Everyone has Googled his name at least once. Of course, we come across our own information in the results, and some of them can sometimes be really personal. If you do not work in a profession that requires easy access, such as a tradesman, or a profession that requires visibility, such as journalism, for example, you may not want your address or mobile number to appear in Google search results. With the tool called Results About You, which Google released last year and recently added new add-ons, it ensures that your unwanted information is removed from the results.
There is no doubt that internet technologies make our lives easier. However, with the developing technologies, there is an issue that comes up almost every day: Privacy…
With the ease of sharing information on the Internet, it has become easier for our personal information such as our mobile number, address or email, and even our private photos to be disseminated on these platforms. Internet giants have also begun to listen to the discomfort of users on this issue. Google’s Results About You tool released last year has made it much easier for users to request removal of information they don’t want to appear in search results. The company recently announced that with the add-ons introduced into the application, it has paved the way for easier and more effective use of the tool.
It will send a warning if it detects again
In the statement, it was also stated that with the new update, if the information that the person requested to be removed is detected again in the results, it is immediately notified.
It is probably not possible to remove information from websites without involving lawyers, but with this practice you can at least prevent such information from appearing in search results.
The vehicle in question is currently in use in the USA, but in the statement of the technology giant, it was noted that the application will soon be available in new languages and locations.
Google has also developed another privacy app called SafeSearch with The Results About You. With this application, violent and obscene images are blurred before they are displayed in search results.
Google is also trying to fix its privacy scorecard
Like many companies in Silicon Valley, Google’s privacy record isn’t very bright. It is evaluated that the technology giant within Alphabet has taken steps regarding privacy with these initiatives.
A related development took place earlier this year. Google, or rather its parent company Alphabet Inc., agreed to settle and pay $23 million in a lawsuit filed 12 years ago on the grounds that users shared searches with advertisers or other third parties without their consent. This lawsuit, which has been pending in California for years, may have come to an end.
Consumers claim that Google shares search terms with third parties that lead a user to click on a link in search results, thus exposing their personal information. According to the lawsuit, advertisers pay Google to find out which terms are leading consumers to which page.
If the agreement is accepted, people (possibly everyone) who search on Google and click on one of the links between January 2006 and October 2013 will be able to get paid from the $ 23 million agreement; Of course, this requires being a US citizen and payment applications have already ended on June 31st. According to the available data, a payment of $ 7.7 per person is expected.
The lawsuit got Google agreeing to pay users, but Google stresses that the proposed agreement does not constitute an admission of information sharing allegations.
The deal, proposed at the hearing in January, also requires Google to provide consumers with additional disclosures about the sharing of terms they use in searches. The final approval hearing on the deal is scheduled for October 12.
Sources: Forbes, Bloomberg, Mashable, Google Blog, USA Today
