Questions and answers
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about protecting and growing your creator business with Creator Lighthouse. Still stuck? Start with a free scan and see it for yourself.
Protection and takedowns
How does Creator Lighthouse find my leaked content?
We scan known piracy and aggregator sites, forums and search engines for your creator name, handle and content, and use reverse-image search to find copies of your photos. A free taster scan works from just your name or handle.
How do the DMCA takedowns work?
When you confirm a leak, we prepare and send a formal DMCA takedown notice to the host and its providers under our authorised-agent name, Creator Lighthouse Ltd. We also request delisting from Google and Bing so the page stops appearing in search. You track every case in one dashboard.
How do I remove OnlyFans leaks?
Find every copy, then send a DMCA takedown to each host and to Google. Creator Lighthouse does both automatically: it scans leak sites, forums and search results, including reverse-image matches of re-uploads that carry no name or watermark, then files takedowns under Creator Lighthouse Ltd as your authorised agent, so your real identity is never exposed to the pirate site. Most hosts remove content within a few days. Start with a free scan to see where your content already appears.
Which sites do you scan, and does that include YouTube or Instagram?
Automatic scanning targets where leaks actually live: known piracy and aggregator sites, forums, tube sites, mirror networks and the open web through search. It deliberately skips the big mainstream platforms for leaks, because a name match on YouTube or Instagram is almost always a different person and flagging those would bury you in false alarms. Those platforms are covered for impersonation instead. If you find a leak on Instagram, TikTok or X yourself, paste the link into the app and we file the takedown for you. YouTube is the one place we do not file: we give you a notice to send yourself instead, and explain what that involves.
Can I submit a leak I found myself?
Yes, and it takes one paste. Put the URL into the box at the top of Discoveries and it goes through the same process as anything we find: a DMCA to the host under our name, plus Google and Bing delisting, with two hours to undo it. This is also how you cover any site our automatic scanning does not monitor.
Can Google remove stolen content from search?
Yes. Google removes URLs that host your copyrighted content when it receives a valid DMCA delisting request, and it has a separate removal process for leaked intimate images that does not need a copyright claim. Delisting hides the page from Google, and we do the same on Bing, so people cannot find it by searching your name even while we work on removing it at the source. Creator Lighthouse submits both the source takedown and the Google and Bing delisting for you.
How long do DMCA notices take to work?
Most compliant hosts remove content within 1 to 5 business days of a valid DMCA notice, and many act within 24 to 48 hours. Google delisting usually takes a few days to a couple of weeks. Non-compliant or offshore sites can take longer. Those get an automatic chase after a week of silence, and about three weeks later we escalate to the company the domain is registered with, who can suspend a domain over abuse that is reported and not acted on. There is no legally fixed deadline, so timing depends on each host, but we track every case and chase the ones that stall.
Do you guarantee my content will be removed?
No, and you should be wary of any service that does. We send correctly formed legal notices, chase them, and confirm removal when it happens, but no honest service controls whether a host complies. We are transparent about what we can and cannot promise.
What about people impersonating me?
The Impersonation page searches social platforms for accounts using your name or handle that are not your own, and gives you each platform's report form with the report text ready to paste. Run it whenever you want to check. It is a scan you trigger rather than a background watch, so it will not email you out of the blue, and it finds only what is publicly indexed.
Marketing and growth
Does Creator Lighthouse help me grow, or only remove leaks?
Both, and the growth side is included in the same plan at no extra cost. Alongside leak protection you get an AI Marketing Agent that builds a weekly content calendar in your own timezone, writes captions tailored to each platform and finds subreddits that fit your niche, plus CL Strategy, which builds a growth plan around your real numbers and revisits it with you every four weeks.
What does the AI Marketing Agent actually do?
It plans and writes. It builds a rolling weekly content calendar with what to post, where and at what time in your timezone, generates captions written for the platform you are posting to rather than one caption reused everywhere, and finds subreddits that match your niche so you are not guessing where to post. It also runs niche market research on what is working for creators like you.
How is this different from just using ChatGPT for captions?
A general chatbot has no idea who you are. The Marketing Agent works from your actual profile, your platforms, your niche and your numbers, so the plan is specific to you rather than generic creator advice, and it keeps that context week to week instead of starting from scratch. It also knows which platforms allow what, which matters a great deal for adult creators.
What is CL Strategy?
A growth plan built around your real figures rather than a template. You give it your current numbers and goals, it produces a specific plan with priorities and planner notes, and every four weeks it checks in, looks at what changed and evolves the plan. It is meant to answer "what should I actually do next month", which is the question most creators are stuck on.
Do I need to be good at marketing to use it?
No, that is rather the point. You get told what to post, when to post it and where, with the caption written for you. Creator University is also free with any account, no subscription needed, and covers setup, marketing and monetisation as interactive courses with badges.
Can I use the marketing tools without the leak protection?
There is one plan and it includes everything, so you are not choosing between them. Plenty of creators join for the protection and end up using the growth side more, or the other way round. Creator University is free either way.
Will you post to my accounts for me?
No, and that is deliberate. We never log in to your platform accounts. You get the plan, the captions and the timing, and you post them yourself, which keeps your accounts entirely in your own hands and away from any automation that could put them at risk.
Privacy and safety
Do I have to upload intimate images to you?
No. For intimate-image protection we guide you through StopNCII, where the hashing happens on your own device and the image never reaches StopNCII or us. We never store intimate images.
Is my real identity kept private?
Yes, and this is deliberate. Takedown notices go out under our authorised-agent entity, Creator Lighthouse Ltd, never your real name, email or home address. Pirate sites never see who you are.
Where is my data stored?
Your data is hosted in the EU. Creator Lighthouse Ltd is a UK company registered with the ICO, and we follow UK GDPR.
Plans, pricing and results
How much does it cost, and can I cancel?
One plan, everything included: GBP 19.99 a month, or GBP 191.90 a year (about GBP 15.99 a month, saving GBP 47.98). No tiers, no add-ons, no per-takedown fees. You can cancel any time and keep access until the end of the period you paid for. The first scan is free, no card needed.
What is included in the plan?
Everything: daily leak scans, DMCA takedowns sent in our name, Google and Bing delisting, impersonation checks, StopNCII protection guidance, plus the growth suite, an AI Marketing Agent and a Strategy planner, in one dashboard. Creator University is not even behind the paywall: the courses are free with any account.
What do I get for free, without subscribing?
A free account gets you one taster leak scan and full access to Creator University: interactive courses and badges on setup, marketing and monetisation, no card needed. Ongoing daily scans, DMCA takedowns, delisting and the AI marketing and strategy tools are part of the paid plan.
How quickly will I see results?
The free scan returns results in about 30 seconds. Once you subscribe, takedown notices go out quickly and we monitor for new leaks every day. Removal times depend on each host, so we show you the real status of every case rather than a vague promise.
I make SFW content. Will my takedown notices call it adult?
No. During setup you tell us whether your content is SFW or NSFW and what form it takes, and that decides how every notice describes your work. A gaming channel gets "gameplay recordings and streamed video content", a photographer gets "photographs". It matters because a notice has to identify what was stolen, it is signed under penalty of perjury, and some platforms publish the description or pass it to the site operator, so describing SFW work as adult would be a false statement in a public record. You can change it any time on the Identities page.
Is this only for adult creators?
No. Creator Lighthouse protects and grows any independent subscription creator, though we are built with the privacy needs of adult creators firmly in mind.
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