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Google Introduces New Feature to Enhance User Privacy: Easily Manage Your Online Personal Information

  • Posted on August 5, 2023
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  • By Sakshi Gupta
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Google has unveiled a groundbreaking feature that revolutionizes the way individuals manage their personal information within search results. With this latest update, the process of locating and erasing contact details becomes simpler and more efficient, eliminating the need for laborious searches and manual requests.


Previously introduced in September, the "results about you" dashboard on mobile and web platforms now receives a powerful enhancement. Gone are the days of painstakingly scouring the internet to trace personal information.


By entering your details, the dashboard conducts an automatic web search, presenting websites containing matches. Users can effortlessly review each webpage and initiate removal requests seamlessly.


Google's innovative feature empowers users to easily manage and safeguard their personal information within search results, enhancing online privacy protection.
Google's innovative feature empowers users to easily manage and safeguard their personal information within search results, enhancing online privacy protection.

A notable shift from the previous practice of users manually searching and submitting removal requests, Google now takes a proactive approach. It notifies users whenever their email, phone number, or address is found online. This empowers users to easily decide what information to remove with just a few taps.


For added convenience, Google provides push notifications, alerting users of new search results that may appear in the future. The dashboard keeps users informed about the progress of their removal requests, from pending to approved, denied, or undone. This feature, however, is currently available only in the United States.


It's crucial to comprehend that while Google removes information from its search results, it may still exist on the original webpage. Additionally, certain types of search results cannot be removed, and Google won't act on government or educational content.


Google Introduces New Feature to Enhance User Privacy: Easily Manage Your Online Personal Information
Google Introduces New Feature to Enhance User Privacy: Easily Manage Your Online Personal Information

This update is especially beneficial for individuals who have fallen victim to doxing, an unauthorized disclosure of personal information. Google's streamlined removal process offers a swift response to such incidents, mitigating potential harm.


Although initially launched in the US and English language, Google has plans to expand this feature's accessibility to other countries and languages, providing users worldwide with greater control over their online presence and heightened privacy protection.


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