How to disappear from the Internet

Hi everyone. This term I have to report you about something that may concern you some day: deleting your identity from the net. This can be useful if there's any data or document about you that you don't want to be there.

The first thing you should do is the most evident one: deactivating accounts you know you have. If you search the account settings in a social network or webpage you may find easily the deactivate, delete or close account button. But there are some accounts you may have forgotten you have, so the next thing to do is to search for yourself at the searchers. You will be more assured if you do it through different searchers because some of them may not show everything you have on the Internet. Then you deactivate or delete the things you find. The e-mail can be a very useful tool if you don't remember a password but, if you definetely can't delete something, you can always try to falsify it. Remember to be respectful and don't set anything improper.

That could be enough, but there might be some loose ends. Make sure you aren't suscribed to any mailing list such as from newsletters, ads or promotions and if you are, unsubscribe from there; delete searchers' results about you, through a removal tool they may offer or by contacting webmasters; ask companies from which you are a member to delete your information they have listed online and, in the end and as a drastic resource, delete your e-mail, close your account in it. With this actions you could start rewriting your identity and your dignity on the Internet from scratch.

An example of aim of forgetfulness on the Internet is the one about a spanish man who won the battle to Google defending his "right to be forgotten", with whom the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) agreed. So what's more important, the right to the privacy or the right to the the expression freedom? Difficult cuestion. Anyway Google can be required to remove data so you can be safe.

I wish you never need this but take advantage of it if you do. See you soon, because I have to post something else before classes finish. What will it be? You'll see tomorrow :)