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.