“And the nays have it!” Yes, it may ’shock’ you to learn that most Americans are concerned about DOJ having the ability to check out what you have been doing on search engines. Then again, some might argue that those with nothing to hide should not be worried about it in the first place…

Most Americans are uncomfortable with the fact that Internet search engines record their users’ queries, according to a survey released Wednesday that examined perceptions about federal authorities’ demands for such records.

Search engine companies recently sparked the debate by responding differently to the Justice Department’s subpoena for records on what their users had been looking up. [Read the rest]

[tags]search engine privacy,justice department,examined perceptions on privacy[/tags]