Ask.com Launches Privacy Control Today

San Francisco (CA) - Ask.com's latest service will allow users to keep their search data from being saved for several months, giving it an advantage over Google and other search portals.

With Ask.com's "AskEraser" feature, users will be able to request that their search data be purged within hours of initiating the search. That's significantly different than other sites like Google, which may keep user search histories in their data banks for months.

"We definitely want to stand out from the other guys. This level of control is unprecedented and unmatched," said Ask.com senior VP Doug Leeds in an Associated Press interview.

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