Google explained that this new step is in line with its policies in protecting the privacy of its users, as it will provide them with the ability to remove their information and data, such as their phone numbers, e-mail addresses, as well as their physical addresses.

Reports indicated that previously, Google would implement these requests only in certain cases, such as a user being exposed to fraudulent operations, and at the time it was removing the user's bank details, such as his account numbers and credit card details.

She added that the new policy that the American company will follow will enable children under the age of 18 to remove any of their images on the world's most popular search engine.

The reports considered this step from Google to be in the interest of the American technology giant, which in recent years has faced many problems and judicial crises due to the privacy of users.

For example, during the year 2020, France imposed a huge fine on the Google and Amazon groups amounting to 135 million euros, due to the failure of the two famous companies to comply with the legislation on cookies (cookies).

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The French data privacy watchdog said in a statement at the time that it had imposed a fine of 100 million euros on Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, for violating the country's rules on cookies that are used for advertising purposes, which is the highest fine ever imposed by the authority, according to its description. . It also announced at the time that it had imposed a heavy fine on the American e-commerce giant Amazon, amounting to 35 million euros, after violating the same rules.

The authority explained that it found that the French websites of both Google and Amazon did not request the consent of their visitors first before saving advertising cookies on computers, noting that the two companies also did not provide clear information to Internet users about how they intend to use these files, nor Even how can visitors of French websites refuse to use it?