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Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Google search trends witnesses a 20% hike in searches for “CHANGE PASSWORD - 97% more searches for “TWO STEP VERIFICATION - Offers 2GB of extra storage on Drive for users who complete security
With a rapid surge in the number of Indian users coming online, Google India today announced its support towards Safer Internet Day. In its commitment towards providing its consumers a safer Internet experience Google rolled out some new features and resources designed to protect users online.
From simple initiatives like simplifying security settings to making trustworthy messages easier to spot in Gmail, Google will be driving multiple initiatives to drive awareness about online safety among Indian Internet users. Users can take a quick Security Check-up, to review and manage your Google Account’s security settings and initiate a step towards safe Internet experience.
" With an increase in the number of users coming online and the rise in the penetration of smartphone users in India, we at Google are committed to offering users a safe Internet experience. We are adding five million new users a month taking the user base of ‘connected’ Indians to 500 millions online by 2018-2019. It’s more important now than ever before to ensure the data and profiles of these users is safe online. Thus Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity to focus on online safety and drive awareness for a better Internet." said Sunita Mohanty Director, Trust and Safety, Google India.
Some interesting Search Trends:
In its initiative to spread awareness and encourage the users to utilise the existing tools to ensure a safer Internet experience, Google is offering its users 2GB of extra Google Drive storage on completion of the security check-up by February 11th. This storage can be used across Google Drive, Gmail, and Photos.
Some of Google’s Initiatives
5 Things you can do today to stay secure online
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