﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>theForum » Information on the internet » The Google effect » Applying to have links removed from internet searches  » Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><generator>InstantForum 2016-2 Final</generator><description>theForum</description><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/</link><webMaster>theForum</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:47:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35501.aspx</link><description>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 effective. Any advice or personal feedback would be greatly appreciated please!

Thanks </description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:33:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>BeKind</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35594.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35593" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1755221503464"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35593" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35593" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35593" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;RunningMan - 14 Aug 25 4:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35593"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Thanks khafka - that helps reassure me. I have picked up several more URLs just today and emailed Google using their original reply. Thankfully, they are responding very quickly to these new ones.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35593"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;No problem! Happy to help! :)&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, in my experience I've found them to be pretty quick when emailing the URLs, usually ~24 hour turnaround however sometimes they can take a few days but generally speaking I'm okay with that as I know they'll almost certainly be removed eventually.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:33:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35593.aspx</link><description>Thanks khafka - that helps reassure me. I have picked up several more URLs just today and emailed Google using their original reply. Thankfully, they are responding very quickly to these new ones.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:44:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>RunningMan</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35591.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35589" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1755132515384"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35589" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35589" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35589" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;RunningMan - 13 Aug 25 3:30 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35589"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Hello. I successfully applied to Google to have some URLs removed - thanks to Unlock for the info and advice covering the process. It really helped and saved me money too. After a four week wait they replied and removed them. A positive win! But, I then did some digging on the internet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"&gt;Just my name brings up a 'clean' search result BUT I &lt;/span&gt;found that some other URLs show up when I put in my name (e.g. 'Andrew Brown') &lt;strong&gt;and follow it with a further search parameter &lt;/strong&gt;related to me like my previous job (e.g. 'Accountant').&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;When I submitted the original removal request form to Google I included all of these parameters for every possible variation of my name even including descriptors like 'pervert', 'sex offender' etc to try and cover this eventuality. Unless these URLs appeared since I submitted that form, I am baffled as to why these are now showing up. Any advice from those in the know?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;RM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35589"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It basically just depends how they're indexed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The fact Google removed URLs is great and helps you moving forward but you will basically be playing whack-a-mole for a while. I got all mind removed a little while ago but a new website popped up which is indexing on Google in a weird way, the URL is the exactly the same each time except there's a different "Category" number at the end, so whenever a new one pops up I just email back to Google and they remove it fairly quickly. This is the only website where my stuff appears and hopefully the categories will run out soon enough.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Keep the confirmation email you got from Google confirming the initial removals and just reply to that each time, you don't have to fill out the form for these new ones as you now have reference and a "history" as it were.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:51:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35589.aspx</link><description>Hello. I successfully applied to Google to have some URLs removed - thanks to Unlock for the info and advice covering the process. It really helped and saved me money too. After a four week wait they replied and removed them. A positive win! But, I then did some digging on the internet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"&gt;Just my name brings up a 'clean' search result BUT I &lt;/span&gt;found that some other URLs show up when I put in my name (e.g. 'Andrew Brown') &lt;strong&gt;and follow it with a further search parameter &lt;/strong&gt;related to me like my previous job (e.g. 'Accountant').&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;When I submitted the original removal request form to Google I included all of these parameters for every possible variation of my name even including descriptors like 'pervert', 'sex offender' etc to try and cover this eventuality. Unless these URLs appeared since I submitted that form, I am baffled as to why these are now showing up. Any advice from those in the know?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;RM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:30:45 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>RunningMan</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35574.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35570" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753793218445"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35570" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35570" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35570" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 29 Jul 25 12:12 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35570"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35565" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753793218445"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35565" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35565" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35565" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;AB2014 - 29 Jul 25 9:30 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35565"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35563" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753793218445"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 28 Jul 25 2:22 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35563"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35562" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753793218445"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 28 Jul 25 2:12 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35562"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753793218445"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35507" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753793218445"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 26 Jun 25 10:56 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35507"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hiya Please let me know the steps you took and if there was anything specific to write down on requests. I have a few local new paper articles which I need removing and my conviction is spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hey there, there are a couple of prerequisites to sort first.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentence must be spent&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You mention yours is, so that's great!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Y&lt;strong&gt;ou can't be a public/famous person&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a politician, famous musician, or even a prominent local businessman then you'll likely get rejected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A list of all the URLs you want removed&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spent a little bit of time Googling yourself under various parameters to make sure you catch everything. "John Smith, John Smith City, John Smith Sentenced, John Smith [CRIME]" you get the ide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you've gotten that sorted head to their removals form which you can access here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Irrelevance/Outdated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not in the Public Interest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have redacted some of the information here (personal info and stuff) but to give you an idea this is what I wrote:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;[quote]I request that the above URL link/s about me, should not be included as a search result for&lt;br/&gt;the following reasons:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Irrelevant - These are referencing a crime that happened nearly half a decade ago. My sentence has long been spent and under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 I am no longer seen as a danger to the public and should be treated as such.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Inappropriate - Some of these links, mainly the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ones are the result of harassment. The [REDACTED] account in question has also spent time coming to my home to harrass me as a result of these searches putting myself and loved ones at risk. It is also severely affecting my ability to get back into gainful employment and go back to being a productive member of society.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not In The Public Interest - I am not a famous or a public figure. As mentioned, this crime was nearly half a decade ago and it has been considered spent for years under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Some of the news sites have long since archived the links due to their irrelevance yet the archives still exist.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have spoken with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who have advised to approach you directly first for an amicable solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I do not received a satisfactory response, I will consider taking this matter further with the Information Commissioners Office.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NAME[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;YAHOOOOOOOO&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just want to say THANK YOU!!!!!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just got the below reply from google&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.We had a look at these URLs:&lt;br/&gt;We'll delist these URLs from search results for queries related to your name. We'll delist them in your country, and from other European versions of Google Search. It may take a few hours for this to happen.The content itself will still be online, but you can ask the site's webmaster to take it down. You can learn how to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;contact a site's webmaster&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on our Help Center.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Faaaaantastic! Great news! :D&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I will advise you keep a hold of that email reply moving forward. So if any other URLs pop up in future you just reply to that email with the URLs and they'll remove them without you having to fill out the forms and stuff again, saves you so much time and messing about.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chuffed for you though!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Also, don't forget to use &lt;a href="https://www.google.co.uk/alerts"&gt;Google Alerts&lt;/a&gt; (yes, I know it's ironic) to check for mentions of you online. That way, you don't need to keep checking, and you can use the reply &lt;strong&gt;khafka&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;mentioned to get Google to filter any future URLs.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35565"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I don't think I've set it up right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I set it up when you posted about it and set it to ping me once a week. I've definitely had Google results for me since setting it up but haven't actually received anything from Google to tell me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35570"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Well, you can always try again. Go for the maximum on each option, such as "as-it-happens" (and yes, I do know whose catchphrase that was.... 😮) for frequency. Don't be afraid to do separate alerts for names if you have a middle name, such as John Smith, John David Smith, David Smith, etc. If you are concerned about a website hosted outside the UK, you could do an alert for UK and another one for the hosting country (USA?). Better to set up alerts that you don't need than need alerts that you didn't set up.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:50:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>AB2014</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35571.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35566" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753787548161"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35566" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35566" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35566" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 29 Jul 25 10:09 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35566"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Brill, will do..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;todays plan is to hit Bing and Yahoo.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;if there are another web search providers I need to check please let me know. Again thanks again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35566"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I'd say Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo are the main ones ranked in terms of importance and userbase.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I'm just doing them search engine at a time, currently on Bing as they're being a pain in the arse about it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:13:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35570.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35565" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753787496513"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35565" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35565" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35565" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;AB2014 - 29 Jul 25 9:30 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35565"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35563" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753787496513"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 28 Jul 25 2:22 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35563"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35562" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753787496513"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 28 Jul 25 2:12 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35562"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753787496513"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35507" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753787496513"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 26 Jun 25 10:56 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35507"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hiya Please let me know the steps you took and if there was anything specific to write down on requests. I have a few local new paper articles which I need removing and my conviction is spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hey there, there are a couple of prerequisites to sort first.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentence must be spent&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You mention yours is, so that's great!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Y&lt;strong&gt;ou can't be a public/famous person&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a politician, famous musician, or even a prominent local businessman then you'll likely get rejected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A list of all the URLs you want removed&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spent a little bit of time Googling yourself under various parameters to make sure you catch everything. "John Smith, John Smith City, John Smith Sentenced, John Smith [CRIME]" you get the ide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you've gotten that sorted head to their removals form which you can access here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Irrelevance/Outdated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not in the Public Interest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have redacted some of the information here (personal info and stuff) but to give you an idea this is what I wrote:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;[quote]I request that the above URL link/s about me, should not be included as a search result for&lt;br/&gt;the following reasons:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Irrelevant - These are referencing a crime that happened nearly half a decade ago. My sentence has long been spent and under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 I am no longer seen as a danger to the public and should be treated as such.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Inappropriate - Some of these links, mainly the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ones are the result of harassment. The [REDACTED] account in question has also spent time coming to my home to harrass me as a result of these searches putting myself and loved ones at risk. It is also severely affecting my ability to get back into gainful employment and go back to being a productive member of society.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not In The Public Interest - I am not a famous or a public figure. As mentioned, this crime was nearly half a decade ago and it has been considered spent for years under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Some of the news sites have long since archived the links due to their irrelevance yet the archives still exist.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have spoken with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who have advised to approach you directly first for an amicable solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I do not received a satisfactory response, I will consider taking this matter further with the Information Commissioners Office.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NAME[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;YAHOOOOOOOO&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just want to say THANK YOU!!!!!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just got the below reply from google&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.We had a look at these URLs:&lt;br/&gt;We'll delist these URLs from search results for queries related to your name. We'll delist them in your country, and from other European versions of Google Search. It may take a few hours for this to happen.The content itself will still be online, but you can ask the site's webmaster to take it down. You can learn how to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;contact a site's webmaster&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on our Help Center.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Faaaaantastic! Great news! :D&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I will advise you keep a hold of that email reply moving forward. So if any other URLs pop up in future you just reply to that email with the URLs and they'll remove them without you having to fill out the forms and stuff again, saves you so much time and messing about.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chuffed for you though!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Also, don't forget to use &lt;a href="https://www.google.co.uk/alerts"&gt;Google Alerts&lt;/a&gt; (yes, I know it's ironic) to check for mentions of you online. That way, you don't need to keep checking, and you can use the reply &lt;strong&gt;khafka&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;mentioned to get Google to filter any future URLs.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35565"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I don't think I've set it up right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I set it up when you posted about it and set it to ping me once a week. I've definitely had Google results for me since setting it up but haven't actually received anything from Google to tell me.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:12:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35566.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35565" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753780078946"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35565" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35565" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35565" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;AB2014 - 29 Jul 25 9:30 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35565"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35563" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753780078946"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 28 Jul 25 2:22 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35563"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35562" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753780078946"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 28 Jul 25 2:12 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35562"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753780078946"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35507" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753780078946"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 26 Jun 25 10:56 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35507"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hiya Please let me know the steps you took and if there was anything specific to write down on requests. I have a few local new paper articles which I need removing and my conviction is spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hey there, there are a couple of prerequisites to sort first.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentence must be spent&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You mention yours is, so that's great!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Y&lt;strong&gt;ou can't be a public/famous person&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a politician, famous musician, or even a prominent local businessman then you'll likely get rejected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A list of all the URLs you want removed&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spent a little bit of time Googling yourself under various parameters to make sure you catch everything. "John Smith, John Smith City, John Smith Sentenced, John Smith [CRIME]" you get the ide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you've gotten that sorted head to their removals form which you can access here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Irrelevance/Outdated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not in the Public Interest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have redacted some of the information here (personal info and stuff) but to give you an idea this is what I wrote:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;[quote]I request that the above URL link/s about me, should not be included as a search result for&lt;br/&gt;the following reasons:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Irrelevant - These are referencing a crime that happened nearly half a decade ago. My sentence has long been spent and under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 I am no longer seen as a danger to the public and should be treated as such.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Inappropriate - Some of these links, mainly the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ones are the result of harassment. The [REDACTED] account in question has also spent time coming to my home to harrass me as a result of these searches putting myself and loved ones at risk. It is also severely affecting my ability to get back into gainful employment and go back to being a productive member of society.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not In The Public Interest - I am not a famous or a public figure. As mentioned, this crime was nearly half a decade ago and it has been considered spent for years under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Some of the news sites have long since archived the links due to their irrelevance yet the archives still exist.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have spoken with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who have advised to approach you directly first for an amicable solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I do not received a satisfactory response, I will consider taking this matter further with the Information Commissioners Office.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NAME[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;YAHOOOOOOOO&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just want to say THANK YOU!!!!!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just got the below reply from google&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.We had a look at these URLs:&lt;br/&gt;We'll delist these URLs from search results for queries related to your name. We'll delist them in your country, and from other European versions of Google Search. It may take a few hours for this to happen.The content itself will still be online, but you can ask the site's webmaster to take it down. You can learn how to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;contact a site's webmaster&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on our Help Center.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Faaaaantastic! Great news! :D&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I will advise you keep a hold of that email reply moving forward. So if any other URLs pop up in future you just reply to that email with the URLs and they'll remove them without you having to fill out the forms and stuff again, saves you so much time and messing about.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chuffed for you though!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Also, don't forget to use &lt;a href="https://www.google.co.uk/alerts"&gt;Google Alerts&lt;/a&gt; (yes, I know it's ironic) to check for mentions of you online. That way, you don't need to keep checking, and you can use the reply &lt;strong&gt;khafka&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;mentioned to get Google to filter any future URLs.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35565"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Brill, will do..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;todays plan is to hit Bing and Yahoo.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;if there are another web search providers I need to check please let me know. Again thanks again.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:09:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>O Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35565.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35563" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753777670102"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35563" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 28 Jul 25 2:22 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35563"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35562" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753777670102"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 28 Jul 25 2:12 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35562"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753777670102"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35507" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753777670102"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 26 Jun 25 10:56 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35507"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hiya Please let me know the steps you took and if there was anything specific to write down on requests. I have a few local new paper articles which I need removing and my conviction is spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hey there, there are a couple of prerequisites to sort first.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentence must be spent&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You mention yours is, so that's great!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Y&lt;strong&gt;ou can't be a public/famous person&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a politician, famous musician, or even a prominent local businessman then you'll likely get rejected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A list of all the URLs you want removed&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spent a little bit of time Googling yourself under various parameters to make sure you catch everything. "John Smith, John Smith City, John Smith Sentenced, John Smith [CRIME]" you get the ide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you've gotten that sorted head to their removals form which you can access here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Irrelevance/Outdated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not in the Public Interest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have redacted some of the information here (personal info and stuff) but to give you an idea this is what I wrote:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;[quote]I request that the above URL link/s about me, should not be included as a search result for&lt;br/&gt;the following reasons:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Irrelevant - These are referencing a crime that happened nearly half a decade ago. My sentence has long been spent and under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 I am no longer seen as a danger to the public and should be treated as such.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Inappropriate - Some of these links, mainly the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ones are the result of harassment. The [REDACTED] account in question has also spent time coming to my home to harrass me as a result of these searches putting myself and loved ones at risk. It is also severely affecting my ability to get back into gainful employment and go back to being a productive member of society.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not In The Public Interest - I am not a famous or a public figure. As mentioned, this crime was nearly half a decade ago and it has been considered spent for years under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Some of the news sites have long since archived the links due to their irrelevance yet the archives still exist.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have spoken with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who have advised to approach you directly first for an amicable solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I do not received a satisfactory response, I will consider taking this matter further with the Information Commissioners Office.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NAME[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;YAHOOOOOOOO&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just want to say THANK YOU!!!!!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just got the below reply from google&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.We had a look at these URLs:&lt;br/&gt;We'll delist these URLs from search results for queries related to your name. We'll delist them in your country, and from other European versions of Google Search. It may take a few hours for this to happen.The content itself will still be online, but you can ask the site's webmaster to take it down. You can learn how to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;contact a site's webmaster&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on our Help Center.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Faaaaantastic! Great news! :D&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I will advise you keep a hold of that email reply moving forward. So if any other URLs pop up in future you just reply to that email with the URLs and they'll remove them without you having to fill out the forms and stuff again, saves you so much time and messing about.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chuffed for you though!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35563"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Also, don't forget to use &lt;a href="https://www.google.co.uk/alerts"&gt;Google Alerts&lt;/a&gt; (yes, I know it's ironic) to check for mentions of you online. That way, you don't need to keep checking, and you can use the reply &lt;strong&gt;khafka&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;mentioned to get Google to filter any future URLs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:30:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>AB2014</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35563.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35562" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753708821156"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35562" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 28 Jul 25 2:12 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35562"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753708821156"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35507" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753708821156"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 26 Jun 25 10:56 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35507"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hiya Please let me know the steps you took and if there was anything specific to write down on requests. I have a few local new paper articles which I need removing and my conviction is spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hey there, there are a couple of prerequisites to sort first.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentence must be spent&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You mention yours is, so that's great!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Y&lt;strong&gt;ou can't be a public/famous person&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a politician, famous musician, or even a prominent local businessman then you'll likely get rejected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A list of all the URLs you want removed&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spent a little bit of time Googling yourself under various parameters to make sure you catch everything. "John Smith, John Smith City, John Smith Sentenced, John Smith [CRIME]" you get the ide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you've gotten that sorted head to their removals form which you can access here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The form is fairly self-explanatory and simple enough to navigate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Irrelevance/Outdated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not in the Public Interest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have redacted some of the information here (personal info and stuff) but to give you an idea this is what I wrote:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;[quote]I request that the above URL link/s about me, should not be included as a search result for&lt;br/&gt;the following reasons:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Irrelevant - These are referencing a crime that happened nearly half a decade ago. My sentence has long been spent and under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 I am no longer seen as a danger to the public and should be treated as such.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Inappropriate - Some of these links, mainly the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ones are the result of harassment. The [REDACTED] account in question has also spent time coming to my home to harrass me as a result of these searches putting myself and loved ones at risk. It is also severely affecting my ability to get back into gainful employment and go back to being a productive member of society.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not In The Public Interest - I am not a famous or a public figure. As mentioned, this crime was nearly half a decade ago and it has been considered spent for years under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Some of the news sites have long since archived the links due to their irrelevance yet the archives still exist.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have spoken with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who have advised to approach you directly first for an amicable solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I do not received a satisfactory response, I will consider taking this matter further with the Information Commissioners Office.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NAME[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;YAHOOOOOOOO&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just want to say THANK YOU!!!!!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just got the below reply from google&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.We had a look at these URLs:&lt;br/&gt;We'll delist these URLs from search results for queries related to your name. We'll delist them in your country, and from other European versions of Google Search. It may take a few hours for this to happen.The content itself will still be online, but you can ask the site's webmaster to take it down. You can learn how to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;contact a site's webmaster&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on our Help Center.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35562"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Faaaaantastic! Great news! :D&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I will advise you keep a hold of that email reply moving forward. So if any other URLs pop up in future you just reply to that email with the URLs and they'll remove them without you having to fill out the forms and stuff again, saves you so much time and messing about.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chuffed for you though!&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:22:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35562.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753708201147"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35507" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753708201147"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35507" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;O Brown - 26 Jun 25 10:56 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35507"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hiya Please let me know the steps you took and if there was anything specific to write down on requests. I have a few local new paper articles which I need removing and my conviction is spent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35507"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hey there, there are a couple of prerequisites to sort first.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentence must be spent&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You mention yours is, so that's great!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Y&lt;strong&gt;ou can't be a public/famous person&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a politician, famous musician, or even a prominent local businessman then you'll likely get rejected&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A list of all the URLs you want removed&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spent a little bit of time Googling yourself under various parameters to make sure you catch everything. "John Smith, John Smith City, John Smith Sentenced, John Smith [CRIME]" you get the ide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you've gotten that sorted head to their removals form which you can access here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;&lt;a href="https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf"&gt;https://reportcontent.google.com/forms/rtbf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The form is fairly self-explanatory and simple enough to navigate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Irrelevance/Outdated&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not in the Public Interest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have redacted some of the information here (personal info and stuff) but to give you an idea this is what I wrote:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;[quote]I request that the above URL link/s about me, should not be included as a search result for&lt;br/&gt;the following reasons:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Irrelevant - These are referencing a crime that happened nearly half a decade ago. My sentence has long been spent and under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 I am no longer seen as a danger to the public and should be treated as such.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Inappropriate - Some of these links, mainly the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] ones are the result of harassment. The [REDACTED] account in question has also spent time coming to my home to harrass me as a result of these searches putting myself and loved ones at risk. It is also severely affecting my ability to get back into gainful employment and go back to being a productive member of society.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not In The Public Interest - I am not a famous or a public figure. As mentioned, this crime was nearly half a decade ago and it has been considered spent for years under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Some of the news sites have long since archived the links due to their irrelevance yet the archives still exist.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have spoken with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who have advised to approach you directly first for an amicable solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I do not received a satisfactory response, I will consider taking this matter further with the Information Commissioners Office.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yours faithfully,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NAME[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;YAHOOOOOOOO&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just want to say THANK YOU!!!!!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just got the below reply from google&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.We had a look at these URLs:&lt;br/&gt;We'll delist these URLs from search results for queries related to your name. We'll delist them in your country, and from other European versions of Google Search. It may take a few hours for this to happen.The content itself will still be online, but you can ask the site's webmaster to take it down. You can learn how to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9109" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;contact a site's webmaster&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on our Help Center.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:12:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>O Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35561.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35558" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1753698235904"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35558" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35558" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35558" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;BeKind - 25 Jul 25 4:47 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35558"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Thanks for your help, it’s has taken Google 3 weeks to remove links but now gone !Does anyone know if it possible to remove Google autocomplete searches of your name or do these disappear over time please?Thanks&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35558"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Auto-complete search results are based on the volume of search requests over the preceding 90 days. They're not (to my knowledge) covered by the RTBF.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;There's also a "local" cookie Google uses on your devices to track your own search history - so it may be that the autocomplete is more prominent (ie happens further back in the word) for you than it would for others. Over time, as the total amount of search results undertaken using your name falls (as less information will be hopefully be available, so people less likely to search often), the likelihood of your name showing in autocomplete will also reduce.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:28:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Evan Davis</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35558.aspx</link><description>Thanks for your help, it’s has taken Google 3 weeks to remove links but now gone !

Does anyone know if it possible to remove Google autocomplete searches of your name or do these disappear over time please?

Thanks</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:47:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>BeKind</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35555.aspx</link><description>I'm sure I read somewhere that someone went to the actual newspaper that posted the article online and asked them to take it down. Once everything is spent. Has anyone ever heard of that. I wondered if I should use one of the internet deletion companies and ask them is that something they do or have had any luck with it.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:19:04 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Aradia</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35538.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35537" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752752932368"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35537" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35537" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35537" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 16 Jul 25 4:33 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35537"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35536" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752752932368"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35536" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35536" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35536" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;marcovanba - 16 Jul 25 4:30 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35536"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;How long do Bing / Yahoo usually take to reply to a 1st enquiry?&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35536"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just checked on my last attempt. About 1 week.&lt;br/&gt;Request sent off on the 11th of April and got my response on the 19th.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35537"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Been waiting way longer than that, will chase them up... thanks for replying</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:49:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marcovanba</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35537.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35536" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752679953644"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35536" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35536" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35536" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;marcovanba - 16 Jul 25 4:30 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35536"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;How long do Bing / Yahoo usually take to reply to a 1st enquiry?&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35536"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just checked on my last attempt. About 1 week.&lt;br/&gt;Request sent off on the 11th of April and got my response on the 19th.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:33:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35536.aspx</link><description>How long do Bing / Yahoo usually take to reply to a 1st enquiry?</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:30:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marcovanba</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35535.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35534" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752410217886"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35534" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35534" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35534" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;david123 - 13 Jul 25 9:24 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35534"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;I've had the same issues with the myredrose&amp;nbsp; website but Google have removed the new ULRs when requested. Has anyone had successes with removing links from Bing\Yahoo? Google have agreed to remove links to my spent conviction but Bing and Yahoo have been using the "Still in the public interest" reason for not removing the links, The ICO is a waste of time every time I contact them they side with Bing and Yahoo, I think once they know you are classed as a SO they don't want to know.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35534"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, Google have thankfully removed the red rose ones without any fuss and (touch wood) that's me clear for a bit there now on Google.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I approached Bing a few months ago and was given the "public interest" pish as well. I did lodge it with ICO in April but I'm still waiting to hear back, I chased them up in May and was advised they were behind and just starting to pick up January-February case work at that point so I'm probably looking about August-September before I get any movement on that.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I do remember a while ago when I first tried to get the results moved Google refused due to public interest so I went to ICO and it was a disaster as t hey ended up passing on my complaint and contact details to one of those offender register websites basically saying "Hey, this guy wants you to take down the post about him!" - I'll give you two guesses how that went down. I raised a complaint with ICO at the time but they didn't really seem to give a fuck either.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not tried Yahoo yet, my plan was to focus on each search engine individually otherwise I could see myself getting into a bit of a mess.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:41:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35534.aspx</link><description>I've had the same issues with the myredrose&amp;nbsp; website but Google have removed the new ULRs when requested. Has anyone had successes with removing links from Bing\Yahoo? Google have agreed to remove links to my spent conviction but Bing and Yahoo have been using the "Still in the public interest" reason for not removing the links, The ICO is a waste of time every time I contact them they side with Bing and Yahoo, I think once they know you are classed as a SO they don't want to know.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 09:24:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>david123</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35533.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35532" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35532" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35532" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35532" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;xDanx - 12 Jul 25 8:32 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35532"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35531" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35531" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35531" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35531" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 12 Jul 25 4:43 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35531"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35525" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35525" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35525" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35525" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 9 Jul 25 12:06 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35525"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35524" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35524" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35524" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35524" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 9 Jul 25 9:47 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35524"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35521" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35521" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35521" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35521" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 8 Jul 25 8:14 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35521"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35520" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35520" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35520" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35520" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 8 Jul 25 1:56 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35520"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35513" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35513" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35513" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35513" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 1 Jul 25 4:00 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35513"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35512" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35512" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35512" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35512" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 30 Jun 25 11:16 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35512"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752373902955"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Have you done the additional ones recently? I had a few links removed from my initial request then any subsequent ones that popped up were removed simply by replying to the original email. I noticed a new one the other day (same source, an archive page with a slight mention) so emailed but i've heard nothing back in nearly two weeks, despite chasing.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35512"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not super recently, thankfully I wasn't reported on too much so it limits the potential for the spread.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Most recent I flagged up on the 11th of April (2025) and got a reply on the 18th of April that it have been removed, which is definitely longer than usual.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35513"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just for reference here I have finally had a reply removing it. The total time for a response was over 3 weeks which had me worried when normally it's in the realms of 3 hours!&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35520"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You've just reminded me to have a wee check and 4 URLs have popped up&amp;nbsp;😬&lt;br/&gt;Seems to be Google's weird way of showing them as they're URLs they've removed in the past but these have a mobile prefix despite being on desktop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Either way, pinged them off to Google so interesting to see how long it is for me!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35521"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It's Google's way of indexing. They choose a 'canonical' main version of the URL and index that. When you remove it they then work their way down the list to the next one. I'm on version 5 or 6 of the same article. It's a bit whack a mole but easy enough.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35524"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, thought as much. You can tell by the URL just being slightly different it's obviously the same article. For example some more have now popped up since those removals with&amp;nbsp;https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/[MY NAME]?category=14, then when that is removed a new one pops up like&amp;nbsp;https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/[MY NAME]?category=9 and so on, mostly seem to be this one new website that started up in November 2024. Feel a bit aggrieved they added me to their database (that totally isn't a database, honest, police!) as my offence was spent as of February 2023 so I was a free man for about a year and a half prior to their website starting up, their website also seems to have a section on an offenders 'profile' where they add in their social media profiles. Surely there's some kind of harassment/legal issue there? ... But I digress.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Got the alert setup to ping me weekly though so fingers crossed I got that setup right!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Actually, the more I think about it the more that website annoys me - I've sent an enquiry off to Police Scotland to see what their stance is on it as they're not just linking to news articles as others appear to do as some kind of alleged 'legal loophole'.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35525"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thought I'd also follow up on this as I actually just had a call back from Police Scotland about it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The short summary is:&lt;/strong&gt; There are no harassment laws in Scotland, them publishing personal information such as phone numbers and addresses is perfectly legal. Only if something happens off the back of it will/can they step in and typically it'd only be the person doing the attack that would be dealt with - The person facilitating it isn't liable which seems a bit odd to me but I digress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We had a bit of a debate about over it and I likened it to drug dealing in how it makes more sense to go after the drug dealers as a higher priority than those doing drugs but they weren't interested. They also reiterated that they'd be in the police for 20 years (as it meant something) and that there is no harassment law in Scotland, which is verifiably false as here it is, covered under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;"&gt;https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35531"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What about the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act? Once a conviction becomes spent, you then have a legal right to live as if the conviction never happened. Could the ROA not be used in such a way to stop the website from publishing and repeatedly altering the links?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;:edit&lt;br/&gt;I looked into it further and apparently not, ROA can not prevent other websites from publishing spent convictions. I think something should be done about that as if you have a legal right to live as if the conviction never happened, how can you if websites such as these are allowed to retain / publish data?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35532"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, it sucks but it's a discussion and issue for someone with a bigger brain and a higher bank balance than me to resolve! haha&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;To be fair to the website - I'm not convinced they were manually altering the links with the numbers, I feel it's just an automatic thing their CMS does for indexing purposes and likely due to the categories assigned on the article they made. Google don't notify webmasters when they remove a search result and "my" profile page looks to have been completely inactive since the day it was posted.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As an aside, I'm looking to potentially be quite cheeky though if I can get away with it. Their domain expires on the 26th of November this year, got a reminder set to see if I can snipe it lol.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 03:36:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35532.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35531" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35531" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35531" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35531" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 12 Jul 25 4:43 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35531"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35525" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35525" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35525" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35525" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 9 Jul 25 12:06 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35525"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35524" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35524" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35524" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35524" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 9 Jul 25 9:47 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35524"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35521" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35521" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35521" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35521" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 8 Jul 25 8:14 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35521"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35520" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35520" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35520" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35520" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 8 Jul 25 1:56 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35520"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35513" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35513" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35513" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35513" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 1 Jul 25 4:00 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35513"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35512" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35512" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35512" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35512" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 30 Jun 25 11:16 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35512"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752348345614"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Have you done the additional ones recently? I had a few links removed from my initial request then any subsequent ones that popped up were removed simply by replying to the original email. I noticed a new one the other day (same source, an archive page with a slight mention) so emailed but i've heard nothing back in nearly two weeks, despite chasing.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35512"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not super recently, thankfully I wasn't reported on too much so it limits the potential for the spread.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Most recent I flagged up on the 11th of April (2025) and got a reply on the 18th of April that it have been removed, which is definitely longer than usual.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35513"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just for reference here I have finally had a reply removing it. The total time for a response was over 3 weeks which had me worried when normally it's in the realms of 3 hours!&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35520"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You've just reminded me to have a wee check and 4 URLs have popped up&amp;nbsp;😬&lt;br/&gt;Seems to be Google's weird way of showing them as they're URLs they've removed in the past but these have a mobile prefix despite being on desktop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Either way, pinged them off to Google so interesting to see how long it is for me!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35521"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It's Google's way of indexing. They choose a 'canonical' main version of the URL and index that. When you remove it they then work their way down the list to the next one. I'm on version 5 or 6 of the same article. It's a bit whack a mole but easy enough.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35524"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, thought as much. You can tell by the URL just being slightly different it's obviously the same article. For example some more have now popped up since those removals with&amp;nbsp;https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/[MY NAME]?category=14, then when that is removed a new one pops up like&amp;nbsp;https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/[MY NAME]?category=9 and so on, mostly seem to be this one new website that started up in November 2024. Feel a bit aggrieved they added me to their database (that totally isn't a database, honest, police!) as my offence was spent as of February 2023 so I was a free man for about a year and a half prior to their website starting up, their website also seems to have a section on an offenders 'profile' where they add in their social media profiles. Surely there's some kind of harassment/legal issue there? ... But I digress.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Got the alert setup to ping me weekly though so fingers crossed I got that setup right!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Actually, the more I think about it the more that website annoys me - I've sent an enquiry off to Police Scotland to see what their stance is on it as they're not just linking to news articles as others appear to do as some kind of alleged 'legal loophole'.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35525"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thought I'd also follow up on this as I actually just had a call back from Police Scotland about it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The short summary is:&lt;/strong&gt; There are no harassment laws in Scotland, them publishing personal information such as phone numbers and addresses is perfectly legal. Only if something happens off the back of it will/can they step in and typically it'd only be the person doing the attack that would be dealt with - The person facilitating it isn't liable which seems a bit odd to me but I digress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We had a bit of a debate about over it and I likened it to drug dealing in how it makes more sense to go after the drug dealers as a higher priority than those doing drugs but they weren't interested. They also reiterated that they'd be in the police for 20 years (as it meant something) and that there is no harassment law in Scotland, which is verifiably false as here it is, covered under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;"&gt;https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35531"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What about the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act? Once a conviction becomes spent, you then have a legal right to live as if the conviction never happened. Could the ROA not be used in such a way to stop the website from publishing and repeatedly altering the links?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;:edit&lt;br/&gt;I looked into it further and apparently not, ROA can not prevent other websites from publishing spent convictions. I think something should be done about that as if you have a legal right to live as if the conviction never happened, how can you if websites such as these are allowed to retain / publish data?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:32:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>xDanx</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35531.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35525" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35525" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35525" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35525" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 9 Jul 25 12:06 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35525"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35524" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35524" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35524" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35524" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 9 Jul 25 9:47 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35524"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35521" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35521" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35521" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35521" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 8 Jul 25 8:14 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35521"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35520" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35520" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35520" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35520" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 8 Jul 25 1:56 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35520"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35513" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35513" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35513" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35513" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 1 Jul 25 4:00 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35513"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35512" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35512" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35512" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35512" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;tedstriker - 30 Jun 25 11:16 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35512"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="35508" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752334558188"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35508" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 26 Jun 25 1:44 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35508"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Took about 2-3 weeks from what I remember to get an initial response, I then got an email back saying they'll removed them all. From then on all I do is reply to that email with any new links that pop up and they're gone in like 24-48 hours.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35508"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Have you done the additional ones recently? I had a few links removed from my initial request then any subsequent ones that popped up were removed simply by replying to the original email. I noticed a new one the other day (same source, an archive page with a slight mention) so emailed but i've heard nothing back in nearly two weeks, despite chasing.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35512"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Not super recently, thankfully I wasn't reported on too much so it limits the potential for the spread.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Most recent I flagged up on the 11th of April (2025) and got a reply on the 18th of April that it have been removed, which is definitely longer than usual.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35513"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Just for reference here I have finally had a reply removing it. The total time for a response was over 3 weeks which had me worried when normally it's in the realms of 3 hours!&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35520"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You've just reminded me to have a wee check and 4 URLs have popped up&amp;nbsp;😬&lt;br/&gt;Seems to be Google's weird way of showing them as they're URLs they've removed in the past but these have a mobile prefix despite being on desktop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Either way, pinged them off to Google so interesting to see how long it is for me!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35521"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It's Google's way of indexing. They choose a 'canonical' main version of the URL and index that. When you remove it they then work their way down the list to the next one. I'm on version 5 or 6 of the same article. It's a bit whack a mole but easy enough.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35524"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, thought as much. You can tell by the URL just being slightly different it's obviously the same article. For example some more have now popped up since those removals with&amp;nbsp;https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/[MY NAME]?category=14, then when that is removed a new one pops up like&amp;nbsp;https://madebyredrose.co.uk/abuser/[MY NAME]?category=9 and so on, mostly seem to be this one new website that started up in November 2024. Feel a bit aggrieved they added me to their database (that totally isn't a database, honest, police!) as my offence was spent as of February 2023 so I was a free man for about a year and a half prior to their website starting up, their website also seems to have a section on an offenders 'profile' where they add in their social media profiles. Surely there's some kind of harassment/legal issue there? ... But I digress.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Got the alert setup to ping me weekly though so fingers crossed I got that setup right!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Actually, the more I think about it the more that website annoys me - I've sent an enquiry off to Police Scotland to see what their stance is on it as they're not just linking to news articles as others appear to do as some kind of alleged 'legal loophole'.&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35525"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thought I'd also follow up on this as I actually just had a call back from Police Scotland about it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The short summary is:&lt;/strong&gt; There are no harassment laws in Scotland, them publishing personal information such as phone numbers and addresses is perfectly legal. Only if something happens off the back of it will/can they step in and typically it'd only be the person doing the attack that would be dealt with - The person facilitating it isn't liable which seems a bit odd to me but I digress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We had a bit of a debate about over it and I likened it to drug dealing in how it makes more sense to go after the drug dealers as a higher priority than those doing drugs but they weren't interested. They also reiterated that they'd be in the police for 20 years (as it meant something) and that there is no harassment law in Scotland, which is verifiably false as here it is, covered under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland "&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;"&gt;https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/crossheading/scotland&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:43:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35530.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="35529" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1752267552992"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35529" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="35529" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="35529" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;khafka - 10 Jul 25 1:28 PM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-35529"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;I've been playing whack-a-mole all morning with these - Weird it seems to have just started happening too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;I'm up to 9 different numbers so far, I'm keeping a catalogue of them.&lt;br/&gt;They don't seem to be showing up sequentially either as here is the numbers in order as they popped up: 18, 16, 14, 9, 10, 17, 22, 19, 20&lt;br/&gt;Should maybe think about using them for my lottery picks...&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="35529"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thought I'd just update this in case anyone was on the edge of their seat wanting to know.&lt;br/&gt;For now it looks like that's it sorted, I had another number which I submitted, it was removed and so far nothing else has popped back up.&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:00:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Internet Searches Deletion Companies</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost35529.aspx</link><description>I've been playing whack-a-mole all morning with these - Weird it seems to have just started happening too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;I'm up to 9 different numbers so far, I'm keeping a catalogue of them.&lt;br/&gt;They don't seem to be showing up sequentially either as here is the numbers in order as they popped up: 18, 16, 14, 9, 10, 17, 22, 19, 20&lt;br/&gt;Should maybe think about using them for my lottery picks...&amp;nbsp;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:28:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>khafka</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>