Content Removal Requests

This policy explains how to ask Hypefindr to remove content, and what we do with each kind of request. It is part of the Terms of Service. You do not need a Hypefindr account to make a request. Send every request in this policy to hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject line shown in each section.

1. Copyright (DMCA)

1.1 Designated agent

Hypefindr responds to notices of claimed copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512. Send notices to:

Copyright Agent, Hypefindr, 300 North College Street, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, United States · hype.hypefindr@gmail.com (subject "Copyright")

1.2 What a notice must include

1. Your physical or electronic signature, as the copyright owner or a person authorized to act for them.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed, or a representative list if there are several.
3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it, such as the link, the username, and when the post or stream appeared.
4. Your name, address, phone number and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

Incomplete notices may not be acted on. Before sending a notice, consider whether the use could be fair use. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including our costs and attorneys' fees.

1.3 Live events

Rights holders for live events, such as sports leagues, promoters and venues, can email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Live Takedown" to report a stream in progress. Include the stream link or username and the event. We may take down a stream in progress on a credible notice.

1.4 What we do with a notice

We remove or disable access to the material, notify the user by email or in the app where we can, and may give them a copy of the notice, including your name and contact details. We record the notice against the user's account.

1.5 Counter-notice

If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to our designated agent. It must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material removed and where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if you are outside the United States, any judicial district in which Hypefindr may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

We forward the counter-notice, including your contact details, to the person who sent the original notice. We restore the material in 10 to 14 business days after receiving the counter-notice, unless that person tells us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you. We may decline to restore material that also breaks our other policies.

1.6 Repeat infringers

• We keep a record of every valid notice against an account. Several notices received together about the same account may count as one. A notice no longer counts if the material is restored after a counter-notice or the notice is withdrawn.
• An account with three valid notices in 12 months is banned. We may ban sooner, including for a single egregious or live-event infringement.
• A user whose account is banned for repeat infringement may not create a new account.

2. Intimate images shared without consent (TAKE IT DOWN Act)

2.1 What this covers. Intimate images or video of you published on Hypefindr without your consent, including AI-generated or edited images ("deepfakes") that depict you.

2.2 Who can ask. The person shown, or someone authorized to act for them.

2.3 How to ask. Email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Intimate Image Removal." You can also report the post or live stream in the app with the reason "Nudity or sexual," which hides it once 3 people report it, but the email is what starts the 48-hour process. Your request must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is enough).
2. The link, username or other information we need to find the image or video.
3. A short statement that you believe in good faith that it is an intimate image of you shared without your consent.
4. How to contact you or your authorized representative.

2.4 What we do. We reply to confirm we have your request. Within 48 hours of a valid request, we remove the image or video and make reasonable efforts to find and remove identical copies on Hypefindr. You do not need to report each copy. We permanently ban the account that posted it, and if the image shows a minor, we report it to NCMEC. We act in good faith on requests that reasonably appear valid.

2.5 Other help. US federal law, Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §§ 604.31 and 617.261) and the laws of many other places give people whose intimate images are shared without consent the right to sue, and make sharing them a crime. You may also report to the police. If the images were taken when you were under 18, NCMEC's Take It Down service (takeitdown.ncmec.org) can help.

3. Trademarks

If an account, username, event or post uses your trademark in a way likely to confuse people about who is behind it, email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Trademark." Include the mark, registration number and country if registered, the content at issue, why it is likely to confuse, and your contact details. We may remove the content, relabel it, or reclaim the username. We do not remove commentary, criticism, news, parody or accurate references to a brand, such as naming the venue where an event really is.

4. Privacy and people shown in content

Anyone shown in content on Hypefindr, with or without an account, may ask us to remove it. Email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Privacy Removal," the link, and why. We remove content that shows you in a private place, reveals your private information, was recorded in breach of recording laws, or harasses you. For other content we weigh whether you were in a public place, whether you are the focus, whether you are a public figure, and whether the content is newsworthy. We remove content that focuses on a child when a parent or guardian asks.

5. Impersonation

If an account pretends to be you or your organization, email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Impersonation," the username, and proof of identity (for an individual, a photo of government ID with everything but your name and photo covered; for an organization, proof that you represent it). We delete proof of identity after we decide the request. We may remove or rename the impersonating account.

6. Content showing someone as a minor

Minnesota law gives minors aged 13 or older, and adults who appeared in content as minors, the right to have certain content showing them deleted. We apply that right to all content on Hypefindr: a person aged 13 or older may ask us to remove content that shows them, and an adult may ask us to remove content that shows them as a minor. Email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Minor Likeness," the link, and how you are connected to the content. We remove it from Hypefindr after reasonable verification. The person who posted it also has legal duties to delete it.

7. Deceased people

Immediate family members may ask us to remove images or video of a person's death, serious injury or the moments around it. Email hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Deceased Person."

8. Defamation and court orders

We are not able to decide whether a statement is true or false. We remove content that a court has finally determined to be defamatory or unlawful, when we receive a copy of the order. Send court orders to hype.hypefindr@gmail.com with the subject "Legal Notice." Content that also breaks our Community Guidelines may be removed under those rules.

9. False or abusive requests

We may ignore requests that are incomplete, fraudulent, or sent to harass a user or silence lawful speech, and we may suspend accounts that send them. Under US federal law, knowingly misrepresenting a copyright claim creates liability for damages. We may share removal notices, with personal contact details redacted, with the affected user and with organizations that track removal requests.