Request to set site to Private

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  lxn5 · Member · Sep 3, 2023 at 10:36 am

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  I was co-author of this site which has been inactive since 2014. It was set up using an e-mail address that none of the authors currently have access to, as it was last active nearly a decade ago.

  There is personal information (in certain articles and comments) for which I wish to revoke my consent to be published. I am unable to do so because I do not have access to the site and do not have proof of ownership other than my name being listed as a writer. The account that was used was: (email visible only to moderators and staff)

  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 our account, I would like to request that certain articles on this site be made private. Please contact me so I can specify which ones.

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

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  aisajib · Member · Sep 4, 2023 at 7:04 am

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  Hi there!

  Please send an email to passwordhelp@wordpress.com and make sure to include the link to the site you’re requesting to set to private. You can also include a link to this thread for reference.

  Thanks!