Security News > 2022 > May > Google fights doxxing with updated personal info removal policy
Google has expanded its policies to allow doxxing victims to remove more of their personally identifiable information from search engine results starting earlier this week.
While people already had the option to request the removal of personal data that could be used in financial fraud, such as credit card and bank account info, before this update, Google now also allows demands to delete contact information.
"Under this new policy expansion, people can now request removals of additional types of information when they find it in Search results, including personal contact information like a phone number, email address, or physical address," said Michelle Chang, Google's Global Policy Lead for Search.
For this to happen, Google adds that it requires URLs submitted via content removal requests to contain your contact info.
Victims of doxxing or their authorized representatives can submit requests to remove personal information from Google search results via this link.
In October, Google also rolled out a new policy allowing people under the age of 18 to request the removal of links in Google Search results pointing to sites hosting their photos.