{"id":2921,"date":"2011-03-10T10:20:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T08:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2025-03-25T09:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T07:22:46","slug":"xneelos-policy-regarding-takedown-notices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/xneelos-policy-regarding-takedown-notices\/","title":{"rendered":"Xneelo&#8217;s policy regarding take-down notices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xneelo receives all <b>take-down notifications<\/b> via the Internet Service Provider\u2019s Association of South Africa (ISPA). We are obliged to act upon all take-down requests.<\/p>\n<h2>Our policy<\/h2>\n<p>Once we receive a take-down request from ISPA, we check whether the take-down request is valid i.e. that the<strong> content referred to in the notification does appear on the website<\/strong> and that the <strong>website is hosted on our network<\/strong>. Once this check is complete, we communicate directly with our customer. The customer is given <strong>4 working days<\/strong> to comply with the notification which involves removing the content in question.<\/p>\n<p>Should the customer refuse to remove the content, we will have little choice other than to <strong>suspend<\/strong> the website.<\/p>\n<p>As a hosting company, we <strong>do not adjudicate<\/strong> whether the content is offensive or not. <strong>Our role is simply to enforce the take-down request<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>section 77 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002<\/em> (the ECT Act), any member of the public, including organizations, may submit a take-down request. <strong>We are obliged to comply with the request in order to receive full protection for limitation of liability afforded to us by the ECT Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Refer to <a href=\"http:\/\/ispa.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISPA&#8217;s website<\/a> for further information and their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ispa.org.za\/tdn\/how-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take-down guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"Xneelo receives all <b>take-down notifications<\/b> via the Internet Service Provider\u2019s Association of South Africa (ISPA). We are obliged to act upon all take-down requests.\r\n<h2>Our policy<\/h2>\r\nOnce we receive a take-down request from ISPA, we check whether the take-down request is valid i.e. that the<strong> content referred to in the notification does appear on the website<\/strong> and that the <strong>website is hosted on our network<\/strong>. Once this check is complete, we communicate directly with our customer. The customer is given <strong>4 working days<\/strong> to comply with the notification which involves removing the content in question.\r\n\r\nShould the customer refuse to remove the content, we will have little choice other than to <strong>suspend<\/strong> the website.\r\n\r\nAs a hosting company, we <strong>do not adjudicate<\/strong> whether the content is offensive or not. <strong>Our role is simply to enforce the take-down request<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nAccording to <em>section 77 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002<\/em> (the ECT Act), any member of the public, including organizations, may submit a take-down request. <strong>We are obliged to comply with the request in order to receive full protection for limitation of liability afforded to us by the ECT Act.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRefer to <a href=\"http:\/\/ispa.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISPA's website<\/a> for further information and their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ispa.org.za\/tdn\/how-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take-down guide<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>xneelo receives all take-down notices via the Internet Service Provider\u2019s Association of South Africa (ISPA). 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