For rights holders
If something on this site uses your work or your data without permission, tell us. We take it down while we look into it and let you know the outcome.
What we publish
We publish the pages of this site, the news on them and the example pictures on the homepage. The examples are built from open data, their sources are listed at the end of this page.
We do not publish files that people upload. The result of a job is available only by a private link and is deleted when its term ends.
What to put in a notice
A notice can be written in any form. One we can act on quickly has all of the following:
- Your name and an email address for our reply. If you write on behalf of the rights holder, say whom you represent. We do not ask for ID documents. If we need a document to decide, we ask for it separately.
- What the material is and where it is: the exact address of the page (URL) and, if the page is long, which picture or passage.
- Why you believe the material infringes your rights.
- What shows that the rights are yours, or that you may act for the rights holder: a link to where the work was first published, a registration, a license, a power of attorney.
- Whether you gave us, or anyone, permission to publish the material.
- A statement that you believe in good faith that the information and allegations in the notice are accurate and complete.
Where to send it
Use the form on the Contact page and start the message with the word Rights.
Or write by email: . Documents that do not fit in the form are best sent this way.
What we do with the personal data in a notice is described in the privacy policy.
What we do with it
- We confirm to the address you gave that the notice has arrived.
- We take the material down from the site while we look into the notice, without waiting for the outcome.
- If something we need is missing, we ask you for it once.
- Within 5 business days we tell you our decision and the reasons for it. If you disagree with it, you can write to us again or go to court.
- A person reads every notice and makes the decision. We do not decide on notices by automated means.
The rules we follow
We handle notices in the order set by Article 16 of the EU Digital Services Act, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. This page does not limit your right, or ours, to go to court.
Where the examples come from
The pictures on the homepage are built from open data. Each file, its publisher and the license it is published under:
| File | Publisher | License |
|---|---|---|
| Roads_CAD.dwg | Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada | Open Government License – Township of Langley, version 2. Contains information licensed under the Open Government License – Township of Langley. |
| CoL_Transportation.dwg | City of Langley, British Columbia, Canada | Open Government License – City of Langley, version 2.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government License – City of Langley. |
| MERGED_shapes.tab, MERGED_lines.tab, MERGED_points.tab, ACA.TAB | Dublin City Council, Ireland, the Development Planning DCC dataset on data.smartdublin.ie | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY), as stated on the dataset page |
If you published one of these files and want its picture taken down, send a notice the same way.