Any information which got once to the Internet remains there forever. Sometimes it cannot just be deleted. And whether people will be able to see your personal data, depends on that, it is how simple to find it by means of search engines.
How to delete personal information from social networks
Practically on all popular social networks, such as VK, ""Schoolmates"", Twitter and others, is special function which allows to select, what personal data will be available for viewing by other users.
Settings of confidentiality are in each social network. However not all information can be hidden. Some personal data will be displayed all the same publicly or will become available in the future.
How to delete personal information from the website
If you are the owner of the website where your personal data are placed, then here the situation is much more simply. You have a total freedom of actions: it is possible to delete unnecessary information from the page, or to remove all page entirely, and it is possible in general all website entirely.
If all of you want to save personal information on own website, but do not want search engines to display it in search results, then it is possible to password-protect the page or the whole section of the website. It is also available to configure blocking of search engines (robots.txt file).
How to delete personal information from others website
If you have no access to the websites where your personal information is placed, then it is possible to appeal to administration of the website it to delete. As a rule, such requests are satisfied after a while.
How to delete links to the website from search engines
Google can delete links to pages of the website which contain: identification national numbers, bank account numbers, credit cards, images of signatures and candid photos which were loaded without the consent of their owners.
However It should be noted that not undesirable information is removed, and just links will cease to be indexed and pages will not be visible in search results. Information remains on the Internet, just it is not displayed in the list on search query. If to visit directly the website where information, undesirable to you, contains, then it will be possible to look at it.
Care – the best protection
At placement of candid photos and personal information on the Internet it is always necessary to remember that it is almost impossible to permanently delete it.
Be extremely careful before disclosing personal information on the Internet.