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CTO of AOL Resigns Following Privacy Breach

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2006 - 12:50pm.
Dulles, Va. - Just weeks after accidentally releasing three months worth of search queries for 650,000 of its members, AOL said in an internal memo that CTO Maureen Govern has resigned, Reuters reported on Monday. Former CTO John McKinley will take over the role on an interim basis. Two other employees in the company's research department reportedly also have stepped down. Privacy advocates have been pushing for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate AOL after the company released the data, which was linked to random ID numbers. Earlier this month, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called for the FTC to require AOL to notify affected customers, as well as to stop logging search data except where absolutely necessary.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/bs_nm/media_aol_dc_1 (Reuters)
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