Private info is public on an old blog I made as a kid
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There is some really sensitive information, including links to my published work (which is published under a psuedonym), photos of me, and other things that I don’t want on the internet- all published on a free wordpress blog I started when I was about 12.
I have since lost the login info associated with the account (I think I used a throwaway email address). I don’t know how I can prove ownership of the blog to delete it. I’ve been trying for weeks.
Since I probably can’t, is there a way I can get old photos of myself/links to my writing removed from the blog? If WordPress considers me to not be the owner of the blog, can’t I demand that the blog doesn’t claim ownership to my writing and photos?
I don’t know what could possibly be done legally, since I can’t sue my 12-year-old self. I really wish there was a real person at WordPress I could talk to about my situation.
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There are ways to prove ownership of a site. It’s something you’ll probably need to work directly with a Happiness Engineer or staff member, though. I’ve added the “modlook” tag to your post. Someone with the necessary access should reply here shortly.
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You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with the actual blog’s name in that URL.
I recommend bookmarking that link or memorizing it.
You can update your email address here https://wordpress.com/me
If you are not logged in under the correct username account then clear your browser cache https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache and cookies https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-wordpress-com-cookies and then login correctly under the relevant username account.
If you did not register the site under your username account and do not have the required access, then you need to contact the person who registered the account and site under it, and have them act or transfer the site to your username account by using this process. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account
If the login information has been lost go to
https://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/passwords/#lost-passwordIf you check each and every possible email address and account and are not successful gaining access to the blog(s) then you must complete the form for account recovery at this link https://en.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?action=recovery and submit it to the Account Recovery Staff, and provide proof ownership, so they can contact you by email ie. not on these public support forums, which are available to everyone with internet access.
Support Staff cannot breach the privacy policy and provide the log-in information. You have to provide proof ownership to Account Recovery Staff to gain access https://en.support.wordpress.com/account-recovery/
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Hi there,
It looks like you also reached our terms of service team, and it appears you were able to delete the site yourself, but please let me know if you still need help with this.
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