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A few weeks ago, we reported on Google adding a privacy feature that helps users remove personal information from search engines. To further protect users' personal information, Google has patched a ...

Google has long accepted requests to remove some personal information from search results, but now that option should be considerably more useful. Google has expanded the policy to let you ask for the ...

The Google Voice scam, in which scammers take over your phone number, has become a common form of identity theft. Through Google Voice, scammers can make spam calls that are traced to your phone, not ...

Google is rolling out a new Reverse Phone Number Lookup feature with the new June 2024 Pixel Feature Drop. This feature lets you look up a phone number straight from the call log, saving you a few ...

For years now, Google has shown phone numbers on some search result snippets when Google thinks you want to call that store. We have screen captures of this from 2016 and 2014. But now Google is ...

The Google Phone app pre-installed on Pixels and other devices is getting an upgrade to its built-in search to be better about surfacing a number you’ve recently called but isn’t saved to your contact ...

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical ...

Fun fact: Two of the most popular tips on my website over the years are all about blocking your number and revealing the identity of blocked or strange numbers calling you. I get the curiosity. It’s ...