Can you pay to have family member’s mug shots removed?

[Anonymous]

I use my name professionally, it is very obscure. My sister’s mugshots come up immediately when you google my name. There are at least 20. Is there any way I can get these removed?

[Anonymous]

You have the same first and last name?

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

Removed from what?

[Anonymous]

Search engines? Not same first and last but easily identifiable that she is my sister.

[Anonymous]

What sites are the photos on?

[Anonymous]

Yes I think you can but I don't know how. A boy I was at high school with has many mug shots for drug offenses, then they disappear - until the next spate of arrests.

His family has a prominent NYC upper crust name which is why I'm sure they help get it taken down.

I think the first place you should ask is the places that take the photos. The jails.

[Anonymous]

Thing is, it may be that other databases (commercial ones) obtain these photos and keep them, idk what laws there even are about this.

[Anonymous]

https://www.newmediarights.org/put_mugshot_it_things_think_about_using_mugshots_commercial_products#:~:text=Copyright%20law%20protects%20creative%20works,believe%20it%20or%20not%2C%20mugshots.&text=In%20general%20mugshots%20taken%20by,not%20protected%20by%20copyright%20law.

Federal mug shots are public domain. Everything else is subject to whatever legal protections apply to the jurisdiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I think you can but I don't know how. A boy I was at high school with has many mug shots for drug offenses, then they disappear - until the next spate of arrests.

His family has a prominent NYC upper crust name which is why I'm sure they help get it taken down.

I think the first place you should ask is the places that take the photos. The jails.

Probably hiring someone who specializes in online reputation fixing.

[Anonymous]

That’s an interesting dilemma. I’ve dealt with getting photos removed, but it was directly related to the use of a minor’s photo. Let me tell you that it was a bear, but it can be done.

In my case, I had to work with the source of the photos and then the search engines, because even if the source deleted them, they still lived on the internet.

First step is finding out who is responsible for whatever is LINKING your name to photos of your sibling, because I don’t think the source of the photos can be addressed. So your first stop is Google. There are also companies that you can hire if you want to clean up, if this process gets complex. I’m not certain, however, is yours is a clear-cut issue in terms of privacy, though I’d certainly be interested in the outcome,

[Anonymous]

Everyone gets a diff result in google. It’s unlikely others are seeing the same search results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I think you can but I don't know how. A boy I was at high school with has many mug shots for drug offenses, then they disappear - until the next spate of arrests.

His family has a prominent NYC upper crust name which is why I'm sure they help get it taken down.

I think the first place you should ask is the places that take the photos. The jails.

Probably hiring someone who specializes in online reputation fixing.

This. You may or may not be able to get them removed but you can manipulate search results so that they don’t show up until page 3 or later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone gets a diff result in google. It’s unlikely others are seeing the same search results

This statement is not at all true. Using different computers in different locations only slightly alters your google results.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have a friend who owns a company who can do something to basically push them far down so no one would see them first.