It's an unsettling experience to discover that your personal information is accessible via Google. If someone decides to post your personal information on their site, Google will index it and make it accessible to users who conduct a simple search.
What should you do if the information is discovered in Google search results? Here are the steps you need to complete to get rid of the data.
Contact the owner of the website
The first step is to make contact with the owner of the website. A lot of websites include contact or an "about section, where they give users contact information. If you are able to contact the owner of the website, you may request that they delete the data you have provided yourself.
If there's no contact information on the website then you can conduct an online search at whois.com. Simply type the address of the website in the search bar at the top and click "WHOIS". You'll be able to locate an email address you can use.
If you can't locate any contact information You should attempt to locate your domain's registrar. Under "Registrar" you will generally locate the name or website of the company that is hosting the domain on behalf of the owner. These are the companies that are professional and have contact information publically accessible.
Remove Content that is out of date
If the data you're trying to remove from Google has been removed from the web page it was hosted on You should make use of the Outdated content removal tool that allows you to remove older results from Google. In the future, they will be able to do this themselves, in the event of upgrading the search engine, but it's more efficient to eliminate the data as soon as possible.
Removal Request
If the first option does not work, you can try submitting a Google request to remove your data. If your data is consistent with Google's guidelines, then you'll have to submit a form. If your images were distributed to the world, or you've been targeted for a doxxing incident, or your medical or financial data has been exposed, Google should remove it.
Follow the link, and then answer the following questions about the information you want to eliminate. Google will review the data and then delete the information.
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