When to request review
Use the process for alleged copyright infringement, exposed personal or confidential information, incorrect authorship, a breached embargo, unlawful content, a binding restriction, or another serious repository-policy issue. Academic disagreement alone is not automatically a takedown ground, but a correction or integrity review can still be requested.
What a request must include
Provide your name and contact email, the record URL/title and institution, your relationship to the work, the right or restriction involved, enough facts to locate and assess the material, and any relevant evidence. Copyright notices must confirm authority, good-faith belief and accuracy through the declarations on the form.
Initial action
The platform or responsible institution logs the request, checks whether it is complete and identifies the content owner. Access may be restricted temporarily where continued availability presents a credible legal, privacy, confidentiality or safety risk. A temporary restriction is not a final finding.
Review and response
The responsible institution may consult the depositor, author, supervisor, library, legal office or rights holder. Outcomes may include no change, metadata correction, access restriction, embargo, replacement, anonymization, withdrawal, restoration or deletion where legally permitted. Decisions and status changes are recorded for accountability.
Counter-notice and challenge
A person responsible for restricted content may provide a counter-notice or evidence of permission. Restoration depends on the governing law, institutional policy, the complainant's response and any binding direction from a court or regulator.
Misuse and urgent matters
Do not knowingly submit false notices or expose unnecessary personal information in a complaint. For an immediate threat to safety or a binding legal order, identify the urgency clearly and use the contact page in addition to the form.
Submit a request
Use the logged content review and takedown form. Privacy requests that do not concern a specific repository record should use the data-subject form.