Takedown Notice
Last updated: 2026-05-12. For copyright owners, defamation complaints, and other lawful takedown requests under UK law.
Copyright (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988)
If you own copyright in any image, text, or other material that appears on CheckAGrade and you have not authorised its use, send a written notice to support@lazylabs.uk with the subject COPYRIGHT TAKEDOWN and include:
- Your name and contact details (email + postal address).
- Identification of the copyrighted work you believe has been infringed.
- The URL(s) on CheckAGrade where the material appears.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by you, your agent, or the law.
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and you are authorised to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
- Your signature (physical or electronic).
Defamation (Defamation Act 2013)
If a CheckAGrade member has posted content about you (in a bio, contact field, submission note, etc.) that is defamatory, send a written notice to support@lazylabs.uk with the subject DEFAMATION NOTICE and include:
- Your name and contact details.
- The URL where the statement appears.
- The specific words you say are defamatory.
- Why the statement is false (with evidence where possible).
- A statement that you are the person identified in the statement (or are authorised to act on their behalf).
Our response
- We acknowledge takedown notices within 48 hours on working days.
- For clear copyright infringement or defamatory content, we remove or anonymise the content while we investigate.
- We may contact the member who posted the content to invite a response under the Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013.
- Decisions are made by CheckAGrade staff; appeals against our decisions are handled via
support@lazylabs.uk.
Other lawful requests
For police / regulator requests, court orders, or other lawful disclosures, email support@lazylabs.uk with appropriate proof of authority.
Bad-faith notices
Sending a takedown notice in bad faith — knowingly misrepresenting what is or isn't infringing — may itself be unlawful and may damage your interests if the matter goes to court.
CheckAGrade is operated by LazyLabs, a trading name based in the United Kingdom. Correspondence: support@lazylabs.uk.