Employment background screening increasingly includes open-source intelligence (OSINT) searches that go beyond criminal records to include social media, news, and general web content. A name search that returns intimate images can disqualify candidates before any formal interview. Professional licensing boards in healthcare, law, finance, and real estate conduct similar searches during initial licensing and renewal. Security clearance investigators have broad mandates to research personal conduct. ScanErase's biometric scan checks Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and all hosting platforms, so you can file your own removal requests before content surfaces in background screening results.

How ScanErase addresses this

  1. Upload your face photo for a full web scan ScanErase searches 2.4 billion indexed face embeddings to find all locations.
  2. Identify all search-engine-indexed content Your dashboard shows all Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo-indexed URLs hosting your likeness.
  3. Unlock your full report See every hosting platform and search engine URL, unblurred, for $15.
  4. Re-scan to confirm Run a follow-up scan to check whether URLs you reported are still returning in major search engines.
  5. Set up periodic re-scans Background check exposure risk is ongoing. Periodic scans catch any new content.

Frequently asked questions

How quickly will Google deindex content after a removal notice?

Google is a covered platform under the TAKE IT DOWN Act with a 48-hour removal obligation. Valid 223a notices are processed by Google's legal team rather than the standard moderation queue, typically well within the statutory window. Your ScanErase report gives you what you need to file notices with both Google and the hosting platform.

Will removing images from Google also remove them from background check databases?

Background check firms that maintain their own caches may need separate requests. ScanErase focuses on the open web. If you identify a specific background check firm holding content, contact that firm directly with your exposure report as documentation.