[AccessD] FW: Searchable online

[Rocky Smolin]

Nah.  They got the internets in Europe too.

R


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From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
John Colby
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 3:28 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; 'List'; 'Off Topic'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: Searchable online

LOL move to Europe?

On 3/8/2017 12:36 PM, Jim Dettman wrote:
>   It's impossible.
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>   Google is pulling from many sites out on the net and keep in mind 
> that there are other search engines.
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>   You'd have to request that each site remove that information and 
> many would not since that information is mined from public data.
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf 
> Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 12:23 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; List; 'Off Topic'
> Subject: [AccessD] FW: Searchable online
>
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> Dear List(s):
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>
> My son who is in a doctorate program in Psych send the following email 
> asking for advice from me and his uber-geek brother. He writes:
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> I need help -- it may be impossible, but if anyone could do it, you 
> guys can.
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> When I Google my full name there are dozens of results that give info 
> like my age, full names of family members, past places of residence, 
> etc. Since I am working with the public and could possibly next year 
> be working with psychiatric hospital patients (yikes), I'd like to 
> hide or remove as many of them as possible. Or is there a way to ask 
> for a filter on Google search so the results don't show up and people 
> have to go directly to the URL to see them?
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> Thoughts?
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> His brother posted the following advice:
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> Cleaning up personal Google search results is exceedingly difficult. 
> Google allows no native way to do this, and so it's effectively 
> impossible without going to each site individually. So it ultimately 
> depends on what you want to clean up.
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> There are two time-tested ways of cleaning up personal information:
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>   - Start creating content that replaces it in search results online. 
> This doesn't erase personal info, but it sure does bury it.
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>   - For each entry, go through that particular site's routes for 
> permanently deleting your account.
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> It may also be useful to set up a Google Alert on your name and 
> contact info.  You'll get an email from Google whenever they appear 
> somewhere online.
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> So I'm wondering what other advice anyone here might have which may 
> also be useful for the rest of us.
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> I thank you all in advance and will forward any of your advice to both 
> of them.
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> MTIA
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> Rocky Smolin
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> Beach Access Software
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> 760-683-5777
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