Don’t Assume That Top Google Search Results Are Guaranteed Safe
You know that the phrase “I read it on the Internet, so it must be true” is absurd, but you should extend that skepticism to Google search results....
Curious about how your personal information shows up in Google searches? Google’s Results About You service helps you monitor and manage your digital footprint.
Google has created a free service that lets you see what of your personal and professional information has been published on the Web. Once you provide your name, address, phone numbers, and email addresses to Google’s Results About You website, Google will inform you if that info appears in search results. (Don’t worry, you’re not telling Google anything it doesn’t already know.) It may take a few days or weeks for the initial results to come back, and Google will keep adding more results over time. You can review each page with your information and, if it’s data you would prefer to keep private and it meets Google’s policy requirements, request its removal from the search results. This only removes your data from Google’s search results; to remove it from the Web entirely, you’ll need to contact the website hosting the information.
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Social Media: Curious about how your personal information shows up in Google searches? Google’s Results About You service helps you monitor and manage your digital footprint.