To let users take off any of their personal information from the search results, Google is offering a tool in its Android app – where users can easily request the removal.
This can be accessed by going to your three-dot menu aside from the search result and proceeding with the removal request. You may also mention how it’s endangering you, thus better justifying the cause. This is available for a small number of users in the US and Europe, with more regions yet to be added.
PII Removal Request in Google Search Results
Having your personally identifiable information, like the photos, contact details, or even login credentials of some accounts you own – showing up in public without your permission is a nightmare. To counter that from happening in its search results, Google has offered a way for legit users to take down their data from public sources.
While this takedown process has been for a while now, Google, in this year’s I/O event, said it’s revamping the process to include more information and make it easier to do remove on request. Now, as promised, it came up with a tool in the Google Android app – that’ll let users request the removal of their PII easily.
Here’s the page that appears when you tap “Results about you” and the tutorial it takes you through when you tap “Learn how”. pic.twitter.com/0VQmfD1YJx — Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) September 21, 2022
