Media infamy vs. prematurely clean CRB check -- 2 competing narratives

Harmless — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:34:48 GMT

My Basic CRB check has been clean since 2022.
The media strongly implies it should have remained dirty beyond that.
Is this fact of any use to me? E.g. in search engine optimisation?

Here are the key points in a nutshell.

Removal of Google Links

david123 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:52:07 GMT

Eight years ago I was convicted of downloading indecent images and given a one year suspended sentence. This was reported in the local paper and was picked up by a couple vigilante web sites which copied and pasted the story along with phot

Just when I thought it was almost over

xDanx — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:36:47 GMT

Good Afternoon all

Here I am once again to vent some frustration over recent events, I was hoping I never had to go down this route but sadly I do not see any other way. I have submitted to Google that I be removed from being searched.

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Success with Google Effect! The forcefield is down.

Harmless — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:33:05 GMT

Ok, I don't know how this translates into practical advice, but...if you feel your lives would be made several times easier if not for the Google Effect, take heart!

A 2016 article about me in the Edinburgh Evening News, which always used to be n

Spreading my name

Fylde-boy — Thu, 11 May 2023 14:33:20 GMT

I have a request in with the court to vary an order. The order was made when I lived at address A but I have lived at various addresses, having spent the last 5 years at address B. I have notified the court and police of address B.
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Problem with Google removals - IMPORTANT READ!

simonUnLCK3837 — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:24:21 GMT

I've had really good success with all search engines over recent months but kept spotting articles seemingly 'reappearing' back in Google's search results.

On further investigation it seems that Google will only remove searches against a name and

Successful removal from Google

Who.me — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:51:35 GMT

I was prompted to explore the options for removing Google search results earlier this week, after media stories about my previous conviction prevented me from being appointed to the vice-chairmanship of my trade body, the board of which I already sit on.

Google De listing

Simon1983 — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:46:36 GMT

May not be something for this group, but may open decision around the google effect,

as ex offenders google And the ICO drag us through the mill to try and get our information removed, and most times with little success.

yet in the

Perceiving spent-ness as exoneration (e.g. for delistings)?

Harmless — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:34:41 GMT

Changes made last year to the ROA in Scotland, have halved the amount of time it will take for my convictions to become spent, from 10 down to 5 years.

As a consequence my 2016 conviction will be spent next year, five years earlier than it

Spent convictions available to view on Google

Marsbar88 — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:08:29 GMT

Hi, I think more attention needs to placed on the google effect. It's a massive issue which impacts loads of people. I have a spent conviction, but recently I faced an awkward conversation when someone I know had googled me- presumably to see how I was do

New EU ruling re: Google de-listings

Yankee — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:27:23 GMT

In a ruling yesterday, the EU confirmed that Google do not have to de-list search results for Google sites outside the EU such as Google.com unless they are being accessed from within the EU. So even if Google agree to de-list after your request, will sti

ECJ considering extending right to be forgotten laws beyond EU

Yankee — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:28:42 GMT

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