DMCA Notice & Takedown Policy

Sefaly respects the intellectual-property rights of others and expects its users to do the same. This page sets out the procedure we follow under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. §512, for receiving and acting on notifications of claimed copyright infringement.

Submitting a knowingly false notice may subject you to liability for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, under 17 U.S.C. §512(f). If you are not sure whether material you found on Sefaly is infringing, please consult an attorney before sending a notice.

Send DMCA notifications and counter-notifications to our Designated Agent:

Our Designated Agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. The current public record may be searched at dmca.copyright.gov/osp.

To be a valid notification under the DMCA, your written communication must include substantially all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single Sefaly location are covered by a single notification, a representative list).
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed or disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate it. For Sefaly, this means the full share-link URL (for example, https://sefaly.com/s/<token>) or, if you are the account holder, the file’s server-side identifier.
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you: your address, telephone number, and an email address if available.
5. 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.
6. 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 exclusive right.

Send the completed notification to dmca@sefaly.com or to the postal address above. Notices that do not include substantially all of the elements listed above may not be actionable.

On receipt of a notification that substantially meets the requirements above, we will:

1. Disable access to the identified material (typically by revoking the relevant public share link or removing the offending account row associated with the URL).
2. Take reasonable steps to notify the user who uploaded or shared the material, with a copy of the notification (we may redact your address and phone number).
3. Forward the user’s counter-notification, if any, to you within the timeframe the DMCA prescribes.

Because Sefaly is end-to-end encrypted, we typically cannot confirm the contents of the file directly. We rely on the identifying URL and your sworn statement; if you have provided those in good faith, we will act on the notice.

If you believe that material you uploaded was disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter- notification to our Designated Agent that includes:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled, and the location at which it appeared before it was removed or disabled.
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 telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Sefaly may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the notification.

If we receive a valid counter-notification we will forward it to the original complainant. Unless the complainant notifies us that they have filed a court action seeking a restraining order against you, we may restore access to the disputed material between 10 and 14 business days after receipt of your counter-notification.

Sefaly maintains a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We count each take-down compliance against the account that uploaded or shared the material. Accounts that accumulate three (3) substantiated copyright-infringement notifications within a rolling twelve-month period are subject to termination without further notice.

We may apply a shorter threshold and immediate termination for egregious, repeated, or commercial-scale infringement.

17 U.S.C. §512(f) imposes liability — including for costs and attorneys’ fees — on any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing or that material was removed by mistake. We may refer notices that appear to be knowingly false or filed in bad faith to law enforcement and may decline to act on further notices from senders with a pattern of misrepresentation.

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Service after a change indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.