Report Abuse & Content Violations | ShareBold Trust & Safety

Directly report illegal content, malware, copyright infringement, or platform abuse for immediate takedown and security review.

At ShareBold, we take content safety, user protection, and copyright compliance with the utmost seriousness. While our platform is designed for legitimate, private file sharing between friends, colleagues, and creative teams, we maintain a strict zero-tolerance approach toward abuse, malicious software, and illegal exploitation. If you have identified any file hosted on ShareBold that violates our Acceptable Use Policy, community guidelines, or intellectual property laws, please use the information below to submit a formal takedown request.

Violation Categories We Take Down Immediately

Our Trust & Safety team operates 24/7 to triage and eradicate harmful content. We immediately investigate and take swift action against the following categories of abusive content:

  • Malware, Ransomware & Viruses: Any file containing computer viruses, trojans, worms, keyloggers, rootkits, spyware, ransomware, or malicious executables designed to infect recipient devices or compromise system security.
  • Copyright Infringement & DMCA Breaches: Unauthorized distribution of commercial movies, television broadcasts, musical recordings, video games, proprietary software keys, keygens, or proprietary work without authorization from the intellectual property holder.
  • Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Absolute zero tolerance. Detected files are immediately scrubbed, cryptographically preserved as evidence, and forwarded directly to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and relevant federal law enforcement agencies.
  • Phishing, Scams & Financial Fraud: Fake credential login pages, invoice fraud attachments, deceptive banking forms, cryptocurrency scams, or social engineering lures intended to deceive visitors.
  • Violent Extremism, Hate Speech & Threats: Terrorist propaganda, manifestos promoting violent extremism, instructions for constructing weapons or explosives, targeted harassment, cyberbullying, or hate-fueled intimidation.
  • Non-Consensual Imagery & Doxxing: Unauthorized publication of intimate personal imagery, stolen credit card records, identity documents, database leaks, passwords, or confidential medical records.

How to Submit an Abuse or DMCA Takedown Notice

To ensure prompt processing of your takedown notice, please provide our compliance team with complete, actionable details. Include the following elements in your communication:

  1. Exact Link or 4-Digit Code: The precise URL (e.g., https://sharebold.com/s/4921) or unique 4-character transfer code associated with the reported file.
  2. Specific Violation Description: A clear explanation of why the file violates our Acceptable Use Policy, including file name, behavior, or context.
  3. Proof of Ownership (For DMCA/Copyright claims): Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, along with evidence or authorization establishing your ownership or representation of the rights holder.
  4. Your Contact Information: Your full name, email address, physical address, and telephone number so our legal compliance team can follow up with you.
  5. Good-Faith Statement: A declaration that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

Direct Compliance Channels & Response Timelines

You can submit reports through our online reporting tool or directly to our dedicated compliance email addresses:

Takedown Timelines and Action Protocol

When an abuse report is received, our automated systems immediately pause advertisement delivery on the referenced link to prevent monetization of disputed assets. Critical safety issues involving CSAM or active malware are eradicated within minutes. Copyright and DMCA notices are thoroughly evaluated and processed within 24 to 48 business hours. We thank our community and security researchers for assisting us in keeping ShareBold safe, clean, and reliable for everyone.

Repeat Infringer Policy & Legal Safeguards

ShareBold enforces a strict repeat infringer policy in accordance with Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Accounts and IP endpoints associated with multiple verified copyright infringement notices, fraudulent campaigns, or malicious uploads will be permanently suspended, their upload privileges terminated, and their active files cryptographically scrubbed from our cloud storage clusters.

Please note that submitting deliberately false, misleading, or bad-faith abuse claims constitutes perjury and may expose the claimant to statutory damages and legal liabilities under applicable law. Always verify that you possess legitimate authorization or ownership before initiating a formal takedown request.