People use Google to search for all sorts of data online, from addresses of places to eat to medical conditions, from doctor ratings to meme templates. But what if your non-public data is among the search results?In short, you can now ask Google to remove your non-public data from search results.
The bottom line is: maybe.
“Personal data” would possibly mean other things to other people, however, Google has provided an express list of pieces that it considers “personally identifiable information” (PII), and that can also potentially be deleted.
Google also said that tactile business data (addresses, phone numbers, etc. ) that would be classified as publicly available and therefore exempt from deletion, can still be taken into account if it is used to cause harm, especially if it is used. for doing doxing.
The first step is to collect all internet site links (URLs) that involve the data you want to delete. These URLs should be direct links, not search for results. So, for example, you want to enter the precise internet page URL that comprises the data, and if there are photos you want to delete, you want to include direct URLs for the images in addition to the web page URLs. Also, be sure to take screenshots of each web page, so Google can see exactly where and what data is displayed. You can send up to 1000 URLs according to the report.
It’s incredibly important to note that while removing your non-public data from Google’s search effects is in terms of reducing your threat of harassment or identity theft, it doesn’t remove your data from the internet. If Google makes the decision to respond to your request, other people may not find your data through a search, but it will still be published on all other websites. If you want the data to be deleted, you will need to tap on the sites that host it directly and ask the webmaster to get rid of it.
You can also take other steps to protect your online privacy, such as deleting your search history, clearing browser caches, converting your account passwords, and more. None of this will remove non-public data that has already been shared, it may still be harder for the main points to end up on a random online page in the first place.