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Google will now alert you when your contact info shows up in a search result

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Google has made some changes to Google Search that will safeguard your personal data if it shows up on a search result.
Google introduced a new blog post on Thursday that reveals some new features for Google Search designed to keep your personal information, privacy, and online safety right where it belongs-in your hands. For example, last year Google released the « Results About You » feature that allows users to request that Google remove search results that contain personal contact information such as your phone number, home address, or email. The request can be made from the Google app or however you access Google Search.Google has updated « Results About You » by keeping track of your personal contact information in Search and to help you send a request to have it removed, Google will send a notification to you telling you that it has found your personal info in Search. Once you receive the notification, as already mentioned, you can request that the search results be removed.

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