Particularly Personal Place refers to a category of places that receive special treatment for handling user data. PPPs generally include medical and service facilities, such as
- abortion clinics
- addiction treatment facilities
- cosmetic surgery clinics
- counseling centers
- domestic violence shelters
- fertility centers
- weight loss clinics
The list is not exclusive. To learn more, see Particularly Personal Places.
Google may identify your Google Business Profile (GBP) as a PPP. In most cases, Google Maps designates PPPs automatically, using data from websites, users, and businesses, but can also add sites manually.
To know whether Google categorizes your GBP as a PPP, use
locations.get
with the field mask to retrieve the Metadata field, which has the following
structure:
Metadata
{
"hasGoogleUpdated": boolean,
"hasPendingEdits": boolean,
"canDelete": boolean,
"canOperateLocalPost": boolean,
"canModifyServiceList": boolean,
"canHaveFoodMenus": boolean,
"canOperateHealthData": boolean,
"canOperateLodgingData": boolean,
"placeId": string,
"duplicateLocation": string,
"mapsUri": string,
"newReviewUri": string,
"canHaveBusinessCalls": boolean,
"hasVoiceOfMerchant": boolean
"isLocationHistoryTemporary": boolean
}
When the Metadata object field "isLocationHistoryTemporary" is TRUE, it
means that Google Maps has categorized the location as a PPP.
You can provide feedback about whether an entity should be classified a PPP by completing the Feedback on Particularly Personal Places form.