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Have you ever found a private or confidential piece of information about you in a public search result? That can not only be embarrassing but it can also potentially lead to identity theft and other threats.
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Now, Google is trying to make it easier for you to find and get rid of personal details that pop up in a search. In a blog post published Thursday, the search giant highlighted new privacy tools and features designed to help you better protect your personal information.
Use the Results about you dashboard
First on the list is a new dashboard for an existing feature called Results about you. Introduced in 2022, this feature lets you track any personal details that pop up in a search result so that you can ask Google to remove them. Courtesy of a new update, the Results about you dashboard will not only help you find those details but also let you request that they be removed via the same tool. The feature will also alert you if new details start appearing in public search results.
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You can access the dashboard from the web by going to the Results about you site or from the Google mobile app by tapping your account photo and selecting Results about you. From there, run a Google search for your name. You may need to include your city and state to narrow down the results.
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If a search reveals your email address, phone number, or home address, you then ask Google to remove the data by clicking or tapping the three-dot icon and selecting Remove result. Next, choose the reason why you want the data removed. Follow the remaining steps and then submit the request to Google.
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