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Has anyone had success removing links from Bing?

david123 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:44:23 GMT

Google removed links to my name over four years ago but Bing are refusing to do the same. They are using the 'Public interest' excuse. I have applied to the ICO but they are a waste of time just backing what Bing are saying. I know Bing has a small user b

Google Removals Journey

khafka — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:40:23 GMT

Hey folks,

I thought I'd document my second attempt at trying to get search results about me removed in the hopes it may help someone in the future and give a bit of a realistic overview of what actually happens.

So a quick recap of the

Internet Searches Deletion Companies

BeKind — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:33:01 GMT

Hi all, Does anyone have experiences of using the paid for services of companies that provide internet deletion services please? I’ve attempted removal requests with Google but my success has been limited. I’m curious if these companies might be more ef

Google RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN

Good man — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:02:45 GMT

Hi guys, im new on here and would like some advice on a few things but todays first enquiry is about how to have Google take down any links regarding news about my conviction. My conviction from about 4 years ago now was being in possession of indecent im

ICO refusal to ask Google to remove links

david123 — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:58:33 GMT

Six years ago I was convicted of downloading indecent images and given a 1 year suspended sentence and 10 years SHPO and 10 years on the SOR. This was reported in the local press and was picked up by a couple of vigilante sites who copied and pasted the s

"thefreelibrary.com" Article Resurgance

alexh07 — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:38:01 GMT

My conviction was originally reported in local press and was discoverable on Google for the first year or so in 2019. For the last 2-3 years I have been unable to find my court case article by googling my name and town

Now all of a sudden it has

Sport board file published

Travel10 — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:07:51 GMT

I was previous a member of the national board for a sport in which they publish online every quarter to local clubs a list of suspended members. My conviction is spent from 14 years ago but when you google my name it appears on this file they publish of b

Bing and google refused to Allow Me to Be Forgotten

Harry53 — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:01:57 GMT

I applied to both as my sexual conviction is now spent. I have 5 more years on the SOR. Both turned me down.

I thought I had the right to be forgotten and to have my name removed from the websites reporting me ? According to them they feel

ICO Delisting request

LostSole — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:37:09 GMT

Good afternoon,

I recently applied to the ICO to have several links removed from google search results due to the negative impact they are having on my life. To cut a long story short I was a public servant when I was arrested for a criminal offe

Google Effect - Good News Story

Yankee — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:19:38 GMT

Hi all,

Thought I'd share something positive and reassure everyone that there may be light at the end of the tunnel... My conviction recently became spent and with an uncommon name, I had fallen victim to the google effect previously.

I

Can the PPU refuse my request to see their report on me?

RunningMan — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:53:48 GMT

Hello
This year I successfully had my SOPO discharged early: https://forum.unlock.org.uk/Topic24362.aspx My PPU Officer wrote a re

Tried... and Failed :(

link — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:09:03 GMT

Hi,

It recently came to my attention that a rather unsavoury website had made reference to my conviction many years after the fact, following this I became aware that information relating to my past had jumped back up the search ranks putting my

The Google Effect

Square — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:58:48 GMT

Hello,
I applied to Google to have links removed, and failed. By all accounts there is 'substantial public interest' in what has been written about me. I have many thoughts about the whole situation, and in a way I can see Google's point, however they

Possible legal remedies for the online publication of spent convictions

Deb S — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:14:40 GMT

If you have a spent conviction and are suffering reputational harm or distress as a result of material about that conviction being published online ad/or which features in online searches against your name, legal remedies may be available.

We are

Google Effect - Advice Needed

RunningMan — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 19:33:13 GMT

Hello
Last week my unspent criminal convictions came to my employer's attention (and to all the other staff) due to the 'Google Effect'. Thankfully, I declared them on my application form when I applied for the job 18 months ago - the employer checked

Removal of news stories after conviction spent....

Jim S — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:37:59 GMT

Anyone had any experience of trying to ask for news stories about their offence to be removed after their conviction is spent?

I suspect that once it's out there you don't have any realistic chance of it not being somewhere on the net, but i

Online newspaper article about my crime... Will it be (potentially) on the internet forever?

Leigh — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:33:23 GMT

Hi,

I was convicted of assault 8 years ago, and details of my conviction were reported in a 'professional/trade' newspaper. I've just discovered this, and it was a bit of a shock to me ( a friend told me!) Whatsmore, this article can still be acces

Back to square one

Loxley22 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:55:16 GMT

hi, im new to the forum so forgive any mistakes regarding the rules.
in 2004 I was convicted of offences I can't disclose, I served my sentence, completed all programs amd probation appointments, moved to a new town, got a nice job, settled down and qu