Lifewire Quotes Nizich About Protecting Privacy Online

A Lifewire.com article about Google’s new way to hide online personal information includes expert commentary from sources including Michael Nizich, Ph.D., ETIC director and adjunct associate professor of computer science. The new capability lets individuals quickly remove personal contact information found in search results.

“That data can then be used for all kinds of unsavory purposes, including phishing scams, identity theft, and even threatening phone calls and letters demanding some sort of payment by anyone on the web,” Nizich said, adding that “Google will not be able to erase your private data on other hosted websites if it exists there, but it may be able to stop displaying that data to other Google users based on your requests.”