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If your stolen pictures are located on more than one website, let us know! Often, we can provide bulk pricing to assist with large numbers of takedown requests.
If you want your picture removed from the internet, DMCA.com can help.
DMCA.com often handles cases where someone has found their personal private picture(s) hosted on websites without their permission. Often these pictures were stolen from email, phones, laptops or even a friend's camera.
If this has happened to you, we can help. Click here to start a takedown with DMCA.com's Professional Takedown Service
DMCA.com's Personal Takedown Service Department has been very successful at getting personal content (pictures or video) infringements removed from websites. If someone has gained access to your email, computer files, phone or camera and published your picture on the internet without your permission, DMCA.com can help get them removed.
Note: DMCA.com does provide a professional service to locate copies of your photos for takedown. When completing your takedown notice form on the site make sure and request a quote for this service if you are interested.
Regardless of the method you use, the quicker the better. Processing takedowns can also help any legal action you have started or will start later. If you choose to conduct the process yourself here are a few important tips:
The length of time for the picture to be taken down from a website can be hours or days. It depends on the site and conditions of the takedown notice.
One of the advantages of using a professional company like DMCA.com is experience and expertise in building and processing takedown notices.
The first things you will need to take your picture off the internet are the following:
Where on the internet (or platform like Facebook or TikTok) is your stolen content located? What is the link that you want the content removed from? Be sure to provide the URL or website/webpage link of the content you want removed. If the stolen content is an image or video located on a website provide the direct link of the content contained in the site. Copy and paste the infringing text, or provide the URL of the infringing image if required.
An example link would look like: https://www.badguy_site.com/webpage/image_2
Where was your content located when it was stolen? Was it on your social media profile? Was it from your own website? Provide the exact URL where it was stolen from, even if the content has already been removed from its original location. The original URL is still valuable to the notice. If it was not online you can reference cell phone, computer, or camera etc. If it was online such as a website or cloud storage provide the link to the exact page it was stolen from. You can upload the original content to a cloud storage service and provide that URL with an explanation of where it was originally stolen from.
An example link would look like: https://share.icloud.com/photos/my_original_content
What is the content owner's name and how was the content stolen? How is this content yours? How do you own it? Did you create it, buy it, copyright it? Who is claiming ownership of the content? Who is authorized to file the DMCA Takedown? When did you create the content and when was the content stolen?
An example description would sound like: "My photo I took of myself on my camera was stolen from my Google Drive and was posted on this website without my knowledge and I would like it removed."
If you are unsure how to collect the information for these three categories the Professional Takedown Team at DMCA.com can help with the answers. Click here to ask us about your situation.
Not having source copies or information of proof is a common problem that can make the issue more complex.
Our Professionally Takedown team is familiar with the process of missing source information for takedown notices. They'll help guide you through what needs to be done and fixed.
Please be sure to clearly state why the information is not available.
Most often stolen pictures are on multiple websites or platforms. Our takedown signup form has all the space you need to add as many links as you want so that our Professional Takedown team can review the list and advise you on best options to proceed.
Our team is familiar with the process of multiple website and platform takedown notices. They'll help guide you through what you need to do.
If there is one site in particular that is of the most concern for you be sure and highlight that when you submit your takedown request. This will help the team prioritize what is most important to you.