Here’s the quick and dirty list of links to show how to go about removing personal images and content from google search ranks.
I recommend glancing through the entire post for suggestions on removing content picked up by Bing, Yahoo, other search engines, or from unscrupulous, expolitive websites:
- Google Page Removal Request
- Request Removal Of An Image Indexed In Google
- Information On Removing Data From A 3rd Party Site & Why You May Not Always Be Successful
- When NOT To Use Google’s URL Removal Tool
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So one day you’re casually searching your name to make sure the good ol’ online profile is spick and span, when you stumble across the unthinkable: personal information posted all over the place. It doesn’t matter if it’s credit card information or goofy pictures from a foggy evening out…web world’s got you with your proverbial, or maybe not so proverbial, pants down. If you’re in this position, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news: Your private info’s ‘out there’ and you’ll need to poke around to see how many other media outlets may have picked it up. [one_half] THE GOOD NEWS! Google gives you more control over removing private or confidential data from search results. 
[/one_half] [one_half_last][note]Ever tweet a tweet and thought better of it and hit delete? While you can delete your tweet from Twitter, there are sites that scrape your public tweets and repost them in their own site. Deleting in Twitter will not delete it everywhere if it was picked up and reposted. This is a good example of another media outlet picking up your information.[/note][/one_half_last] You can use the links below to address confidential and private info you prefer to be removed from Google results. Be sure to read the instructions about when NOT to use the URL removal tool, to avoid impacting pages you want to remain intact. It’s VERY important to realize that placing a request with Google to remove a page, image or other content will ONLY assist in potential removal from Google’s search engine ranks. You will need to deal directly with each individual website posting your information to formally remove the content from their sites.
If you’re personal information was picked up by Yahoo, Bing and other search engines, you have a lot more cleanup work ahead of you. Depending on how widespread the personal information is you may want to hire the expert services of a reputable Data Forensic firm. A Data Forensic firm will contact the different web media outlets on your behalf for a fee, and place formal requests to have the offending information removed. Be prepared to have little cooperation from the websites, depending on the type of information that was released. Information is power and some unscrupulous websites will try to harness whatever information they can, resulting in the need for lawsuits and formal threats of lawsuit. Eeek….what a mess. Bottom line: Be super careful and vigilant about what information you post online, and avoid the hassles associated with serious damage control. Your time is much better spent growing your business, than posting your private information and steamy pictures on Facebook for all your buddies to share on their public profiles with their thousands of ‘close friends’……which is, by the way, how your personal information probably ended up on Google in the first place. Happy removing!