Your personal information will soon be easier to remove from Google search results

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Google is rolling out a new feature for its Android search app. Makes it easy to request deletion of your personal data found in search results. Were you curious to type your first and last name into Google? If you haven't done so yet, the results obtained may surprise you in many cases.

What Changed

It's not really uncommon to discover that some personal information, like your phone number or email address, is freely accessible in Google's search results. Fortunately, Google already agrees to remove your personal data from search results if you request it. To simplify the process, Google is integrating this capability directly into its Google Search app..

New Features Explained

Some Android Google app users saw a new option appear by tapping on their avatar to access the app's main menu This “Results about you” function, literally “Results about you”, directs users to a page that explains how to proceed to remove their personal information from Google search results. This includes, for example, phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, or any other private data. When a result includes one of this information, it is possible, by pressing the linked option button, to request that it be deleted from the results..

How to Update

However , this request must be justified You will have to determine if it is personal contact information, if this data can be used to harm, if it relates to other private data, or if the reported data is illegal or outdated. Google, which unveiled this new feature during the Google I / O conference last May, indicated that it would be available in the coming months...

Key Takeaways

• Google is rolling out a new feature for its Android search app.
• Makes it easy to request deletion of your personal data found in search results.
• Were you curious to type your first and last name into Google? If you haven't done so yet, the results obtained may surprise you in many cases..
• It's not really uncommon to discover that some personal information, like your phone number or email address, is freely accessible in Google's search results.