Internet data, your name and Google

[GTIR]

Just wondering how many people type in their own name into Google. Am I right that Google is under no obligation to junk old search data?

So if they wanted too they could find a lot about you as they have your ip address, your name (if you've typed it in) and all the other stuff you searched for - "good pubs in Rugby" location, "under 4's baby shops" you have a young child etc etc.
I am sure they could find your home address quite easily.

I know I have once or twice and nothing comes up because I am always careful about what I type about myself, from being in the IT industry for years, as it's online for a very long time! This is why my profile has no web links or my full name.

So am I just being paranoid or is it worth being careful about what you type, if I type in "bill bloggs used be a woman" that thread can be searched for in google, especially with PH which has high ranking, for years?

[Dupont666]

GTIR said:

Just wondering how many people type in their own name into Google. Am I right that Google is under no obligation to junk old search data?

So if they wanted too they could find a lot about you as they have your ip address, your name (if you've typed it in) and all the other stuff you searched for - "good pubs in Rugby" location, "under 4's baby shops" you have a young child etc etc.
I am sure they could find your home address quite easily.

I know I have once or twice and nothing comes up because I am always careful about what I type about myself, from being in the IT industry for years, as it's online for a very long time! This is why my profile has no web links or my full name.

So am I just being paranoid or is it worth being careful about what you type, if I type in "bill bloggs used be a woman" that thread can be searched for in google, especially with PH which has high ranking, for years?

do you have a tin foil hat too???

You freak....

[zac510]

What if somebody else Googles your name?

[sunbeam_alpine]

What if I've been googling "bare naked ladies covered in baby oil?"

[jimothy]

sunbeam_alpine said:

What if I've been googling "bare naked ladies covered in baby oil?"

Good search!

[Ozone]

Never Google 'Google'














Ever.

[shirt]

luckily for me there is someone far more famous than i am with the same name.

[dirty boy]

shirt said:

luckily for me there is someone far more famous than i am with the same name.

Same here, maybe not far more famous, after all, i'm pretty famous.

[Mattt]

I have a program that will automatically fire off random requests to Google in the background, so it can't build up specific information on you.

Don't use it mind, bit tin foil hat for me.

[Ahhh Moneypenny]

Ozone said:

Never Google 'Google'


Does your computer break? lol













Ever.

[Kermit power]

I think it depends on whether or not you have an unusual name.

If I put my first and last name in quotes and Google it, then it brings back over 360,000 results globally, and over 40,000 from the UK alone. It is, I suppose, possible that some of them refer to me, but they're going to be a long, long way down the list.

If, on the other hand, my name was "Herbert Fotheringay", then I would be very much inclined to agree!

[shirt]

dirty boy said:

shirt said:

luckily for me there is someone far more famous than i am with the same name.

Same here, maybe not far more famous, after all, i'm pretty famous.

i googled your name. if thats you on google images then all i can say is:

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[Eddh]

Ozone said:

Never Google 'Google'














Ever.

Its like dividing by 0 you just break the interwebs.

[grumbledoak]

shirt said:

i googled your name. if thats you on google images then all i can say is:

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I had to try that!

[skylinecrazy]

shirt said:

dirty boy said:

shirt said:

luckily for me there is someone far more famous than i am with the same name.

Same here, maybe not far more famous, after all, i'm pretty famous.

i googled your name. if thats you on google images then all i can say is:

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I bet he does look like that you know...

[V8mate]

GTIR said:

Just wondering how many people type in their own name into Google. Am I right that Google is under no obligation to junk old search data?

So if they wanted too they could find a lot about you as they have your ip address, your name (if you've typed it in) and all the other stuff you searched for - "good pubs in Rugby" location, "under 4's baby shops" you have a young child etc etc.
I am sure they could find your home address quite easily.

I know I have once or twice and nothing comes up because I am always careful about what I type about myself, from being in the IT industry for years, as it's online for a very long time! This is why my profile has no web links or my full name.

So am I just being paranoid or is it worth being careful about what you type, if I type in "bill bloggs used be a woman" that thread can be searched for in google, especially with PH which has high ranking, for years?

But how do Google know it's me? They might know that an IP address Googled for my name, but they don't know who is on that IP as that information is held by my ISP (or employer, if I'm 'googling' from work)

[markmullen]

Ahhh Moneypenny said:

Ozone said:

Never Google 'Google'


Does your computer break? lol













Ever.

No but it screws up the formatting of quotes

[Ozone]

markmullen said:

Ahhh Moneypenny said:

Ozone said:

Never Google 'Google'


Does your computer break? lol













Ever.

No but it screws up the formatting of quotes

O/T Moneypenny is that you in a Silverstone Rally School Escort in your profile?

Edited by Ozone on Monday 24th August 16:34

[dirty boy]

grumbledoak said:

shirt said:

i googled your name. if thats you on google images then all i can say is:

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I had to try that!

How disturbing does that bird look!

[shirt]

not as disturbing as this one;



dirty boy is about right!

Edited by shirt on Monday 24th August 16:57