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DMCA & Content Takedown Policy

Safeguarding copyright, public interest preservation, and privacy.

Public Interest Archival Statement

YourYearbooks.com is a free, non-profit community digital archive operated for educational, genealogical, historical preservation, and class reunion purposes. Works hosted on this platform are preserved as historical artifacts of American scholastic history.

Notice and Takedown Procedure (DMCA Safe Harbor)

In accordance with Title 17, United States Code, Section 512 (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), YourYearbooks.com responds expeditiously to notices of alleged copyright infringement or privacy concerns.

If you are a copyright owner, school district official, publisher, or authorized representative and believe that any material available on this site infringes upon your rights, please provide our designated contact with:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (school name, year, and specific URL).
  • Your contact information (name, email address, phone number).
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized.
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

Submit a Takedown Notice

Please email your notice directly to:

Email: dmca@youryearbooks.com / contact@youryearbooks.com
Subject: Formal DMCA Takedown Notice

Valid notices are typically investigated and honored within 48 business hours.

Counter-notice

If material you shared was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. Include your contact details, the material that was removed and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentification, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for your address. We will forward it to the person who filed the original notice.

Repeat infringers

We do not accept further submissions from contributors who repeatedly share material they do not have the right to share.

Privacy requests

Not a copyright issue? To have a photo or name removed or blurred, see our privacy and removal policy.