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''"This was a screw-up, and we're angry and upset about it. It was an innocent enough attempt to reach out to the academic community with new research tools, but it was obviously not appropriately vetted, and if it had been, it would have been stopped in an instant.Although there was no personally identifiable data linked to these accounts, we're absolutely not defending this. It was a mistake, and we apologize. We've launched an internal investigation into what happened, and we are taking steps to ensure that this type of thing never happens again."''
''"This was a screw-up, and we're angry and upset about it. It was an innocent enough attempt to reach out to the academic community with new research tools, but it was obviously not appropriately vetted, and if it had been, it would have been stopped in an instant.Although there was no personally identifiable data linked to these accounts, we're absolutely not defending this. It was a mistake, and we apologize. We've launched an internal investigation into what happened, and we are taking steps to ensure that this type of thing never happens again."''
The [[Center for Democracy and Technology|CDT]] reacted on AOL's Search Data Release and expressed that it was a major privacy concern but they are relieved that AOL was serious in taking the necessary steps to resolve the issue. According to CDT, ''"Companies that deal in search results have to understand that they carry very sensitive information, even if it doesn't have what we would traditionally consider to be personally identifiable information involved."''<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/AOL-apologizes-for-release-of-user-search-data/2100-1030_3-6102793.html?tag=mncol;txt AOL apologizes for release of user search data]</ref>
The [[CDT|Center for Democracy and Technology]] reacted on AOL's Search Data Release and expressed that it was a major privacy concern but they are relieved that AOL was serious in taking the necessary steps to resolve the issue. According to CDT, ''"Companies that deal in search results have to understand that they carry very sensitive information, even if it doesn't have what we would traditionally consider to be personally identifiable information involved."''<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/AOL-apologizes-for-release-of-user-search-data/2100-1030_3-6102793.html?tag=mncol;txt AOL apologizes for release of user search data]</ref>
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