HOW TO REMOVE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM GOOGLE SEARCH

If you see any personal information in Google search results, then you can take the help of Google support page to remove it. Here also the user will have to fill a form, as well as mention the URL in it, which you want to remove from Google search results. After filling the form, it starts deleting the relevant content.

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In the age of digital and social media, most of the people share their information like name, phone number, address and email address etc on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. While their privacy policy is strong, there are many websites that do not protect your personal information. Even the bank details also become online. The problem is when these details start showing up on  Google.When we do some search on Google, then the notifications related to it also start coming. Actually, this happens because of the digital footprint. Sometimes, knowingly or unknowingly, very private and confidential information also gets saved in the search results. This could lead to identity theft, financial fraud or any other type of digital risk. There is also docking in this, that is, personal information starts being shared with other sources in an unwanted manner. To address such complaints, Google is now launching a new tool. Under this, users will be able to request the removal of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) i.e. sensitive personal information.

What is Google's new safety tool

Google has recently started the facility of 'Results About You' for the users. This feature has been designed to remove the personal information of users from Google. With the help of this feature, you can delete your personal information yourself. For this, you have to go to the Google support page, then fill in the form mentioning the URL that you want to remove from the search result. You can also add multiple URLs in this form at once. After this Google will verify these pages and if the information given by you is correct, it will be closed. However this process may take some time. At present, this system has been started for Android users in Europe and America. In the coming days, this facility will be available for all users. 

How does the tool work? 

This new feature of Google allows you to delete personal information found on Google search such as home address, email address, phone number or any other private data. For this, you just have to click on the three dot overflow menu present at the top right of each result. A new "Remove result" option opens on the 'About this Result' panel present in it. You see it at the bottom of the screen. Currently, for anyone to delete your personal information, you have to go to the Google Support page and fill out a form containing the URL you wanted to remove from search results. Now with the help of this new tool, you can also monitor it. can. Also in the "All requests" feed you have filters like "In progress" and "Approved". This page lets you make a new request with a walkthrough asking "Why would you want to remove this result?"

 Can track applications 

You can also monitor the request for removal of PII from the search result. The user will see 'In Progress' and 'Approved' filters in the 'All Requests' feed of a new page. Here users can also enter new requests. In this, Google is asked about removing the search result. For this, some reasons are also given by Google. According to Google's blog post, after receiving the request, it is investigated and then the work of removing the content starts.

Delete directly from website like this 

Another way to delete personal information is to request deletion of information by visiting that page directly. For this, you have to click on the three dots next to the URL and then go to the About this result page. From here click on Remove Result option. After this the process of removing the page will start.

Track request like this

You can also track your request. For this, you have to go to the Google app and go to Results About You and you will be able to see the status of the request as soon as you click on your profile photo. Not only this, along with viewing the request status here, you can also add a new remove request.

This feature will come from next year 

Google said in a tweet, "Your safety is our priority, today we are rolling out the 'Results About You' tool to request the removal of search results that include your personal phone number, Showing home address or email etc." Google further said that beginning next year, you will also be able to opt in to alerts if new search results emerge, so that you can request their immediate removal. So you can rest assured that we are helping to keep your personal information private.