Useful Links

online reputation management links

Google Transparency Report - Is an effort to share data expounding how the policies and actions of governments and corporations affect privacy, security, and access to information. You should note that there is no mention of defamatory content, other than “court orders” which can be a very wide range of topics. Google, literally absolve themselves of any responsibility for defamatory content.

https://transparencyreport.google.com/?hl=en

Google Transparency Report (Government only, removal requests) - by type presented graphically on the right. Please note the overall increasing removal request trend for all categories and with defamation represented as the smallest category. In our experience this is very misleading because the graph only shows successful requests, clearly showing the difficulty of getting any negative defamatory content removed.

online reputation management removal requests

https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/government-requests?

hl=en&lu=country_request_amount&country_request_amount=group_by:reasons

Google PageRank Algorithm (PR) is used by Google Search to rank web pages in their search engine results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

eSafety - is Australia's independent regulator for online safety educating Australians about online risks with help for the removal of certain harmful content. You’ll clearly see the law really does not go far enough to protect and help with ORM or any negative content.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/

Reputation Insurance - is a useful coverage extension of professional liability insurance known as part of financial lines. This coverage has to be in place before the event has occurred and can pay for all of the rectification cost. It’s more applicable to companies rather than individuals and Polish My Past can assist with this cover.

https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/business/professional-liability/reputation-guard.pdf

Cyber Insurance - can safeguard your business by covering the costs of expert intervention to resolve issues, along with compensation for any lost revenue. Coverage varies by policy but may include financial protection for business interruption, cyber extortion, data recovery, and external management expenses, such as public relations and reputation management.

https://insurancecouncil.com.au/campaigns/defend-critical-infrastructure/cyber-risk/

Australian Bureau of Statistics - personal fraud report

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/personal-fraud/latest-release#identity-theft