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Just googled my name and my BK filing on internet :( Feel like crying

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 03:11:21 GMT

I consider myself to be a private person. And one of the very first things i did when i even THOUGHT about filing BK was to research how public it is. Yes, i realize its public record. But i what i wanted to know if i typed my name in a google search box, would it come up that way..versus someone getting getting on say pacer and viewing it that way. Everyone googles daily. They dont go on pacer...unless i guess its one of us. I DID NOT want my employer knowing about this, nor anyone other than my family and my attorney. I read where it wouldnt come up in a google search..and then i read where it would..if the trustee has her calendar assesible on the court website with all the filings, etc. I have literaly checked google EVERYDAY since i filed 2 weeks ago and everytime i hit that search i could vomit. I have been so friggin paranoid over this, i cant even begin to tell you. Im just "that type" of person. well low and behold, I check it tonight and THERE IT IS!!!!!! Publicized for anyone who wants to type me in the box. I honestly felt like i was having a panic attack. My first thought was how the hell do i get that off. Yea right, its not going to happen is it? How long will it be there?! I wish i could crawl in a hole. Im sick to my stomach y'all.

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Anonymous — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 03:17:52 GMT

That's odd. When I type in my name, my information is not available. I hope it doesn't show up in google search. Now you make me want to keep checking.

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Anonymous — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 03:24:07 GMT

My name comes right up and after it it says something about bankruptcy filing for the area im living in. And when you click on it, the site is called Inforuptcy.com. Im going to see if theres any way possible it can be removed. Lord, I pray. This is utterly humilating. And i was just about to go to bed early. Now im wide awake! :-/

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gdale6 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 03:39:05 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
My name comes right up and after it it says something about bankruptcy filing for the area im living in. And when you click on it, the site is called Inforuptcy.com. Im going to see if theres any way possible it can be removed. Lord, I pray. This is utterly humilating. And i was just about to go to bed early. Now im wide awake! :-/

This is all public info IMO the only way it wont be available in the public arena is to file a motion with the court to have the case records sealed.

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Anonymous — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 03:52:10 GMT

Are you serious! Im so digusted right now. I just filed 2 weeks ago. I clicked on the provacy disclosure to that website, read it and sent them an email asking them what i could do to have it removed, if at all possible. I dont mind this being public record..in the sense that someone would literally have to search for my name through the BK court system, pacer etc. I figured if i kept this as private as i have..no one would have any inkling as to my filing. Or any reason to even think i would file. But hell, if its going to be coming up in google..well damn, im doomed. I will keep y'all posted if i get a response from the customer service peeps behind that site. The best part is when you click on that article, it immediately goes to a list of all people and businesses in my area who have filed. And my name wasnt on the listed page, and it says nicely at the bottom..in so many words..if you did not see the person's name you're looking for, got to pacer! That's even better! Go to pacer and you can buy my whole damn case for your viewing pleasures. Geezus.

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mynameainttracy — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 10:06:34 GMT

In my home state, bankruptcy filings are published as public records, as are marriages, divorces and lawsuits, weekly. This is done in the big newspaper in the capital city and then a week later in my hometown newspaper. Everybody knows everybody's business in the small town.

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bstone — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 15:07:39 GMT

You're making this out to be the end of the world, which it isn't.

First off, how many people are Googling you? Unless you're a C-level executive looking for a new job or a prominent person in your area, my guess is no one but you. And so what if they do. This too shall pass.

Second, BK doesn't have the same negative view as 30 years ago. Probably some of your co-workers and friends have filed previously, maybe even your boss.

Third, as has already been said, the filing is public record and you knew this before you filed. If the concern of someone finding out is this great you should have not filed.

There's nothing you can do about it don't stress about it, the point of filing BK is to eliminate financial stress. Chances are you won't have any luck removing your info from the Web because it's not incorrect and is public record.

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TRC_WA — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 15:40:08 GMT

I filed BR13....

... and don't give one rat's ass what anyone thinks. Please google me.

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Anonymous — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:05:26 GMT

It goes down over time. The results will always pop up, but I didn't see it on me or my wife in the first 10 pages of search results. I might recommend becomming active on social media as these things will get a higher search ranking and and mention of your bk will end up buried further down than anyone is likely to look.

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Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:39:22 GMT

Well i wish i had that "hell with it" kind of attitude as some of you. That would certainly make it better! Maybe months down the road i will get there! But right now, i am not there. I do participate in some social media. But this comes up in the first page of google. Theres hardly anything on me with google.And it doesnt help that i have a weird name..thats not very common.Not that i could say 'hey, thats not me".. I dont know who googles me, maybe no one..but i google lots of folks, lots of long lost friends, etc. Im sure this isnt the end of it either. I bet they'll be more that comes up once i have the 341 meeting. Oh well. I cant do anything. Just take that walk of shame. BUT thank God BK is an option, right!? Or we'd all be screwed. Can't wait to get this behind me. Wish i could fast forward to 10 years from now.

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Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:41:11 GMT

by the way..im having issues with my user id. Had to change it.

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Anonymous — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 23:13:59 GMT

Mine didn't show up in Google for four months. Only once our house went ito foreclosure and a sheriff's sale was scheduled. It does stink, I agree.

But when I feel huminilated about it, I remember WHY i filed, and what the crcumstances were. I can sleep at night knowing that I wasn't trying to cheat the system. It just didn't work out for us in the real estate market.

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Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:19:18 GMT

Please don't take this as me saying you brought this on yourself... but you did not do yourself any favors by repeatedly "googling" yourself.

Keep in mind how Google works. Every time someone does a search on a subject on Google (and other search engines), the search engine spins up a dedicated application that starts crawling the web looking for information on that subject. It does not, it cannot, find everything about a subject on the first search. But, the more often a subject is "googled", the more information Google gathers on that subject. That is how Google is able to return to you millions of records from across the world on popular subjects in only milliseconds.

So, by googling yourself on a regular basis, you actually helped Google builds up a larger volume of available information about you. The bright side is, Google can't afford to keep all the information it finds about everything at ready reference forever. Stop searching for yourself and let the subject grow stale. The volume of information will eventually begin to degrade over time.

It's a sad Catch 22. You won't know how accessible your BK records are unless you search for them, but the act of searching for them will make them easier to find.

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Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:28:43 GMT

You took the words out of my mouth. I Google my name and my heart fell to my feet, I'm mortified. I filed when I lost my job in 08' . It said it was posted in 14'
I feel you pain

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Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 23:10:10 GMT

I just googled my sister's name + bankruptcy, it shows what chapter she filed, when it was filed and discharged, her entire name and complete address!

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jim44 — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 17:47:59 GMT

When I switched email boxes from Excite to Gmail, I tried the option of having all of my mail automatically sent from Excite to Gmail. Google is my home page and instead of typing my email address in the gmail box, I typed in the search line. The first thing that came up was my question of how to import my Excite mail to Gmail. The whole conversation was there including the answer for anyone to read.

I sold a condo and signed the closing papers for my partner using a POA.. It was an embarassing short sale and the title agent wanted a copy of the POA. As I live in Florida it's all public info and the full image of the POA is on the Clerk of Court website for everyone to see. I petitioned the court to have at least the POA sealed and was denied.

In this day and age everything is public... and I mean all your personal information. The more you use social media, the more exposed you will be.... unfortunately.

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Scupra — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 18:00:58 GMT

Word of caution - the more you Google yourself, the more relevant you become. Stop looking