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Did you find your personal data or photos on Google and want to delete them? You can now

2022-04-28T18:53:07.593Z


The browser begins to support user requests to prevent malicious abuse, but with some limitations. We explain what you can do.


By Rob Wile—

NBC News

Have you found your personal information on a website and do not want it shared?

Google is now accepting requests to remove those pages from search results.

In an update to its search terms, reported by the Reuters news agency, Google said it has created a form that users can submit to suppress pages that display data such as phone numbers, home addresses, login credentials. of session, personal photos or images of identification documents.

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"Google may suppress personally identifiable information

that has the potential to create significant risks of identity theft, financial fraud, harmful direct contact, or other specific harm," the company said.

That includes

doxxing

, which is when contact information is shared maliciously.

Google noted that it won't automatically remove results, and that

there must be an explicit or implicit threat of abuse

for the request to be considered.

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A Google representative told Reuters that they have found an increasing amount of personally identifiable information online.

He added that he now hopes to accept a higher percentage of takedown requests, but stated that he will not remove information that appears as part of the public record on official sites.

Source: telemundo

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