Navigating the labyrinth of digital privacycan be a challenge for many. To ease this journey, Google is reconfiguring the layout of its Search platform on the web, bringing its terms and privacy policy to a more sensible location. In doing so, users will find it simpler to know exactly how their personal data is being used.
In the past, unearthing this info required users to scroll to the very bottom of the search results page, an undertaking made even more challenging with the addition of endlessly scrolling search results. Now, this info has been shifted to a more intuitive spot. The desktop version tucks privacy, terms, and a feedback option neatly behind the settings icon at the top of the page. Likewise, users on the mobile web can pinpoint this info behind the menu button in the upper-left corner.
PerGoogle’s poston the Search Help forums, “We aspire for this alteration to aid users in accessing these actions more expediently, without the necessity to scroll to the very end.”
This change only applies to the web versions of Google Search on phones, tablets, and computers. The company had previously moved its privacy policy and terms of service links to theaccount switcher in its mobile app, which appears after tapping your profile pic or initial in the top-right corner of the app’s main menu and in search results.
Meanwhile, Google started testinga fake search bar in the Discover feedearlier this week, making it easier to find differing viewpoints through alternative coverage about a topic in the news aggregator. This came after the search bar in the company’s Android appalmost doubled in sizeandnew home screen widgets were addedin recent months, showing that Google is still clearly invested in its flagship product: Search.
