Safeguarding Your Digital Footprint: A Guide to Removing Personal from Google Search Results
Introduction:
In today's digital interconnected world, our personal information is increasingly vulnerable to being exposed on the internet. While search engines like Google serve as helpful tools for finding information, they can also display sensitive details that we would prefer to keep private. Fortunately, there are steps that you can take to safeguard your online privacy.
In this blog post, we will explore effective methods to remove your personal information from Google search results, empowering you to regain control over your online identity.
Assess the Damage:
Before proceeding, you can perform a thorough evaluation to identify the personal information that you would like to remove from Google's search results. Common examples include outdated social media profiles, personal addresses, or contact details. Compile a list of uniform resource locators where this information is visible to get a better understanding of the task at hand.
Contact the Website Owner:
If your personal information is hosted on a specific website, you can reach out to the site's administrator or webmaster. Polite and concise communication explaining your concerns and politely requesting the information's removal can often yield positive results. However, be prepared for the possibility of encountering non responsive website owners or sites that refuse your request.
Leverage Google's Content Removal Tools:
Google offers several resources to manage your online presence, making it easier to remove personal information from search results. The first step is to utilize the "Remove outdated content" tool. This feature enables you to request the removal of specific uniform resource locators that contain outdated, irrelevant, or potentially harmful information.
Submit a Legal Removal Request:
For sensitive personal information like social security numbers, financial data, or intimate images shared without consent, Google offers a legal removal request process. In these cases, you can provide Google with relevant supporting documentation and evidence to support your claim. Once your request is validated, Google will remove the flagged content from its search results.
Optimize Your Online Presence:
Reevaluating and optimizing your online presence is crucial in maintaining control over your personal information. You can ensure that your social media accounts and personal websites are set to private or adjusted to limit the visibility of personal information. Also, you can regularly monitor your online presence to quickly address any potential information leaks.
Seek Professional Assistance:
If your efforts to remove personal information from Google search results seem challenging or ineffective, do not hesitate to enlist professional help. Online reputation management agencies specialize in dealing with these matters, employing experts who understand the nuances of online privacy and have experience navigating search engine protocols.
In Conclusion:
Protecting our online identities has become increasingly important in today's digital landscape. Regaining control over personal information on Google search results is an essential step towards safeguarding our privacy. By taking strategic action, contacting website owners, utilizing Google's removal tools, submitting legal removal requests, and optimizing our online presence, we can proactively manage our digital footprints.
Remember, investing time and effort in protecting your online privacy is an investment in your peace of mind.
How to Remove Personal Information From Google Search Results
Google search is a powerful tool that can help us find information quickly and easily. However, it can also be used to find personal information about us, such as our home address, telephone number, and email address. This information can be used for identity theft or other malicious purposes.
If you are concerned about your personal information being publicly available online, you can request that Google remove it from its search results. This is not always possible, but there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of success.
Step One. Identify the Personal Information you Want to Remove
The first step is to identify the personal information that you want to remove from Google search results. This could include your name, address, telephone number, email address, or financial information.
Step Two. Find the Source of the Information
Once you have identified the personal information that you want to remove, you will need to find the source of the information. This is the website or webpage where the information is published.
Step Three. Contact the Website Owner
If the personal information is published on a website, you should contact the website owner and ask them to remove it. This is the best way to ensure that the information is removed from Google search results permanently.
Step Four. Use the Google Search Results Removal Tool
If the website owner does not remove the information, you can use the Google Search results removal tool to request that Google remove it from its search results. However, Google may not be able to remove the information if it is considered to be public information or if it is published on a website that is protected by free speech laws.
Step Five. Monitor the Situation
Once you have requested that Google remove your personal information from its search results, it is important to monitor the situation to make sure that the information is actually removed. You can do this by searching for your personal information on Google regularly.
Tips for Increasing Your Chances of Success
Here are a few tips for increasing your chances of success when requesting that Google remove personal information from its search results:You will want to become specific in your request. You can identify the specific personal information that you want to remove and provide the uniform resource locator of the website where it is published. You can the explain why you want the information removed.
For example, you could explain that the information is inaccurate or that it is being used for malicious purposes. Being polite and respectful in your communication with Google.
Conclusion
Removing your personal information from Google search results can be a challenge, but it is possible. By following the tips above, you can increase your chances of success.
Learn How to Remove Personal Information From Google Video Transcript
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let's get this video over with let's
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just roll and and you know what I'm
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saying how to remove personal data from
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Google Search
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Google has disseminated a tool that
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allows you to potentially remove
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personal bull identifiable information
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about you that you do not want now this
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is a caveat
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it is only
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for Google search results google.com
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also the
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smartphone I mean the dumb device
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application the Google Search
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application that you can install on a
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Google Android and or an Apple iPhone
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operating system device and what iPad
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blah blah blah blah
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it does not remove it from the actual
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websites it just removes that
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information from personal search results
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okay so whenever you browse to
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google.com or whenever you use the
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Google application
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to cert and then you find information
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about you or you find you know a
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telephone number
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any contact information telephone number
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home address email address now this blog
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post from Google blog.google slash
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products search and then uniform
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resource locators on screen it's
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highlighted type that into your search
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bar and you better not mess up any of it
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better not miss a dash
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what is wrong with you you need to
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memorize okay
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let me scroll down and we can open this
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up it's a it's a gif this is how on the
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smartphone application it works
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so you can request that information gets
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removed
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and yeah it looks like for now they've
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got three choices phone number home
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address email address okay okay while I
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watch this while you watch this
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they didn't include it in their blog
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post but it's POS I'm not guaranteeing
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anything I'm not recommending anything I
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never give out advice to my videos I
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just give you some tips it's possible
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that you may see your social security
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number you may see credit card
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information you may see payment
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information that I think is also
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included in Google's definition of
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personal identifiable and you know what
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I'm saying
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but it's only within the the search
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results but I'm not sure why they didn't
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mention a blog post when I read into
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this pun intended I found out that
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there may be a possibility that you
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would have that other information
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removed possibly yeah now you're not no
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no no
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you're not actually removing it and then
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let me tell you how to remove it now
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remember it's only the search results
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in the dumb phone I mean in the
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smartphone application
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it is available
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so you perform your search
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and then
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there should be a removal request
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all right and then you you have to
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choose what type okay now in the website
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in the domain name
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google.com after you perform that search
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on the right hand side of the result
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that you want to request the removal of
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you click the three dots and then you
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continue on now it may or may not show
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up for everyone this will I'm not sure
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if it's a beta or not I think it may be
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live
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if you do not see that feature either in
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the smartphone application and or
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google.com on a computer just in a web
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browser you may be able to use this page
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right here you may or may not now when I
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opened it up it doesn't really
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where's that again
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it was a hyperlink uniform resource
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where is it at
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oh here it is support page it doesn't
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show up
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it's just blind I'm not going to go over
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any of this because this deals with you
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know blah blah blah personal information
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blah Digital Millennium Copyright blah
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blah blah blah blah but
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you may try this uniform resource
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locator support that google.com
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shooter and see if you can
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if the feature isn't already
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disseminated to you then this could be
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another way to request it it gets
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removed remove your personal information
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from Google learn now that now remember
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this is only from search results but
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they give you some tips about how you
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can contact a webmaster which would be
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the
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facilitator for that private website
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let's say anetcompears.com I have which
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I do not but let's just say
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hypothetically I had some personal
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identifying information that you found
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on my website and you wanted it removed
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and so you decided to sue me in court I
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mean oh oh no no you wouldn't even sue
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me in court you would be like YouTube
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you would just you know somehow you'd
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get the information removed or you just
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circumvent my my website and you would
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remove it yourself or or like with with
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YouTube violate possibly violating
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1976
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you would just remove the video how
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about that huh for following the law or
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or oh yeah not falling a lot okay I
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digress I digress back to this video
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report or this you know tutorial
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you know what I'm saying okay
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you could use this if it it helps you at
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all okay let's move along
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anything further now I thought this was
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very important
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on the blog post they don't mention this
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you may be able to have and request the
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removal of any kind of other
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what they deem as
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sensitive personal and identifiable
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information
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from their search results
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credit card number credit card
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information may be the CVV code maybe
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the credit card number
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how about your social security number
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how about your employer identification
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number
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why in the world did they not mention
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that in the in this blog now I do not
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know for a fact but I did read it in a
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few articles that that was possibly also
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the
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sensitive personal and identifiable
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information that may
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show up in a search result
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okay remember remember
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my warning it does not remove that
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information from the third party website
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the private website or public or
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whatever now that's dumb those are dumb
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terms public private that's that's like
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a duality
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to anyways I don't want to digress about
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that
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you know you don't you do not care about
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my Anarchist views I mean
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this just removes it from the search
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results possibly and I'm not
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guaranteeing anything you never know
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with Google yeah maybe legitimate your
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telephone number is right there in bold
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and bright font and and then that and
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then you wonder why you receive all
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these
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you're not an internet marketer no
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you're not
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all of a sudden your your telephone
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number is just ringing constantly
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oh oh to shoot your Chagrin your
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telephone number showed up in a Google
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search result
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and now you want it to cease and desist
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and then you you follow my tips and then
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Google says no
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I can't help that so that's why I don't
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guarantee anything
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good luck
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hopefully you can have your
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personal data removed hopefully
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how to remove personal data from Google
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search and if you want more detailed
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information check out the
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sources that I provided which were
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you know what I'm saying adios