my personal info is listed on a site that comes up when I google my username

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  gabirebelle · Member · Oct 22, 2015 at 3:46 am

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  I no longer have my own domain name which I had originally paid for via WordPress. The site has been down for months, but when I search the name of it (minus the “.com”) within the first page of results is a link to a site with my complete legal name, address, phone number and email address listed in plain view. There are ads in the margin that look like some kind of asian language and the whole thing is completely sketchy. How, if possible, do I remove it? Thank GOD I didn’t use my real name for the blog, otherwise anyone could search just my name and find my address instantly.

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  micawbr · Member · Oct 24, 2015 at 8:39 pm

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  Domain registration information (name, address, phone number) is publicly available. That site probably copied your info from the registration and put it on their site. You could try contacting them to request that your information be removed.

  To avoid this in the future, choose private registration. It costs a bit more, but keeps your personal information private: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/register-domain/#public-versus-private