How can I make sure my work profile & email don't come up in google searches?

[flumperoo]

A violent ex has found out where I work and contacted me on my work email and I've realised that these details can be found by putting my name into Google. Is it possible to make these details not show up in a Google search? (I know it's possible to request that a Facebook profile does not show up in Google search for example). Do I have a right to ask my work to set my details not to come up in web searches?

Sorry to hear this.

Unfortunately unless your contact details can be removed from your workplace website then there is nothing you can do. You don't need to answer this on here, but is it necessary for your details to be publicly available to do your job? If so then, unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it I don't think.

Someone else might know more of course!

I would ask your work to take them down, and replace with a generic email address which forwards directly to you, should be easy for your IT team to set up. You can be on the website by job title only.

Sounds like it's a case of shutting the stable door after the horse though given that the ex has the details already?

Thanks for your responses.
No, there's no reason for my contact details to be publicly available.
I've been in contact with work about this and they're pretty much saying it's tough luck. I'm so annoyed at not having control over my personal details being publisehed on the Internet, especially with it being completely unnecessary.

flump I'm sorry but your workplace are completely in the wrong here, have you been really pushy about it with HR?

I work for a company that is owned by a larger, global company. People at my work are saying that it's the decision of the larger company and therefore can't do anything. I don't feel in a position to be really pushy because I've only been working for the company for a couple of months and am on a probationary period.

That is disgraceful. They won't support a woman who has been a sufferer of domestic violence?

You might consider getting this moved across to employment issues as you will get people there who know more about your rights.

Hi there, we're moving this thread over to our Employment Issues topic at the OP's request.

Can you block his e-mails at least?

Try this:
www.google.com/policies/faq/

The thing is, I'm not living in the UK at the moment so he isn't an immediate threat. However, I'm still very uncomfortable with him now being able to send anything he likes to my work address or email, there's the potential for him to be malicious and I just don't want him to have these details about me! I will find out about blocking his email, although presumably he could just use a different email address. I'll also take a look at the info in the link you've shared, antimatter.
Thanks x

If it's a global company with a US presence, you might want to remind them it's domestic violence awareness month.

I'd be tempted to contact HR in the bigger company, if my own employer wasn't doing anything helpful, and basically passing the buck.

If someone knows my RL name and how my company does its email addresses, it wouldn't be any effort to work out what my work email address is, whether it's googleable or not. But I would expect work to give me some support in your situation.

If you read link I paster Google explains how to ask them to remove references to your name from result of search.

I've had a read but it looks like Google will only consider removing things like obscene photos and bank details.

I would contact them anyway. Maybe your country's law has special agreement with google. I think Germany has.

I wonder whether, if you get nowhere with having your details removed from the Internet, you could ask IT to block the address he is emailing on, and/or warn him or take legal proceedings if he continues to send stuff?

They should be interested in supporting an employee but if they aren't, an alternative line of catching their interest might be that I bet they won't want their network being misused.

Good luck.