Re: question about removing personal information on google

[Guest guest]

>>Hello,

Our son is recovered. And we are applying to private school for him. And the

school does not know about his past. In the past, I wrote a few messages on

Autism Mercury, and noticed that my name appears when I google myself. I'm sure

the school will be googling us, as well. And I'd like to remove my name from the

search -- is there a way to do this?

Anyone can remove their own messages. Just log in, go to your message that you

want to delete, and use the delete button.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Sorry Dana,

I've logged in and looked and looked. Specifically where is the delete button

for previously posted messages?

Thank YOU!

On 2010-08-21, at 7:53 AM, danasview wrote:

> >>Hello,

> Our son is recovered. And we are applying to private school for him. And the

school does not know about his past. In the past, I wrote a few messages on

Autism Mercury, and noticed that my name appears when I google myself. I'm sure

the school will be googling us, as well. And I'd like to remove my name from the

search -- is there a way to do this?

>

> Anyone can remove their own messages. Just log in, go to your message that you

want to delete, and use the delete button.

>

> Dana

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Sorry Dana,

> I've logged in and looked and looked. Specifically where is the delete button

for previously posted messages?

Log in under your ID that you used to post the message. Go to a specific

message that you posted. There will be a delete button there. It might be just

a delete " link " to click, instead of a button. It should be located adjacent to

the " reply " button.

Dana

[Guest guest]

>

> Log in under your ID that you used to post the message. Go to a specific

message that you posted. There will be a delete button there. It might be just

a delete " link " to click, instead of a button. It should be located adjacent to

the " reply " button.

>

> Dana

>

Only the moderator can do that. I have the " delete " option on messages for

groups I own or moderate, not on this one where I am only a member.

Additionally, when the oldest posts on this group began disappearing a few years

ago because the group had hit some maximum (which Moria resolved by contacting

), they were apparently preserved on Onibasu. So it may not be

possible to remove it. A suggestion I read elsewhere: Create a website or other

online presence with more recent, positive info that you do want associated with

the name and work on getting that up in the rankings so the info you want to be

not noticed drops lower in the rankings. Also, if the name is not highly

unique, whomever is searching may have no way of knowing if it is THIS

particular " " they found.

Warning to other list members: The archives of this group are PUBLIC, not

private. If you don't want your private info searchable on the world wide web,

don't use your own full name, don't use children's names, be careful what

details you put out there. This is an issue that periodically comes up on this

list.

Michele

http://www.healthgazelle.com

http://www.kidslikemine.com

http://www.solanorail.com

[Guest guest]

> Only the moderator can do that. I have the " delete " option on messages for

groups I own or moderate, not on this one where I am only a member.

I just went to a group where I am only a member. There is a delete option

for my own messages. So you can delete your own messages.

>>they were apparently preserved on Onibasu. So it may not be possible to

remove it.

To remove messages from onibasu, you need to contact that site directly.

Dana