Saturday 24 June 2017

Google begins removing private medical records from search results

Google begins removing private medical records from search results

Google has started removing private medical records from its search results, after adjusting its policy regarding personal information. The change was made on Thursday to include the “confidential, personal medical records of private people” in the bracket of information Google may remove unprompted from search results. Other examples of such information include national or government issued identification numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers and images of signatures.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/23/google-begins-removing-private-medical-records-from-search-results?source=Snapzu

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