Search engines such as Google like tracking you, your search terms and IP addresses; they use this to build up profiles, store data, etc. To avoid this you can get a tool (Disconnect) at https://disconnect.me/search# which allows you to route your query through their proxy servers before they go to the popular search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.
Alternatively, install DuckDuckGo as your search engine, as it does not track you.
Phil Bradley in CILIP Update, May 2014
