At GOOD NEWS BIG we take people's rights seriously on goodnewsbig.com. All users who add content to our Site must agree to our Terms of Website Use, including our Content Policy and Privacy Policy, which protect those rights. We recognise that on occasions, content may be added to the Site that may breach copyright or other intellectual property right laws, contain personal identifiable information, or may be regarded as obscene or defamatory. If you have found content that contravenes privacy laws, is obscene or defamatory, or content that you have not given permission for, in terms of copyright, and which is not covered by a limitation or exception , then please contact us, using the Report tool, use category 5 "Copyright / Trademark / Intellectual Property", or use the Contact form on the Site, using the "Report Something" category, stating the following:
Your contact details.
The full details of the content.
The exact and full URL where you found the content.
For copyright, proof that you are the rights holder and a statement that, under penalty of perjury, you are the rights holder or are their authorised representative.
The basis for your request, including but not limited to obscenity, defamation, copyright law, privacy law, data protection, etc.
Upon receipt of the notification, the "Notice and Takedown" procedure is invoked.
goodnewsbig.com will acknowledge receipt of your complaint by email, and will make an assessment of the validity and plausibility of the complaint.
If we assess that your complaint is potentially valid, the content will be taken down from goodnewsbig.com temporarily pending an agreed solution.
goodnewsbig.com will contact the user who added the content to the Site (the contributor). The contributor will be advised that the content is subject to a complaint. The contributor will be advised of the basis of the complaint. The contributor will be encouraged to alleviate the complaint.
The complainant and the contributor will be encouraged to resolve the issue amicably and promptly and to the satisfaction of both parties, with the following possible outcomes:
The content is replaced on goodnewsbig.com unchanged.
The material/content is replaced to goodnewsbig.com with changes.
The material is permanently removed from goodnewsbig.com
If the contributor and the complainant are unable to agree a solution, then the material/content will remain taken down from goodnewsbig.com until the issue has been resolved.
Please note that in submitting a report regarding copyright or intellectual property rights or privacy rights, you agree to, and give permission for, the your identity, your company or organisation's identity and contact details, that you supply in the Report form to be passed onto the user that you are claiming has infringed your copyright, other intellectual property rights or privacy rights along with the other details of your report.
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