Briefs

A researcher in AOL's technology research department and the employee's supervisor have also left the company in the wake of the disclosure of search data for over 500,000 customers, a source familiar with the matter said. AOL's not commenting.

By Reuters, InformationWeek. Aug 21, 2006

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL chief technology officer Maureen Govern, who oversaw the division responsible for accidentally releasing search data for more than a half a million Internet users, has resigned from the company, according to an internal company memorandum.

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AOL apologized on August 7 for releasing information onto the Web about 20 million keyword searches from about 658,000 anonymous users over a three-month period. Disclosing the data was against company policy, AOL said at the time.

The release of data by the online division of media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. drew the ire of privacy advocates, who called for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to review the company's customer data retention practices.

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A researcher in AOL's technology research department and the employee's supervisor have also left the company in the wake of the disclosure, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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