any way to get your company info removed from opengovca.com , canadacorporation.info, opencorporates.com ??

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Aug 31st, 2020 3:28 am

Bookster01 [OP]: Banned; Aug 11, 2020; 24 posts; 3 upvotes

Aug 31st, 2020 3:28 am

any way to get your company info removed from opengovca.com , canadacorporation.info, opencorporates.com ??

if you have a corporation is there some way to not have it show up online on these online websites? like when you type my name into a search engine like google it brings up my corporation i have registered in my name on these sites that i dont know if are private or gov run?

opengovca.com opencorpdata.com , canadacorporation.info, opencorporates.com

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Aug 31st, 2020 11:11 am

CNeufeld: Deal Guru; Mar 23, 2008; 13006 posts; 10019 upvotes; Edmonton

Aug 31st, 2020 11:11 am

You can look up the domain owners of those sites fairly easily. I'd guess they're not government run, and that likely means there's no controls over your data in them. They're probably pulling from open data sources.

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Aug 31st, 2020 11:55 am

michaelcfa: Member; Mar 15, 2009; 388 posts; 211 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 31st, 2020 11:55 am

There's probably no way to have it removed since your name as a director and corporate name and address are all public information.

All these sites do is mine data from Corporations Canada

Sep 6th, 2020 12:27 am

Just Confused: Deal Addict; Aug 28, 2007; 2188 posts; 562 upvotes; Calgary

Sep 6th, 2020 12:27 am

Those are not government sites. And they aren't mining data from government sources... it's from other places you've entered your info online. Our businesses and websites have been open for decades and we've been on the Industry Canada databases and provincial registries for years. None of our businesses appear on those sites you mentioned.

When we first start out as entrepreneurs, we spend a lot of time advertising to get noticed but after you've been in business you discover that isn't necessarily the best thing. I'm guessing from your desire to get off those lists you've reached that point where your balance with privacy has been reached as well.

Unfortunately, I can't offer any suggestions. Once we get on those lists it is no end of annoying time-wasters, scammers and spammers. Once something is on the Internet it is essentially impossible to remove or fix. You can only use caution going forward in what and to whom you give something.

Sep 9th, 2020 12:02 pm

GT_647: Deal Addict; Apr 13, 2005; 1751 posts; 1835 upvotes; Markham, ON

Sep 9th, 2020 12:02 pm

Federal corporation information (directors, members) is public information.

These websites simply take that public information and put it on their own website.

There isn't anything you can do.

I have 2 Fed corporations and if you google my name or the corporation name or number all my information (full name, home address) show up.

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Sep 13th, 2020 6:16 pm

Omesuri: Sr. Member; Jun 24, 2016; 749 posts; 778 upvotes

Sep 13th, 2020 6:16 pm

Just Confused wrote: ↑ Those are not government sites. And they aren't mining data from government sources... it's from other places you've entered your info online. Our businesses and websites have been open for decades and we've been on the Industry Canada databases and provincial registries for years. None of our businesses appear on those sites you mentioned.

When we first start out as entrepreneurs, we spend a lot of time advertising to get noticed but after you've been in business you discover that isn't necessarily the best thing. I'm guessing from your desire to get off those lists you've reached that point where your balance with privacy has been reached as well.

Unfortunately, I can't offer any suggestions. Once we get on those lists it is no end of annoying time-wasters, scammers and spammers. Once something is on the Internet it is essentially impossible to remove or fix. You can only use caution going forward in what and to whom you give something.

This is simply not true. The federal government publishes a dataset of federal corporations in machine-readable format here:

https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ ... 0a7b5e99f2

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Sep 17th, 2020 8:40 pm

Just Confused: Deal Addict; Aug 28, 2007; 2188 posts; 562 upvotes; Calgary

Sep 17th, 2020 8:40 pm

Omesuri is right. I stand corrected.

Federal information is posted publicly. My businesses are provincial corporations and our information is only publicly available through Alberta registries for a fee. I can't say what other provinces provide.

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Dec 16th, 2020 3:46 pm

JohnR30920: Newbie; Dec 15, 2020; 2 posts

Dec 16th, 2020 3:46 pm

It is true in my case. I had a business in Toronto that I closed 20 years ago. The business was in operation for 6 months. Somehow since 2015 in Google Both opengovca.com and https://opendatatoronto.com/ have been displaying my business online. So, when searching my name on both websites my name, my business name, address ...etc. is comng up. I have contacted them to remove it but they have not done so nor replied back to me. They don't have a telephone number or physical address to call or visit.

Dec 20th, 2020 12:59 pm

GT_647: Deal Addict; Apr 13, 2005; 1751 posts; 1835 upvotes; Markham, ON

Dec 20th, 2020 12:59 pm

JohnR30920 wrote: ↑ It is true in my case. I had a business in Toronto that I closed 20 years ago. The business was in operation for 6 months. Somehow since 2015 in Google Both opengovca.com and https://opendatatoronto.com/ have been displaying my business online. So, when searching my name on both websites my name, my business name, address ...etc. is comng up. I have contacted them to remove it but they have not done so nor replied back to me. They don't have a telephone number or physical address to call or visit.

Well that info isn't going to disappear.

For those interested in incorporating federally in the future, you may want to use a "registered office" if you don't have a physical location for your corporation other than your house.

Your real name will have to included, but instead of your home address, your "registered address" can be listed in the federal corp filing.

Dec 20th, 2020 1:24 pm

FrancisBacon: Deal Addict; May 12, 2014; 3505 posts; 3905 upvotes; Montreal

Dec 20th, 2020 1:24 pm

Bookster01 wrote: ↑ opengovca.com opencorpdata.com , canadacorporation.info, opencorporates.com

Ironically these sites don't seem very transparent about who founded them, who currently runs them, their names and addresses, their sources of funding, etc.

Jan 2nd, 2021 12:33 pm

JohnR30920: Newbie; Dec 15, 2020; 2 posts

Jan 2nd, 2021 12:33 pm

at87on wrote: Well that info isn't going to disappear.

The question is then: How is it possible for these "unknown hidden" people running these websites to keep posting poeple's information on google for years without their consent? It just doesn't make sense.

Jan 20th, 2021 4:00 pm

AndyRosso: Newbie; Jan 19, 2021; 1 posts

Jan 20th, 2021 4:00 pm

It is True. Both opendatatoronto.com and opengovca.com are annoying time-wasters, scammers and spammers. Once your information is listed in their website you can't remove it. They just don't remove it. They have neither a physical address not a contact number.

Aug 12th, 2021 2:50 pm

jlee_28: Newbie; Dec 15, 2011; 1 posts

Aug 12th, 2021 2:50 pm

You can't remove public info. Federal corporation is public info as by law, we need to disclose who we are so that the public know who they're doing biz with.

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