Are there services that can help you get your information taken down? (lemmy.starlightkel.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A client of mine is getting harassed, we think by her former attorney who she's suing for embezzlement.

Someone is posting fake resumes for her and applying for jobs and she gets daily emails and call backs. Is there anything to do short of either ignoring it or playing whack-a-mole?

She's a very sweet old lady who is freaked out by this and doesn't deserve it.

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[-] SecurityPro@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Reach out to the job sites directly and report these as fraudulent. Ask them to remove the resume postings.

Also consider making accounts for her on these sites, may make it easier to prevent future posting and to remove any that do appear.

Then, since it sounds like you are her lawyer. Subpoena these sites for information on account, email address, IP address used for the fraudulent posts.

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Reach out to the job sites directly and report these as fraudulent.

We're already doing that, but it's like playing Whack-A-Mole and when we ask which job sites the calls are coming from, half the time the person calling doesn't know or won't tell us.

Then, since it sounds like you are her lawyer.

I'm her IT guy. She's in communication with her lawyers about exactly that, because it's exactly what I advised her to do. I actually have a call with them about that tomorrow, I gather they're not very familiar with cyber harassment laws.

If the perpetrator knows how to install Tor Browser, the subpoenas are likely to be a lot of trouble and expense for a lot of useless data.

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