Request to set site to Private

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  cvbitondo · Member · Mar 29, 2023 at 5:30 pm

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  I was a co-owner of this site that has been inactive since 2012. It was set up using an e-mail address that no longer exists, as our school has changed the email server we used. I received a request from an alumnus whose original work was posted on this site. He has rescinded his consent for it to be posted, and I am unable to honour his request because I do not have access to the site and do not have any proof of ownership. The account that was used was:

  (email visible only to moderators and staff) OR (email visible only to moderators and staff) (the second address belongs to a former colleague).

  After searching for help through your site, I came upon the following:
  If Ownership Cannot be Established
  In the event that it isn’t possible to provide an email from the email address with which the blog was registered, a transaction ID, or the original activation link, access to the account cannot be granted for security purposes.

  We have a strict policy in place to protect our users from third parties who might try to use our support system to gain access to other users’ accounts.

  The following options are available in this circumstance:

  If there’s personal information on your blog, you may request that we set it to private so that search engines and users can’t access it.
  If the site is set to private but still shows up in Google search results, you will need to wait until your results drop in the search engine. You may request that Google remove a website from their index through the website removal request tool.
  You can opt out of seeing ads personalized based on your visits to sites in the WordPress.com network.

  Since it seems as though I will be unable to recover my account as any e-mails sent to do so are inaccessible as the server no longer exists, I need this site made private so that his work is not published.

  PLEASE let me know when the site has been made private. Thank you in advance.

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Unknown

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  aisajib · Member · Mar 30, 2023 at 6:34 am

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  Hi there!

  We’ve sent you an email to confirm this request. Please reply to the email, and we’ll take care of the rest.

  Thanks!