Thomas Germain
There's a free automated tool that removes information about you from Google search results. For some reason, most people don't use it.
Did you know an untold number of companies are selling your name, home address, phone number and more online? Data brokers, as they're called, hand your information to anyone who wants it dirt cheap, from telemarketers and jealous exes to identity thieves. It puts your safety at risk.
But there's a tool that makes this information harder to find. It's a free service run by Google called Results About You. The problem is a lot of people don't seem to know about it.
Google constantly scrapes the internet to fuel its search engine, including sensitive details swept up from data brokers that you may want to keep secret. Through this process, the company inadvertently exposes you to all kinds of serious risks. But with one button, Results About You lets you ask Google to take your information down. It's that easy. And the company just updated the service to make it even more useful.
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