Search engines are a great way to find information, but these technologies are also helping criminals access your personal ...

Old web pages expose your personal data in ways you might not expect. Learn how scammers use it and how to remove your info ...

Having your personal information pop up online in various places can be quite annoying, especially if it's things like your phone number and email address. It can be difficult to remove, too, as it ...

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Once something is on the internet, it’s almost impossible to take it down. But Google now makes it easier for anyone to request the removal of their personal information from Google’s own search ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Have you ever Googled yourself? You might be surprised at how much ...

Privacy, thankfully, is still a thing. Google unveiled a new tool Wednesday at I/O, its annual developer conference, which makes it easier for people to request that ...

Google has announced several updates to Search aimed at making it easier for people to control information about them that appears in results. The company released a tool last year to help people take ...

Many social media sites offer options to help protect your privacy on the Web. You can make your profile private, which won't allow anyone you haven't approved to see your information, or you can ...

Google has been pushing out a tool for removing personally identifiable information—or doxxing content—from its search results. It’s a notable step for a firm that has long resisted individual ...

Google is making it easier to find out if your personal information is on the web and get rid of private information that shows up in Search results. An update to Google's “Results about you” tool ...