Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Pages removed from: PistonHeads forum

Date of removal: 15 November 2016

Number of pages removed: 1 post

Additional information: Our client was exposed to a campaign of defamation and harassment on the internet. Internet users who would Google the client’s company would be linked to a forum including highly defamatory adjectives. Despite the fact that the client was only mentioned in passing, the association with the website caused reputation damage to the business as well as an unquantifiable level of financial damage. Our specialist solicitors successfully made contact with the forum operators and made a request under Section 10 Data Protection Act to have the post removed which it was.