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Briefs

AOL apologizes for release of user search data

August 7, 2006, CNET. update AOL apologized on Monday for releasing search log data on subscribers that had been intended for use with the company's newly launched research site.

The randomly selected data, which focused on 658,000 subscribers and posted 10 days ago, was among the tools intended for use on the recently launched AOL Research site. But the Internet giant has since removed the search logs from public view.

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