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Now Im ANNOYED!!

Ive just googled my own name and my br entry in the London Scumbag Gazette comes up - my name and addresses are there directly visible in the results list. I know of course that my br is recorded and searchable on their website, but I didnt expect it to be so openly visible on bloody google!!!!
So anyone who googles my name will see it - Im REALLY REALLY ANNOYED with that scummy paper - they should NOT be allowed to do this!! And of course it will be there for ever!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Just in case any one didnt know - as I didnt!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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  • just done mine and luckily there are a few professors and other people with the same name so i don't come up on the first 5 pages that's all i looked at
  • nervousmother
    nervousmother Posts: 2,885 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Iv known for a while that when i google my own name it is there on the first page, but thanks to my local paper!!! urgh..
  • jellygirl_2
    jellygirl_2 Posts: 491 Forumite
    I need to learn some serious hacking techniques NOW!! Im really shocked by it - its like they want to publically shame people. The Insolvency Site doesnt do this - you have to do an actual search by name on their site.

    This really needs sorting out - it shouldnt be public information once some is discharged.
    :j Goodbye debt - Hello sanity! :j
  • DarkConvict
    DarkConvict Posts: 6,347 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I tried it just with my friends name, but he didnt show up, another company did, so i added gazette to the search and the company appeared in the gazette instead.
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  • nervousmother
    nervousmother Posts: 2,885 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I know its awful, i was quite dissapointed when i found out, i was told to put my name on lots of sites in the hope it would move down the list.. but im not sure i want that either!
  • dojoman
    dojoman Posts: 12,027 Forumite
    Just done mine but thankfully nothing there at all :D
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    and WISE too late!
  • Darnit_2
    Darnit_2 Posts: 359 Forumite
    OMG, mine haven't come up thank god. Is it hit and miss whether it is listed on google or is there some criteria?
    :D
  • jellygirl_2
    jellygirl_2 Posts: 491 Forumite
    Darnit wrote: »
    OMG, mine haven't come up thank god. Is it hit and miss whether it is listed on google or is there some criteria?

    I dont know - perhaps its coz I have quite an uncommon surname perhaps.
    :j Goodbye debt - Hello sanity! :j
  • confused76
    confused76 Posts: 12,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    mine comes up, but a few pages down. i think it is seriously dodgy with addresses and everything. our personal info could be used for anything. what about the data protection act surely?
  • jellygirl_2
    jellygirl_2 Posts: 491 Forumite
    confused76 wrote: »
    mine comes up, but a few pages down. i think it is seriously dodgy with addresses and everything. our personal info could be used for anything. what about the data protection act surely?

    Thats what I was thinking!
    :j Goodbye debt - Hello sanity! :j
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