If you are concerned as to how you can remove information from Google, there are certain things you have to keep in mind. First and foremost, you should visit your county clerk to have your personal information altered or redacted. In most states, you can have certain types of personal data changed in your public records. Alternatively, you can also have other types of information redacted from the electronic versions of those records. The following steps should be followed-
1. Obtain a post office box: certain types of records, such as voter registration forms, require an address, but a post office box can be used for many government documents in most states.
2. Visit your county clerk and review your public records. Ask what information you can have removed, or what can be redacted or changed. It is possible to have your telephone number and most of your Social Security number redacted on many documents. You can also often have your PO box listed as your address.
3. Check the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) database at the country clerk’s office. The UCC database lists information on property ownership and liens and may contain your Social Security number. You may not be shown this database automatically by the clerk when you ask to see your records, but the information is still accessible to the public.
Following these steps will only ensure that nothing but essential information is available from
government sources.
Also, it should be noted that simply changing your public records would not automatically lend protection to your personal data. To remove negative search results has also emerged to be a gnawing concern. There are dozens of information brokerage services that sell or give away your personal information and that will continue to provide the non-redacted version of your public records. Most of these companies will take down personal information from their databases, but for some, you may need to make an official written request and provide some proof or identification. In the unlikely event that an information brokerage refuses to update your information, you can submit a complaint to the Federal State Commission (FTC). The FTC does not act on behalf of individuals, but may launch an investigation into the business if sufficient complaints are lodged.
You can also control your privacy on Google with the help of online reputation management tools. These are particularly of use if you want to remove negative information from Google. As it is, one hardly needs to mention that keeping your sensitive personal data private requires regular effort on your part, because people-search sites will continually keep adding you back,
whenever a new piece of data appears about you online. Since they use automated data collection methods, so what happens is, whenever something new appears about you, that information can trigger the creation of a new personal record, even if you have opted out.
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