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Privacy bodies have welcomed Google’s decision to anonymise personal data it receives from users’ web searches.The firm previously held information about searches for an indefinite period but will now anonymise it after 18 to 24 months.



Google Inc., faced with a mountain of data on its users' Web search habits, is taking steps to bolster consumer privacy protections in coming months, the company said late on Wednesday.



Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. sued Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion on Tuesday in the biggest challenge yet to the Web search leader's strategy to dominate the online video market.



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