google refuses to submit to European data protection law.” Which irks those services operating in the EU which do in fact comply with EC regulations. One of them being Ixquick, a service featured here this summer.
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