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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by donthellbanme on Friday April 29, 2022 @10:54PM (#31212942)
"We generally aim to preserve information access if the content is determined to be of public interest. This includes but isn't limited to:

Content on or from government and other official sources Newsworthy content Professionally-relevant content"

1. This removal process does not remove those public information aggregator sites, like "Who lives here.whatever", "Didthispersoneverappearincourt.com". The problem with the court aggregator sites is they are wrong some times. I imagine Google makes a ton of money off them though?

2. Google should remove all personal details, unless a person was in the news.

3. I'm on the fence whether you should even index sites like Yelp.com?

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Re:You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email... by dannysullivan on Monday May 02, 2022 @04:27PM (#31240465)
Third-party sites that republish public information are not exempt from this. IE: say a government site publishes personal info as public record. Our policy doesn't allow removal of the government pages. But if a third-party republishes, our policy does allow removal of those.
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