New Google tool allow users to scrub more personal data to keep them safe from online thieves

Source: New York Post

Google is making it harder for scammers to steal your identity — and the effort can’t come soon enough. The tech giant quietly updated its “Results about you” tool on Feb. 10, expanding it to allow users to scrub even more sensitive personal information from search results — including passport numbers, driver’s license numbers and Social Security numbers — on top of the phone numbers, emails and home addresses the original tool already covered.