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<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Wake of AOL Search Data Gaffe

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
September 27, 2006

AOL is facing a possible class action lawsuit from subscribers whose online searches were compiled and placed online by the company in July. The search history database, which was put online on July 31, quickly moved outside the protected site where AOL placed it, and newspaper reporters and researchers were able to identify individuals on the database by analyzing their search histories. By the time AOL pulled the database 10 days later, the information had, in effect, 'become public record,' according to the lawsuit.

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