Verify a Particularly Personal Place (PPP)

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.