I don't get it. I just read both privacy policies, and they seem pretty much identical. Asa says in the comments that "Microsoft doesn't connect it to my name

I don't get it. I just read both privacy policies, and they seem pretty much identical. Asa says in the comments that "Microsoft doesn't connect it to my name, my addressbook, my friends, my email address, my physical location, etc. Microsoft scrubs things like IP address immediately and stores the data for less time." But the Bing privacy policy specifically says that it does store IP addresses. The only reference to scrubbing IP addresses is that they do so when they hand off their search data to 3rd parties (um, thanks), or after 18 months (just as long as Google). The bit about not linking those searches to the rest of your account info is also specious - the privacy policy only says it stores search terms separate from information that 'directly identifies' a user, but it doesn't say or imply that IP addresses are considered direct identification, and it specifically says that it stores the cookie id associated with the search terms.