MNeagle
22nd February 2011, 05:23 PM
Erasing your name from Google can be easy or require a court order
Q How does a person delete entries in their own name that are currently posted on Google?
A There's no single easy way to erase your presence on Google.
To prevent your name from showing up in Google search results of non-Google Web pages, ask the owner of those pages to remove it.
To delete your own post on Google's blogs, see tinyurl.com/4zhv54l.
Deleting your name from someone else's Google blog posts is harder. Google won't delete "personal attacks or alleged defamation, parody or satire of individuals, distasteful imagery or language, or political or social commentary" without a court order.
But Google sometimes deletes posts involving hate against specific groups, pornography, dangerous and illegal activity, online crime or impersonation. To report these behaviors, see tinyurl.com/nkbacv.
link (http://www.startribune.com/science/116683394.html)
Q How does a person delete entries in their own name that are currently posted on Google?
A There's no single easy way to erase your presence on Google.
To prevent your name from showing up in Google search results of non-Google Web pages, ask the owner of those pages to remove it.
To delete your own post on Google's blogs, see tinyurl.com/4zhv54l.
Deleting your name from someone else's Google blog posts is harder. Google won't delete "personal attacks or alleged defamation, parody or satire of individuals, distasteful imagery or language, or political or social commentary" without a court order.
But Google sometimes deletes posts involving hate against specific groups, pornography, dangerous and illegal activity, online crime or impersonation. To report these behaviors, see tinyurl.com/nkbacv.
link (http://www.startribune.com/science/116683394.html)