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Originally Posted by Free Electoral Roll
No matter what site you are using, your search is tracked and stored and is not totally confidential ( in the way you assume). To evidence this briefly , if you perform a paid search on 192.com your search is logged and your details are provided to any person who registers to be informed of a search upon them ( adoptee etc) and they can then email you directly to challenge you upon why you have made such a search.
All the major sites track you as a paid user and if you believe your search is totally confidential then I have a very old car for sale that I would like a premium price for.  |
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Originally Posted by Shona
The central point is that your site publically displays the named subject of searches for anyone to see should they happen to be on your website.
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Indeed Shona I think the word confidential is being used in the wrong context.
Yes of course we are being tracked online and I am sure my IS provider could furnish details of my searches online if they were presented with a warrant, just like any other administrators' of other websites I visit and databases I use.
But my search history isn't listed on those sites for the whole www to see.