Hello.
Why are user reviews from Google Maps displayed on other sites for their own purposes?
Does the Local Guides user agreement allow the transfer of data, profile photos, etc. to third parties?
For example, a link to the MyTravel website, which collects reviews of Russian-speaking users and their profiles - https://ru.yonik.me/
Even if you restrict access to your profile in the Google Maps account settings, this site displays a complete list of visited places and reviews.
According to the Terms you accept when you sign up as a Local Guide you allow Google to share your reviews on other sites also. This includes Google Search.
Business owners can also display some of their reviews on their websites. But they can not just pick and choose the best ones.
The site you shared a link to could have just stolen some reviews from Google Maps. You would need to investigate further to find out what is going on.
Cheers
Morten
Thank you for your clarified answer.
On the Google support site, I found and filled out the following contact form to block the search results of this site - https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905?hl=ru#ts=9814647%2C1115655%2C1282900%2C7687149
Also on the technical support site there is information on how to find all registration information about the site and its hosting provider - https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109
Found on the site WHOIS the email address of the site administrator by the site name - https://whois.ru/yonik.me
Then, through the form on the site I sent a letter to the administrator with a request to delete my personal data - https://ru.yonik.me/about
As a result, the page with my profile was deleted, but the reviews remained, so I sent another email to the site administrator to delete the data.
It would be nice if a Google employee or a Connect Moderator sent a request through the form on the site to delete the data of other Local Guides from this site.
There is also a similar site for English-speaking users - https://en.yonik.me/, I found it using the information on the site whois.ru.
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