Attention ! When the net is watching you Click reporter David Reid asks why search engines are so keen to keep hold of our personal data. Search engines have given many people a very good way to satisfy their curiosity about any and every subject. But, as many people are realising while they discover the world, search engines are finding out all about them. This was vividly illustrated in August 2006 when AOL accidentally published the details of millions of keyword searches that 650,000 of its subscribers had carried out over a three month period. Here is more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6972079.stm