Google is debuting a way for people to make sure their personally identifiable information is not searchable on its ubiquitous search engine, the company announced Wednesday (May 11).
In a company blog post, Google said it’s trying to work on the “key element of feeling safer and more private online,” which is “having greater control over where their sensitive, personally-identifiable information can be found.”
With the new tool, it wants to provide users with a peace of mind about their online presence. This comes after the company updated its policies to let people ask for the removal of sensitive information, including contact information like phone numbers and email addresses.
Google said its new feature will allow users to more easily remove results that contain personal contact information or are deemed to be too personal.
Google said it plans to “evaluate all content on the web page to ensure that we’re not limiting the availability of other information that is broadly useful, for instance in news articles.”
PYMNTS wrote that Google has also recently debuted its new Google Wallet, which will help standardize the way users access and save payment cards and event tickets, along with other things like vaccine passports.
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The company said people are storing more items in digital wallets, with that number rising exponentially in the past two years due to the pandemic.
The wallet will roll out on Wear OS and will come with support for payment cards, and will let users save and access hotel keys and office badges on their phones. Google will also add the ability to bring up driver’s licenses and IDs for interstate or international travel.
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