Questions and answers
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about protecting your creator business with Creator Lighthouse. Still stuck? Start the free trial and see it for yourself.
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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.
Can takedowns go out automatically?
Yes, if you want them to. Autopilot is off until you switch it on in Settings. Once it is on, it only acts on leaks on known leak sites that are clearly yours: anything on social media, paid platforms, file sharing or a site creators use for their own pages always waits for you. It emails you at 8am with everything it has lined up, and nothing goes until 6pm, so you can cancel any of them. Switch it off any time and anything it has lined up is cancelled.
How do I remove OnlyFans leaks?
Find every copy, then send a DMCA takedown to each host and to Google. Creator Lighthouse handles both for you: 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 personal details stay off the notices. Many sites act within one to three weeks, and some take longer. Start the 3 day free trial 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. Paste the link into Add a link in the app 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?
Every week we search the big social platforms for accounts using your name or handle that are not your own, and email you if we find one. You tell us whether it's yours, and if it's a fake we give you that platform's report form with the report text ready to paste. You can also check any time from Your takedowns. It finds only what is publicly indexed, so it will not catch every fake.
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, not your personal name, email or home address. If a provider or legal process ever needs more, we tell you what is required before anything is shared.
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). Outside the UK: US$26.99 a month or US$259.10 a year, plus any tax. No tiers, no add-ons, no per-takedown fees. It starts with a 3 day free trial: a card is taken at checkout and the first payment is on day 4, so you can cancel before then and never be charged. After that you can cancel any time and keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
What is included in the plan?
Everything: daily leak scans, reverse image matching, DMCA takedowns sent in our name, Google and Bing delisting, impersonation checks and StopNCII protection guidance, 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?
Creator University is free with any account: interactive courses and badges on running your creator business. The protection, meaning the daily scans, DMCA takedowns and delisting, is the plan, and it starts with a 3 day free trial: you see everything we find and approve your takedowns, and we send them the day your protection begins, or right away if you activate early.
How quickly will I see results?
Your first scan runs as soon as you add your creator name, usually inside a minute. Takedown notices go out quickly after you approve them 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 in Settings.
Is this only for adult creators?
No. Creator Lighthouse protects any independent subscription creator, though we are built with the privacy needs of adult creators firmly in mind.
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