>> 
>> wonder what the retention period is for Google's visitor logs are?
>> 

>I could be mis-remembering, but if I recall correctly, google logs are
permanent. The issue came up several >years ago and I think that at that
time they were keeping everything forever.

>Chris Flynn 

According to the Google blog, Google keeps search logs permanently, but
(as of last year) "anonymizes" the data after 18 months so it can no
longer be tied to specific people/accounts.  

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-long-should-google-remember.h
tml

A casual look didn't reveal anything about how long YouTube account
information is kept, though apparently account owners have the option to
clear their viewing histories.  

http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy

Viacom has also put out a statement that they won't be receiving any
personally identifiable information in the YouTube logs:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/viacoms-statement-youtube-user-data
-controversy


Robin Dean
Records Management Assistant

University Records Management Program
University of Denver
Penrose Library, Rm 326
303.871.3147
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