Image Theft Protection

Image theft protection and alerts for every photo you own

Your photos are working for someone else right now, product shots on scam stores, portfolio images on competitor sites, personal photos on profiles you've never seen. Image theft protection and alerts means knowing within hours, not years, and having every theft filed against. Start with a free Exposure Scan of your imagery.

  • Reverse-image detection across the web
  • Product photography theft by competitors and scammers
  • Photographer and creator portfolio protection

Free assessment · Covered by NDA · Reply within 8 to 12 hours

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Since 2017protecting names, brands and families

16M+links removed from the internet

8 to 12hreply time on every new enquiry

NDAstandard on every case

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We remove content from every major platform

How our image theft protection service works

1

Assess

Free confidential review of the content and what can be achieved.

2

Remove

We handle the removal work until the content comes down, with status updates throughout.

3

Protect

Verification across search engines, plus optional monitoring so it never comes back.

Typical timelines: simple platform takedowns often complete in days; publisher and legal escalations can take several weeks. You get a realistic estimate in your assessment.

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“Frankie & his team at Content Removal relentlessly protected our brand in the 7 years leading up to our first exit.”
Kayla ItsinesKayla ItsinesFounder, Sweat.com · Brand Protection

Recent results

Anonymised outcomes from real cases. Every case is different; your assessment gives you an honest estimate for yours.

Creator managementRemoved at source Impersonation accounts and reposted videos 138 linksremoved across five platforms in six weeks Read the case → Private familyRemoved at source Private family photos in the press 52 of 54images, articles and posts removed Read the case → Family officeRemoved at source Press articles and image results 10 of 13links removed within 3 days Read the case → B2B software companyDe-indexed from Google Archived forum thread 11 daysto the listing being reported clear Read the case → FounderRemoved at source Anonymous attack website 3 weeksto Google confirming removal Read the case → Consumer brandRemoved at source Counterfeit clone of an online store 5 daysto the platform confirming removal Read the case → Education businessDe-indexed from Google Scam-review pages 2 pagesde-indexed from Google worldwide Read the case → FounderDe-indexed from Google National newspaper articles 8 URLsremoved from Google search worldwide Read the case → Private ClientRemoved at source Private images and videos 72 hoursto complete removal Read the case →
Public figureRemoved at source Impersonation accounts Accountsremoved across Instagram
CreatorRemoved at source Defamatory posts across blogs and social 50+ linksremoved from Google in 7 days
Healthcare marketing companyRemoved at source Fake "lawsuit" website and directory profile 5 of 10scheduled links cleared in four weeks Read the case → Talent agencyRemoved at source Leaked private content 260 linksremoved at source in under three weeks Read the case → Education businessRemoved Hostile videos, podcast and attack pages 35 linksremoved or de-indexed from Google worldwide Read the case → Online coachRemoved at source Livestream replay and social clips 2 weeksto the first removals Read the case →

Why us?

Removal at the source

We go after the page where it lives, not just its listing, so it stops resurfacing.

One specialist, start to finish

A dedicated specialist runs your case from assessment to final verification and keeps you updated.

Verified results

Each outcome checked across Google, Bing and the source site before we call it done.

Confidential by default

Discretion from the first call. We never disclose client relationships.

What we remove
  • Reverse-image detection across the webRemoved
  • Product photography theft by competitors and scammersDe-indexed
  • Photographer and creator portfolio protectionRemoved
  • Personal photos misused on fake profilesDe-indexed
  • Alerts with human review, no false-positive noiseRemoved
  • Takedowns filed at scale, tracked to removalDe-indexed
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Source first, then search

Gone where it lives, not just hidden

Source removal takes the page down from the site hosting it. De-indexing clears it from search when the host will not act. We assess both for every link and tell you which is realistic before any work starts.

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What clients say

Malala Leides

Malala Leides

OnlyFans Creator · Leaked Content Removal

★★★★★

"Someone told me they'd seen my content leaked on various websites. I literally did not know what to do. Content Removal got back to me so quickly and removed the content within 24 hours."

Shauna Smith

Private Image Protection

★★★★★

"All my images & videos were removed in 72 hours. The police said they couldn't help me. Content Removal went above and beyond."

Laurence Thomas

Laurence Thomas

Hey Ewe · Brand Protection

★★★★★

"We had content copied and put online. A couple of other removal companies tried and were unsuccessful, Content Removal got it taken down very, very quickly. Can't recommend them enough;"

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Images are the most stolen asset online: because stealing them works

Right-click, save, re-upload: image theft takes four seconds and usually goes unnoticed forever. The uses are rarely harmless. Scam stores build entire catalogues from stolen product photography: your investment in lighting, styling and shooting becomes their storefront, and their defrauded customers become your reputation problem. Competitors lift your visuals to sell against you. Photographers and creators find licensed work republished unlicensed, eroding the market for the real thing, and stolen personal photos power fake profiles, romance scams and impersonation, where the face being borrowed is yours.

Discovery is the choke point. Stolen images don't notify you; they sit on sites you'll never visit, earning for someone else. Most victims find out by accident (a friend's screenshot, a customer's confused email) months or years in. By then the thief has often out-ranked the owner for their own image.

Reverse-image detection that watches, and alerts worth reading

We fingerprint the images you care about (product lines, portfolios, headshots, personal photos) and our detection systems continuously reverse-search them across websites, marketplaces and social platforms. The matching is built for how theft actually looks: cropped, mirrored, filtered, watermark scrubbed, text slapped on top. When a match surfaces, an analyst reviews it before it reaches you, filtering out your own authorised uses, press coverage and licensed placements. So an alert from us means something real was found, not another notification to learn to ignore.

Each alert arrives with context and a recommendation: what the use is, why it matters or doesn't, and what we recommend. Some clients want to approve each action; most tell us to file on sight and read about it in the monthly report. Either way, the decision load on you stays near zero, which is the point of paying someone to watch.

Coverage grows with you. New product launches, fresh shoots and updated headshots get fingerprinted as they're released, so the watch always reflects your current library rather than a snapshot from onboarding. Clients typically send us new imagery the day it goes live, the earliest a photo can be protected is the day before it becomes worth stealing.

From alert to takedown, at whatever scale the theft demands

Stolen images are among the most removable content online. Our specialists handle every target at the source and in image search, so removed doesn't just mean gone from one page. It means gone from the search results that made the theft profitable. High-volume cases, like a product catalogue scraped across dozens of storefronts, are worked as a single docket, with every URL tracked to an outcome.

Thieves re-upload, which is why protection beats cleanup: under a Protection Plan the fingerprint watch keeps running, and a re-appearance of a removed image triggers refiling while it's hours old. Begin with the free Exposure Scan. We'll run your key images through the detection stack and show you on a call exactly where they're being used, what we'd file, and what an ongoing watch would cover. Most people are surprised by what four seconds of right-click theft has grown into. Better to be surprised on a free call.

Frequently asked questions

Do my photos need to be registered or watermarked for you to act?
No. Copyright exists from the moment you create an image, and we can act on unregistered, unwatermarked photos, thieves remove watermarks anyway, and our matching catches those copies regardless. Registration adds legal firepower if a case ever escalates to damages, and we'll flag when that's worth discussing with counsel; we're not a law firm ourselves.
Someone is using my personal photos on a fake profile. Is that covered?
Yes: this is one of the most common and most fixable cases we handle. We take the fake profile down and keep watching your images so the next fake profile is caught early.
How quickly will I know when a new theft appears?
Detection typically surfaces new matches within hours to a few days of the sweep cycle covering that corner of the web, verified and in your feed shortly after, since human review is part of every alert. We won't promise real-time omniscience; no honest provider can. What we deliver is a watch that finds theft in days when doing it yourself finds it in years, if ever.
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“These fake accounts not only diluted my brand presence but also risked misleading my vast follower base with counterfeit information... Content Removal removed these accounts in days.”
Alex HormoziAlex HormoziAcquisition.com · Brand Protection

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Since 2017Protecting names and brands
16M+Links removed
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