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<title>Bing — Spyware Watchdog</title>
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<div class="case">
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<div class="nav"><a href="index.html">← Catalog</a></div>
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<div class="main">
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<img src="../images/bing_logo.png" alt="Bing Logo" />
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<h1>Bing</h1>
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<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2>
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<p>
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Bing is yet another spyware search engine that collects your
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information and sells it to advertisers. It's strongly recommended
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that you do not use Bing.
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</p>
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<p>
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At some point Bing had a privacy policy, but Microsoft doesn't seem to
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be hosting it anymore. So, this article will look at the Microsoft
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Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> to help us
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understand what information Bing collects. Similarly to the privacy
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policies of Google and Apple, the Microsoft privacy statement eclipses
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the entire spyware platform and does not help you understand in great
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detail what kind of information one single program could be
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collecting. (although this policy is more specific)
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</p>
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<h3>Bing collects your search history</h3>
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<p>
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From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
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>:
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</p>
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<p>
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<i>
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"Microsoft collects data from you, through our interactions with you
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and through our products for a variety of purposes described
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below. [...] You provide some of this data directly, such as when
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you [...] submit a search query to Bing"
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</i>
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</p>
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<p>
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Later in the Interactions -> Device and usage data section of this
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statement, it is clarified again that Microsoft collects your:
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<i>"Browse History. Data about the web pages you visit."</i>, as well
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as your:
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<i
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>"Images. Images and related information, such as picture metadata.
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For example, we collect the image you provide when you use a Bing
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image-enabled service."</i
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>
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<p>
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Microsoft claims to store this information for an unlimited amount of
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time, but it claims that it will eventually anonymize this information
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in a process that takes 18 months to complete.
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</p>
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<p></p>
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<p>
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<i>
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"Has Microsoft adopted and announced a specific retention period for
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a certain data type? For example, for Bing search queries, we
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de-identify stored queries by removing the entirety of the IP
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address after 6 months, and cookie IDs and other cross-session
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identifiers after 18 months. "
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</i>
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</p>
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<h3>Bing uses your search history to profile you for advertising</h3>
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<p>
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From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
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>:
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</p>
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<p>
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<i>
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"Microsoft may use data we collect to select and deliver some of the
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ads you see on Microsoft web properties, such as Microsoft.com, MSN
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and Bing."
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</i>
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<p>
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So since your search history is part of the "data we collect", the
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natural conclusion is that, your search queries are being used to
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profile you for advertising. And of course, this is confirmed in this
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section:
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</p>
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<p>
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<i>
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"The ads that you see may be selected based on data we process about
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you, such as your interests and favorites, your location, your
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transactions, how you use our products,
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<b>
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<font color="red"> your search queries </font>
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</b>
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, or the content you view. For example, if you view content on MSN
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about automobiles, we may show advertisements about cars; if you
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search “pizza places in Seattle” on Bing, you may see advertisements
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in your search results for restaurants in Seattle."
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</i>
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</p>
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<h3>Bing sells your search history to other spyware platforms</h3>
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<p>
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From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
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>:
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</p>
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<p>
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<i>
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"We may share data we collect with third parties, such as Oath,
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AppNexus, or Facebook (see below), so that the ads you see in our
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products, their products, or other sites and apps serviced by these
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partners are more relevant and valuable to you. "
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</i>
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</p>
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</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="footer">
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<div class="sources">
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<h4>Sources:</h4>
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<ol>
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<li id="s1">
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<a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement"
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>Microsoft Privacy Statement</a
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>
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<a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180528165116/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement"
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>[web.archive.org]</a
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>
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<a href="https://archive.li/u7eZJ">[archive.li]</a><br />
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<a href="https://etched.page/b6c0a12757e73a68f1ad76e084aeb32d0123bc4b7aa223623af5440b97ae27c7/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement">[etched.page]</a><br />
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<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/WxFhT?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a><br />
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</li>
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</ol>
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<hr />
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<b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b>
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