People will soon be able to track through Google the appearance online of personal information often used in identity theft.
The company said that it would be expanding its "results about you" feature to include monitoring of passport information, as well as driver's license and Social Security numbers.
If such information shows up online, a person can request that Google remove any relevant web links from search results.
Such monitoring on Google is currently limited to a person's name, home and email address and phone number.
In a post to its corporate blog on Tuesday Google said it will be expanding the tool in the coming days, starting only in the US. Eventually it will be available in "additional regions."
