Respect Network service
Correction, anonymization, removal and de-indexing of The Guardian articles under UK and EU rules.
12,480+
Negative Links Removed
3,250+
Positive Press Placements
850+
Interviews Published
420+
Major Media Features
We pursue correction, anonymization, removal and de-indexing of Guardian articles that harm a person or business.
The outlet has a Readers’ Editor and complaints process, and UK and EU law offer data-protection routes with special rules for journalism. We assess yours free and choose the strongest route.
What we remove
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Complaints to the Readers’ Editor and editorial process for errors and for stories that no longer reflect the facts.
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Requests to anonymize or remove old stories where the circumstances and the law support it.
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Copies on partner sites, aggregators and archives that repeat the story.
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Google requests under European right-to-be-forgotten rules for qualifying cases, plus other grounds.
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Defamation and privacy claims, and UK and EU data-protection requests where the law applies to you.
Where we deliver
How it works
We read the article, check its sources and facts, note where it is syndicated or translated and choose the strongest route to removal, correction or de-indexing.
We assemble primary records that show what is wrong or has changed, such as court records, regulatory outcomes and correspondence, and preserve the original pages.
We submit documented requests through The Guardian’s complaints or editorial process and work with counsel when a legal or data-protection claim is warranted.
We submit search-engine requests where they qualify, follow up until resolved and monitor for copies and reposts.
We rely on evidence and lawful routes, never on pressure or payment to a publisher.
We build the case the outlet, the regulators and the search engines act on.
UK and EU data-protection law has special treatment for journalism, so we pair the complaint with the argument the balance requires: time passed, changed facts and harm. Where a case qualifies, we also file European de-indexing requests. We are an independent service with no relationship with The Guardian.
Typical scenarios
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An article misstates a person’s role in a company and ranks for their name.
→ We document the correct facts and submit a complaint to the Readers’ Editor.
Our goal: Article corrected with the update visible on the page
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An older report names someone peripheral to a case years after the events.
→ We request anonymization with evidence of changed circumstances and file de-indexing requests in Europe.
Our goal: Name anonymized or the page de-indexed in European searches
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An article about a charge does not mention that the case was later dropped.
→ We request an update from the outlet and submit outdated-content requests to Google.
Our goal: Article updated or de-indexed so the outcome appears in search
Pay-for-results guarantee
You pay only when we get the content removed. No upfront fees, and the terms are confirmed in writing before we start.
FAQ
We pursue correction, update, anonymization, removal or de-indexing through the outlet’s Readers’ Editor and complaints process, data-protection routes, the courts and the search engines. Factual errors, outdated facts and old stories naming private individuals are the strongest cases. We assess yours free and choose the route most likely to work.
We request anonymization or an update with evidence of changed circumstances, time passed and harm. The outlet balances these against the public interest, so we build the strongest documented case for each request.
Google has a process for right-to-be-forgotten requests in Europe, which can remove qualifying pages from name searches. We prepare these requests alongside other grounds such as outdated content and personal information.
UK and EU data-protection law applies, with special rules for journalism that give outlets significant room. That is why we combine the data-protection argument with the factual, editorial and legal case.
No. We are an independent service. We use the outlet’s public complaints routes and the legal and data-protection channels that apply.
Our fee is tied to results: no removal, no fee. Every decision is the publisher’s, the platform’s or the court’s, so we assess your case first and confirm the strongest route and the terms in writing before we start.
Avoid these mistakes and your request is far stronger: demanding removal because a story is unflattering rather than showing what is wrong; threatening legal action you will not follow through; offering payment to a publisher; and contacting only the outlet while copies stay online. Send us the links instead and we will build one request with evidence.
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News outlets
Each platform has its own rules, reporting tools and escalation routes. Choose the one where the content lives.
Send us the links. We review them confidentially, free of charge, and show you the strongest route to getting them corrected, anonymized, removed or de-indexed.
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