There would still be an effect: > [Google] would observe three specific types of data retention periods: deletion of the last byte of IP addresses in Google se

There would still be an effect: > [Google] would observe three specific types of data retention periods: deletion of the last byte of IP addresses in Google server logs (9 months); the validity of cookies placed in users’ browsers (2 years); anonymisation of the cookie number in the company’s server logs (18 months). From http://www.cnil.fr/fileadmin/documents/en/D2013-420_Google_Inc_EN.pdf http://www.cnil.fr/fileadmin/documents/en/D2013-420_Google_I... but it was stated publicly e.g. at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/09/google-cuts-server-log-retention-nine-months https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/09/google-cuts-server-log... or http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-step-to-protect-user-privacy.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-step-to-prote...