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Google Enhances Privacy Tools, Streamlines Sensitive Data Removal

2/10/2026

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Google expands privacy tools by updating the Results About You hub to remove sensitive information from search results.
The hub now allows removal of driver’s licenses, passports, and Social Security numbers, along with emails and phone numbers, and Google will alert users if their data appears in search results.
Removal of non-consensual explicit images is streamlined to allow multiple requests in a single submission, with rollout in the United States.

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Story summary

Google expands privacy tools by updating the Results About You hub to remove sensitive information from search results.
The hub now allows removal of driver’s licenses, passports, and Social Security numbers, along with emails and phone numbers, and Google will alert users if their data appears in search results.
Removal of non-consensual explicit images is streamlined to allow multiple requests in a single submission, with rollout in the United States.