{"id":10990,"date":"2022-05-03T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostingseekers.com\/blog\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2022-05-03T13:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:19:23","slug":"google-now-allows-to-remove-personal-information-from-search-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostingseekers.com\/blog\/google-now-allows-to-remove-personal-information-from-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Now Allows to Remove Personal Information from Search Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google recently declared that it is now allowing people to remove their personal contact information like \u2013 phone numbers, physical address, and email address, from its search results. The giant owned by Alphabet said on Wednesday that it is making some important changes to protect users from \u201cunwanted direct contact or even physical harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google also mentioned previously it has allowed people to request the removal of some specific types of information, but this new policy represents a broader attempt to help protect the personal data of users. Before the release of this policy, people used to ask to remove their specific information, like bank account, or credit card numbers.
\nThis change comes amid the surge in online fraud. The Federal Trade Commission reported that last year consumers had lost around $5.8 billion to scammers, which is a jump of 70% from the previous year. Most of those frauds were done through online scams, such as romance swindles, as well as through telephone solicitations, and identity theft.<\/p>\n

Michelle Chang, global policy lead for search at Google, highlighted the new policy that the internet is always evolving. The huge information gets popped up in unexpected places and is getting used in new ways, that is why our policies and protections need to evolve as well.
\nGoogle also claimed that by removing the information people can be kept protected from doxxing, which is done when personal information like email addresses, or physical addresses are shared publicly with malicious intent, which encourages online harassment.
\nThe company said, that recently it has rolled out a new policy that allows teens and children under the age of 18 or their parents or guardians to request Google to remove their images from its search results (Parents and children and request to remove images at this site).<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s now see, how you can remove your personal information from Google searches :<\/p>\n

What information Google will remove from its search results?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Google declared it will now remove the personal contact information including your phone number, email address, and physical address from its search results.
\nPreviously, the company only allowed people to ask to remove their more confidential information, like social security numbers, bank account details, and credit card numbers, along with personal signatures\u2019 images, and medical records.<\/p>\n

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How to ask Google to remove my phone number and other personal information?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Visit the website Google<\/a> to start the process. The page will ask you to provide information like an email address that will clarify the information that you want to get removed from Google\u2019s search results.<\/p>\n

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What happens after asking Google to remove my information?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Google will send you an automated response confirming that it has received your request. After that, the search platform will review the request and may ask for more information. For example, if the request made doesn\u2019t have web address, then it will ask you to fix that and resubmit the application.<\/p>\n

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Will Google give a green signal to all requests?<\/h3>\n

No. Google will evaluate all requests in order to make sure that it\u2019s not limiting broadly useful content, such as news articles. It\u2019ll also examine if the content is part of the public record, like Government files. In such a case, Google has said, that it won\u2019t remove data from search results.<\/p>\n

After Google removes my personal data, will it get vanished from the internet?<\/p>\n

No. Google warns that removing content from its search result does not mean that the information will get vanished from all over the internet. In order to ensure that all information is scrubbed, you\u2019ll also need to contact any hosting site where your information appears and ask that company to remove it.<\/p>\n

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