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Find out what Google knows about you, and delete it
Google itself only has access to certain information, and that’s the information that is in your emails if you have Gmail or in Hangouts if you use that application. As far as the search engine goes, they are only the messenger. They deliver search results of websites on the World Wide Web that meet specific search criteria. So, for example, if you search “Dog” you will get millions of webpages that contain the word “dog.” The sites that have that word more frequently than other, and have been clicked on for that term most often and have the “highest quality” content according to Google’s algorithms will bubble up to the top. If you narrow your search to “dogs who play the piano” you will get a few websites that contain that exact phrase and even more that contain those words separately, like they have the word dog and piano and play, just not in the order you wanted. This is how it works when you google your name. Any websites that have your name will come up in the google search. If you have a common name like Jim Jones, or John Smith, odds are good that you’re going to get a lot of returns. If you want to narrow down the results you should add specific identifying information.
Once you’ve narrowed down your google search and have found any websites that have information about you, and you’re sure it’s you and not someone with the same name, you can go through them and write down the websites. You might want to go into each site and see exactly what the data is. If there is an option to opt-out of their website, then you should fill it out. If there is no such option, check for a contact email or phone number and call each site to find out what the process is to opt-out. Some websites such as government sites that have public information will not remove the data. They will not every disclose personally identifiable info such as your driver’s license number or your phone number, but they may have your tax records and other public info such as name changes or court records.
Doing these things will give you access to information that comes up on a google search that anyone can run on you. Again, this isn’t necessarily info that google itself has about you, just information it finds about you. As for the information they save from your emails and google account, which information will need to be opted out of separately. If you don’t want to have information like this shared, then get a private email and stop using Gmail, or only use Gmail for none private emails. Don’t use Hangouts and avoid signing up for other features like google docs. If you find that giving up these features is counterproductive for you and you need them for work, then keep private information to a minimum and don’t give out your phone number or home address or date of birth or social security number. If you want to take a short cut, you can work with an internet data removal company who can get your data offline faster and easier than you can.
