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    Six years ago I made a bad choice. I knew I was wrong. There was no contesting it, I admitted to my guilt and took responsibility for it. As a result I was convicted for a misdemeanor and was sentenced to 1 year of probation and had several tasks to complete in order to meet the conditions of my probation. It was the most difficult, painful, and grueling experiences of my life and I will not be making that mistake or any other legal mistake again in the future. While I was on probation my mugshot, full name and home address started appearing on websites across the internet. I had my attorney send a cease and desist. As a result, over a dozen more mugshots, full name and home address popped up. What I have learned is the different site owners actually work together. When you take one mugshot, name and address down, another site will republish it.

    Fast forward to today. I have been out of the system for 5 years. I have paid my dues. I have not been involved with any behavior that would get me on the wrong side of the law since. I applaud Google for being the ONLY site to completely remove my mugshot, name, and address from it's search engine, however, Yahoo, MSN, Bing and every other search engine out there continues to broadcast my past bad decision along with my name, address and mugshot. If I were to pay every scoundrel who wants $150 to remove my information from their sites I'd literally go into bankruptcy, as if getting arrested, spending 30 days in jail, paying an attorney, paying up front fines and fee's, monthly fines and fee's, missing work and satisfying all of the terms of my probation for an over all total of $250,000 in a single year hasn't already completed fucked my life. I lost my home, all of its contents, the mainstream job I had and the only thing I could salvage was my car. Mind you, it was a misdemeanor DUI. Again, I take responsibility for my bad decision but my question is, how long exactly, am I expected to continue to pay for this one bad decision 6 years ago?

    I have not bothered to try and find mainstream work as a result because my online reputation is beyond repair nor have I tried to find a date because my online reputation is humiliating. I won't even apply to a condo or apartment complex because I feel so humiliated by it. When my name is entered into search engines a full page and a half of mugshots is what you see. I keep paying my dues over and over and over again. I am literally hiding from life in shame.

    NOW with this new facial recognition software I feel like my life and my safety is in danger. If it's not bad enough these sites are keeping me on food stamps and living a torturous life as a cam model because it's the only employment I can find, I will never find a date (and his family) who wont shun me for my past mistake, but now, every stalker and potential rapist and murderer has access to me!

    Does anyone know if there is any legislation or ANYTHING I can hold on to?? I'm honestly feeling like my life is over and am running out of hope. I can't live this way anymore. I just can't. Broken and isolated. Literally, tears streaming down my face as I write this. My life is so broken. Before you say to me, "Airrrie you are over reacting" or "you shouldn't have made a bad decision to begin with", know that I already feel very broken, shamed and humiliated by this. I feel very tortured and afraid.
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    There's really not much you can do about it. I talked to a lawyer about having a BR thing about me removed, and she said its a public record so its absolutely impossible, and what they are doing is legal. Its basically legal extortion. I ended up settling with the company for a dollar amount in the hundreds for them to remove it, but it will probably be up again shortly on some other site. Lol. So I just don't care TBH.

    If a lawyer can't help you, no one can help you. These items are public records. You're better off legally changing your last name and using the new one instead.

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    That would be great, unfortunately as a result of this I am in debt. My understanding is a legal name change is not possible unless I am getting married which clearly is not an option at this point. I have been too ashamed to bother to try to find a date even.

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    This happened to me last year in November and yes, mugshots.com posted my full name, address, even a google streetmaps view of my home. There wasn't anything I could really do about it either tbh. Unless I were to pay each site that posted my information an upwards of $500, which is impossible and futile because as you said, it will just pop up on another site and then another. I wish there was something that I could offer as advice when it comes to this situation but I'm still trying to figure it all out myself.
    Just know you aren't alone and that there are legislatures being pushed in certain states for sites to cease and desist posting addresses on sites like these for safety reasons.
    http://www.theledger.com/article/201...news/140339810

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    This was in legislation last year but was shot down immediately but what I find most disturbing about it is victims of these sites are still required to pay money we don't have (as a result of the continued shaming) for removal. You don't have $500, neither do I. Obtaining a court order and going through the process adds even more victimization in my opinion. It's almost reassuring to know there is a pin prick of attention being placed on this solution and it's one small step but I'm not feeling any better about seeing resolution until it's too late. Someone is going to get hurt. I feel it's the only way action will be taken.

    I feel like this would be the only solution, ""They're still an open record, but to get them you have to go through the filing of a request," said Cecilia Barreda, a department spokeswoman."

    I understand these are public records, but just like obtaining records on marriage licenses and death certificates, a persons life shouldn't be so exposed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Genoveve View Post
    Is there any legal reason for why you can't change your name? I would think that if you have a new name to give out, if anyone googles it the legal info under your old name wouldn't show up. You will have to protect the shit out of your new name however.

    As far as the shame that you are continuing to harbor over what happened; you have to let it go. You made a mistake, people make stupid mistakes every day and it's just the luck of the draw whether or not they happen to get in trouble for it or from it. Seriously, who hasn't broken at least one law in their life?? And as far as dating--if someone is going to hold a six-year-old misdemeanor that you've learned from against you, well I wouldn't want to date that kind of person to begin with. You're way past all that and if a potential spouse can't grasp that then good riddance to them.

    Also just want to say that you're not alone; there's a top camgirl whose mugshots and legal name are all over the internet.
    I think that might be me? I am one of several top models.

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    OK I think I know who you are talking about. It's a shame (shame doesn't even describe it). There's also a situation where one of the models was murdered and she also had her identity splashed all over the place. That's a different issue but same concept. Its unfortunate her grieving family has to deal with this.

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    ^^^ unfortunately, the issue of 'public record', the public's 'right to know' etc. are being strongly supported lately by the 'powers that be', while remaining individual 'privacy' rights are being downplayed. Arguably this is a 'slippery slope' issue which began with the passage of the Patriot Act after 9/11, and has since 'grown' thanks to Megan's Laws ( requiring sex offender registration ), etc.

    Also agreed that paying for individual removal of particular database records is a vicious circle ... because the basic 'public record' still exists, and will still be able to generate future database entries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airrrie2 View Post
    That would be great, unfortunately as a result of this I am in debt. My understanding is a legal name change is not possible unless I am getting married which clearly is not an option at this point. I have been too ashamed to bother to try to find a date even.
    That is definitely not true

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    ^^^ indeed it's possible to file a 'Name Change Petition' with the appropriate state court. Generally speaking, one court hearing will result in a court order implementing the name change. You then need to take that court order and go through the name change process with any gov't agencies, credit reporting agencies, creditors, utilities, tax authorities etc. It's a relatively cheap process, but extremely time consuming.


    if anyone googles it the legal info under your old name wouldn't show up.
    A risk factor, of course, is that online databases will pick up on the public record of the name change order, and STILL link back to previous database entries i.e. New Name 'a.k.a.' Old Name. Thus a name change may be effective in regard to a casual Google search, but it's unlikely to make a positive difference in regard to anything involving a 'professional' background check. Indeed the name change itself could be interpreted as a negative under certain circumstances i.e. raising questions as to the reasons why a name change took place ( probably resulting in deeper 'digging' ).


    NOW with this new facial recognition software I feel like my life and my safety is in danger. If it's not bad enough these sites are keeping me on food stamps and living a torturous life as a cam model because it's the only employment I can find, I will never find a date (and his family) who wont shun me for my past mistake, but now, every stalker and potential rapist and murderer has access to me!
    In reality, the major difference that facial recognition software brings to the 'table' is that would-be background checkers, be it employers or private individuals, will no longer need your real name, real address, SS# etc. to perform a search ... all they need is a picture of your face. Potential straight job employers can simply require a facial pic to be submitted with future job applications. As a camgirl, there are undoubtedly multiple online pic sources which already exist. Same goes for online versions of local newspapers, online version of high school / college yearbooks, etc. And obviously 'mug shots' exist online. Thus a future facial recognition search is likely to turn up both your 'adult' industry work history, plus your criminal record.

    And as you alluded to earlier, that combination is likely to 'poison' your chances of being hired by almost any 'straight' job employer. Well that is likely to remain the 'real world' situation as long as there are several other applicants for the same 'straight' job who do not have similar 'controversial' issues in their background.
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    One of the things is, as this business grows, and it will grow, there is a point at which there are so many of these, hundreds of thousands every year, that it becomes data overload. People who are looking for you can find you. These a holes are looking for suckers to pay them. Do your best to ignore them. See what happened when you paid attention? Yes it sucks but other than class action suits, there is little to be done.

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    I can't add anything of value here, but I just want to say I understand. I wish you the best! Hugs.


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