Privacy Intrusion

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  heyyrosy · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 11:13 am

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  I have 3 papers uploaded on my private blog before realizing that certain keywords can bring strangers from research engines to find and download them freely. To prevent this, I have changed private settings, removed them from posts, and deleted these files permanently from media library. It is still there. What should I do?

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 11:58 am

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  Give us the URL of the file in question so we can check this. It’s likely you’re experiencing a caching issue or mistaking Google cache for the actual file itself.

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  heyyrosy · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 12:36 pm

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  The wordpress posts no longer with the attachments are https://17rosalindax.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/final-product-2/
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  https://17rosalindax.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/final-product-draft-1/

  The google page where these files can be found and downloaded is https://www.google.com.sg/?gws_rd=cr&ei=zMHtVK7aGsfhuQTmo4LgAw#q=+%E6%B2%88%E8%AF%97%E8%8B%B1+%E9%87%91%E9%99%B5
  (the first two results are both my papers).

  thank you!

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 1:46 pm

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  You are indeed mistaking a Google Cache for the actual file itself. We cannot remove things from Google; you have to contact them. Note that even if you get it taken off Google (unlikely but possible) other search engines will still have it. It can take six or more months for a search engine to delete a cache file.

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  heyyrosy · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 2:20 pm

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  Thank you for the reply.