I used to operate a website that I recently took down, but whenever someone googles my name my address and phone number show up. A stalker recently looked up my name and then contacted me and he's driving me crazy, and I'm really afraid of him. I need a way to scrub my info off google. How do I do that? It's really crucial the situation is getting out of hand.
Please help. Thank You.
Additional info, added Tuesday December 11 2012, 3:37 pm: also about the stalker, should I change my number so he can't contact me again. I'm not really happy about the idea of changing it, but I'm afraid of what he might do next, and I can't really go to the police cuz I can't prove that it's him. He restricts his calls but I recognize his voice and he's pretending to be someone else. . Want to answer more questions in the Technology category? Maybe give some free advice about: Internet & Web Design? DangerNerd answered Friday December 14 2012, 12:16 pm: Hi there,
First things first: Call your phone company and set up anonymous call blocking. That way they will have to reveal themselves if they want to ring you up. :-)
You should also make the call to the police, so that you can get on record as having history with this person. That way, when you do block the "unknown caller" business, and they begin calling you anyway, you can can point to the police report and prove that this has been going on a while.
As for getting your info off google... well, unless it is on a google owned property, like Google+ then Google has little control over this.
I will make you a deal. If you provide me with links to the things you want removed, I will do my best to find a removal contact for each instance. I have had pretty good luck with this in the past.
Please file that police report today, and if you are being e-mailed, etc, do NOT delete those e-mails, IMs etc, without specific police instructions to do so.
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