AOL’s Chief Technology officer resigns, others fired over data flap

Matt Craven

Aug. 22, 2006
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AOL’s Chief Technology Officer has resigned and two others were fired over the data flap created earlier this month when AOL released millions of search queries containing personally identifying information about its users.

The New York Times is reporting that AOL will take steps to increase privacy on search queries.

Perhaps not releasing data like this in the future would be one way to increase privacy? But what do I know.

More: Zoli’s Blog, TechCrunch, Reuters, and TechMeme.

Matt Craven

Matt Craven is the former editor & publisher of The Blog Herald. Currently, Matt is the co-founder of Bryghtpath LLC, a consulting practice located in Woodbury, Minnesota. Matt's presently looking for new blogging gigs. Ping him at matt (at) bryghtpath dot com. You can follow him on Twitter.