Your legal past shouldn't be an open book. But thanks to the internet, court records, lawsuits, and personal legal history are often just a Google search away. That's a serious problem for security and privacy. Criminals, stalkers, and scammers can use court records to track down personal information. Even if a case was minor-or dismissed-it can still show up online and cause real harm. Here's why old court records pose a security risk, how they get online, and what you can do to remove them.