Takedown Policy

Notice and takedown policy and procedure

The M&S Archive has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that content published in its online archival collections has been obtained in compliance with the archive’s obligations under applicable UK laws, including intellectual property rights and data protection.

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on our Digital Archive or website for which you have not given permission, or that material on our website infringes your data privacy rights, you may request that the content is taken down from our website.

You may also request that material about you is taken down from our website by invoking your ‘right to be forgotten’.

Please contact us in writing stating the following:

Your contact details.
The full archive reference (if available) and a description that clearly identifies the content in question.
The full URL where you found the material.
The reason for requesting the removal of the material.
Proof that you are the data subject (i.e. photo ID) or rights holder

Send your request and ID to [email protected] or to M&S Archive, Michael Marks Building, University of Leeds, LS2 9LP.

Your request will be acknowledged within 10 working days of receipt.

Upon receipt of your request, we will make an initial assessment to validate your request and to check that we have all the information we need.

After validation, we will immediately take down the content from our website while we investigate the matter further.

During our investigation, we will look into your takedown request and reach a decision about whether the content should remain on our website.  If we agree, and approve your request, we will confirm the removal of the data from our website and check whether this has any implications for any original source material from which the online material was derived.  If your request is denied, we will reinstate the content on our website.  In both instances, we will record our decision and advise you of the outcome.

The information you provide in your written request will be used only in connection with this enquiry and in accordance with the M&S privacy policy.