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Does your service cover websites that scrape arrest records and create pages based off that? I had a public intox arrest that was since expunged/sealed, yet the record persists on a lot of pages deep in the Google index. Would definitely pay for the removal of these listings.

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Optery isn't designed for this. There are probably some "reputation management" companies out there that handle this situation. I've heard they can be in the $1,000/mo range in cost, but I don't know for sure as that's not our expertise. If you have an official government document or statement that provides evidence of the expungement / seal, I'd recommend contacting the sites directly over email and sending them the evidence, and I would expect that most of them would remove the information without too much trouble.

I dont think it will be deep in the google index, if one knows where to look

https://www.judyrecords.com/

They disabled search on the site due to some concerns from state AGs, so it's useless at the moment.

We submit complaints to the FTC and state attorney generals offices for non-compliant data brokers all the time. They don't move very fast, but its so great when they finally take action. I highly recommend anyone experiencing pushback from data brokers to submit complaints to the FTC and your state attorney general's office immediately. It does help. We have a little more information about this on the Optery Help Desk here:

https://help.optery.com/en/article/coverage-limitations-for-...

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