[IP] AOL CTO resigns, company to review data policy-sources

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Janice Tsai <harraton@cmu.edu>
Date: August 21, 2006 3:04:18 PM EDT
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Subject: AOL CTO resigns, company to review data policy-sources

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AOL CTO resigns, company to review data policy-sources
Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:28pm ET177

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NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - AOL's chief technology officer Maureen
Govern, who oversaw the division responsible for accidentally
releasing search data for more than a half a millions users, has
resigned from the company, according to an internal company
memorandum.

AOL declined comment.

The online division of Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) drew the ire of privacy advocates, who called for the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission to review the company's customer data
retention practices after the data was released earlier this month.

AOL also said it plans to create a task force to review its current
customer information privacy policy.

John McKinley, AOL's former CTO, will take over on an interim basis.
Two other employees in the company's research department has also left
the company, a source familiar with the matter said. (Reporting by
Kenneth Li; Editing by Derek Caney; Reuters Messaging:
kenneth.li.reuters.com@reuters.net; +646-223-6224; e-mail:
kenneth.li@reuters.com))


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