Google introduces tool to allow people remove personal info directly in Search
The tool was announced during its annual developer conference earlier this year.
Google has rolled out a new privacy feature that will allow people to directly request to remove Search results that contain their personal information.
The tool – named “Results about you” – was announced during its annual developer conference earlier this year, and is now available for some users.
About the tool
With this new tool, if you find your personal information like your home address, email address, phone number, or any other information on Google Search, just click on the three-dot overflow menu that appears in the top-right corner of each result.
The existing ‘About this Result’ panel opens with a new “Remove result” option appearing at the bottom of your screen, the report mentioned.
To remove any personal identifiable details (PII), you need to go to a Google Support page and fill out a form containing the URL you wanted to be removed from the search results. Now, you can as well as monitor the progress of removal from a Results about you’ tool.
In addition to an “All requests” feed, you have filters like “In progress” and “Approved.” This page as well as lets you make a new request with a walk through that involves a “Why would you like to delete this result?” step.
Statement from Google
Earlier, Google stated that when it receives removal requests, “we will be evaluate all content on the web page to ensure that we are not limiting the availability of other details that is broadly useful, for instance in news articles”.
Removing contact information from Google Search doesn’t delete it from the web, “and that is why you may wish to contact the hosting site directly if you’re comfortable doing so”. Moreover, earlier this year, Google updated its policies around removing personally identifying details .
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