Google wants to help remove your personal details from its search results

Date:
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:51:44 +0000

Description:
New feature for Google Android app helps users remove PII easily.

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Google has started rolling out a new feature that should help users
strengthen their online privacy by helping remove personally identifiable information (PII) from search engine results pages.

After opening the Google app on Android devices some users can tap on their profile picture in the top right corner of the screen. There, they will find
a new menu item, called Results about you. Tapping on that menu item brings them to a new page that explains how they can ask Google to remove personally identifiable information from search results. That data includes the likes of phone numbers, postal addresses, email addresses, and more.

Users that find PII can now click on the three dots menu, present in the
upper right-hand corner of each search result. There, they will find a new Remove result tool. If they choose to remove it, theyll need to add a reason, such as it shows my personal contact info, it contains illegal info, or its outdated. Slow rollout

Users can then track Google as it progresses with the removal. Their requests will be split into three categories: All requests, In progress, and Approved.

Google first announced the new tool in May 2022 during its I/O 2022 conference, where it said it would be launching in the coming months, and now it started rolling out for some users in Europe, and the United States. Read more

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It also explained how it chooses which requests to grant, and which to deny: Its important to note that when we receive removal requests, we will evaluate all content on the web page to ensure that were not limiting the availability of other information that is broadly useful, for instance in news articles. And of course, removing contact information from Google Search doesnt remove it from the web, which is why you may wish to contact the hosting site directly, if youre comfortable doing so. These are the best VPN service providers today

Via: 9to5Google



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