Infringement Policy

As a responsible website publisher, we support the protection of your reputation and your intellectual property rights. We do not edit, pre-vet or review third-party material displayed on this website. We operate a notice and take-down procedure for that material. The steps below explain how to report content you believe defames you, or infringes your copyright or trademark.

When we receive a complete notification, and where we deem it appropriate, we will take down or disable access to the material that is claimed to be infringing. Providing false or misleading information in a notification may result in civil and/or criminal liability.

Defamation

Use this process only to tell us you believe content on this website defames you. Other enquiries sent this way will not receive a response.

Email awards@goodfoodaward.com. Your written notification must include:

• Your contact information, including your name, postal address, telephone number, email address, and occupation if applicable
• Identification of the content and where it appears on this website. Where possible, cut and paste the content you believe is defamatory, and say why you believe it is defamatory
• A statement as to why the content is untrue, and the extent to which it is damaging to you
• A good-faith statement, submitted under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and true

Copyright

Use this process only to tell us your copyrighted material may have been infringed. Other enquiries sent this way will not receive a response.

Email awards@goodfoodaward.com. To be effective, the notification must include:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if several works on one site are covered by one notification, a representative list of those works
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and an email address if available
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed

Trademark

Use this process only to tell us your trademark may have been infringed. Other enquiries sent this way will not receive a response.

Email awards@goodfoodaward.com. Your written notification must include:

• Identification of the trademark or trademarks claimed to have been infringed, including the trademark registration number if applicable
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that should be removed or disabled, with enough detail for us to locate it
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and an email address if available
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the trademark owner, its agent, or the law
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the trademark that is allegedly infringed

Repeat infringers

In appropriate circumstances, we will disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.