{"id":1261713,"date":"2023-08-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1261713"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T05:30:35","slug":"googles-big-privacy-push-a-new-tool-to-monitor-delete-your-own-search-results-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/googles-big-privacy-push-a-new-tool-to-monitor-delete-your-own-search-results-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Big Privacy Push: A New Tool To Monitor, Delete Your Own Search Results! (How It Works?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google has released new tools which will help users track and delete search results about themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-6.png\" alt=\"Google's Big Privacy Push: A New Tool To Monitor, Delete Your Own Search Results! (How It Works?)\" class=\"wp-image-1261753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-6.png 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-6-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-6-768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Targeting data privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has made the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/irenebenedicto\/2023\/08\/03\/google-launched-a-new-tool-to-keep-track-and-delete-search-results-about-you\/?sh=6900766ef87a\">deleting<\/a> personal information easier.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instances of inaccurate or offensive content, users can submit a request for Google to remove that content from search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users will be able to remove certain search results about themselves, such as false information, unwanted contact details, or copyright violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tool will scour the web for results about users in a personal dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To access this tool in the Google app, click on your Google account photo and select the option &#8220;Results about you.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this, the user can keep track and receive notifications when private information such as address, phone number, or email appears on search and request a specific result to be removed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SafeSearch&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also announced a new tool for parents to blur explicit images from their children\u2019s search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/google-search-revamped-ui-new-features\/\">SafeSearch <\/a>feature will be rolled out this month, which will make it easier for people to remove personal explicit images from Search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Google has warned that although it can remove search results, the content still remains on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new tool is only available in the U.S. and in English for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users can access it from Google\u2019s \u201cResults about you\u201d dashboard on mobile and web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a user inputs their personal information, the dashboard will automatically pull up websites that contain any matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They can then check each site it appears on and then submit a request to remove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Requests can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/8\/3\/23817797\/google-contact-info-removal-search-results\">tracked <\/a>from Google\u2019s hub, which shows requests that are in-progress, approved, denied, or undone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clarification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that it doesn&#8217;t actually delete the information from the internet, rather it just stops it from showing up in search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People can still find your information if they go to the webpage it\u2019s on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also has some restrictions on the kinds of search results it can and can\u2019t remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also refuse to take action on results from governments or educational institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For content that Google cannot remove, it suggests that users contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/irenebenedicto\/2023\/08\/03\/google-launched-a-new-tool-to-keep-track-and-delete-search-results-about-you\/amp\/\">specific <\/a>website that has posted unwanted information about themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has released new tools which will help users track and delete search results about themselves. 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