Google offers a way to search and learn if your personal information is available via their search engine. When you use “Results about you,” you can find out if your personal contact info, like your home address, phone number, or email address shows up in search results. If it does, they offer a way for you to possibly remove it.
See this help article for more about this service and tips on how best to use it.
Alternatively, If you want to request removal of a result for someone else, or if you don’t want to log in, you can use the detailed removal request form instead.
Last month a staff member was texted on their personal cell phone from someone pretending to be a district administrator. The bad actor is believed to have located their cell phone number via a Google search. Reducing your personal details available online can reduce the chances that a bad actor tries to leverage them for ill intent.
