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New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves

www.forbes.com.au New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves

Google users will get a notification when new personal information such as their address or phone number gets listed in Google’s search results

New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves::Google users will get a notification when new personal information such as their address or phone number gets listed in Google’s search results

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2y ago

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New Google tool lets users track and delete search results about themselves

www.forbes.com.au /news/innovation/google-tool-lets-users-track-and-delete-search-results-about-themselves/

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"The new tool, which is only available in the U.S."
Classic Google.
- Pretty sure the "right to be forgotten" already exists legally in a couple of places.
  Google doesn't provide an easy dashboard to request link deletion, but they do have to comply in places like the EU and UK (if I recall correctly)
  
  Max Schrems Costeja case in Spain,
  Both set up the ground for the Right to be Forgotten to be born, and also the right of the data subject to request deletion from indexed sites. Such as Google. And this directly in my residence country (EU Based since this falls under the GDPR scope) but basically Mr Costeja was granted the right to pose a formal petition to the Spanish Google office (not finally considered a sucursal) and not directed to the Irish headquarters, as Google argued. So yes, we have a right to be forgotten... Just try and Excercise it towards Google and you might end up in front of the EU Comission :S. Talk about evil corps...
- I'll take it, very rare when companies give a shit about user privacy in the US, not like Europe.

One reason to let the big scary company privately know your personal information is that they can help you find out if someone else publishes your personal information.
- Maybe you and I could exchange private information and then ask Google to delete it for each other? Just.. don’t judge me.

Alternate title: Google now collects data on what you dont want people to see

Instead of delete it should say hide. And it's pretty valuable to know what users don't want to come up about themselves.

Google: I will help you identify what data you don't want people to see on the internet. But, can you please first identify who you are to me and also what data you think you don't want others to see? Well, you know.. You need to give me all that information so that I can help you.
Haha.

Oh, nice! Only about 17 years after I needed it.

They could just ban the 200 odd sites that collect and sell this information and show up in the Google results.

No, I want people to find info about me specifically, rather than the doctor in Maine with the same name.

Quite useful for many users.

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