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Every Page on This Site, Sorted by Answer

Every page in one place, and every one of them answers the same two questions on the card itself. A content page says whether it comes down: there is a published route, it is decided case by case, or it does not come down at all. A surface page says how much of it is yours: you can change it directly, you can influence it over time, or it is outside anyone's control. You can read the whole site from this page without opening any of it.

What Is Out There

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It will not come downAbstract ladder rung illustration representing Arrest and Court Records
Records and Databases

Arrest and Court Records

The one category where paying somebody does not help. What sealing reaches, what it never touches, and what is worth doing instead.

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Case by caseAbstract square grid illustration representing People Search and Data Brokers
Records and Databases

People Search and Data Brokers

These listings usually come down, and they usually come back. Why that happens, what an opt-out really is, and which routes are free.

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Case by caseAbstract horizontal band illustration representing News Articles About You
Things Someone Published

News Articles About You

The right to be forgotten is European. In the US a newsroom decides, voluntarily — and one kind of request is answered far more often.

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There is a published routeAbstract tilted diamond illustration representing Photos and Video of You
Photos, Video and People You Know

Photos and Video of You

Explicit imagery has separate routes with published rules, and they are all free. An ordinary photo has none. Here is which is which.

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Case by caseAbstract scattered dot illustration representing Posts by Someone Who Knows You
Photos, Video and People You Know

Posts by Someone Who Knows You

An ex, a relative, a former friend. What comes down turns on a broken rule rather than on damage or truth, and here is what follows.

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It will not come downAbstract woven strip illustration representing Blog Posts and Forum Threads
Things Someone Published

Blog Posts and Forum Threads

No operator has a route for this and no fee creates one. Who actually decides, the small ask that sometimes works, and what helps instead.

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Where People Find It

6 entries
You can influence itAbstract vertical bar illustration representing Results for Your Name
What a Name Search Returns

Results for Your Name

The page most people land on. What is genuinely documented about how the list for your name is built, and what is simply repeated.

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You can influence itAbstract hexagonal tile illustration representing Image Results for Your Name
What a Name Search Returns

Image Results for Your Name

One mechanic decides everything here: the picture is attached to a page. Change the page and the picture follows — within limits.

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You can change this directlyAbstract tapered column illustration representing Profiles You Control
Copies and Properties

Profiles You Control

The one thing you can start on today without asking anyone. What your own profiles do for a name search, and what they honestly do not.

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Outside your controlAbstract pulse line illustration representing Autocomplete and Suggested Searches
Predictions and Answer Engines

Autocomplete and Suggested Searches

The surface every competitor promises to clean up. What is actually published about predictions, and the two routes that exist.

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Outside your controlAbstract orbiting dot illustration representing AI Assistants and Answer Engines
Predictions and Answer Engines

AI Assistants and Answer Engines

What is actually published about how these systems source material about a person, which operators take a request, and what nobody has published.

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You can influence itAbstract nested ring illustration representing Archived and Cached Copies
Copies and Properties

Archived and Cached Copies

What survives a successful removal, what the main archive publishes about taking a copy out, and the copy with no door at all.

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