Frequently Asked Questions

ImageShield® is the first and only U.S.-based personal security solution built to protect consumers and their families from the abuse of their likenesses online. Today, image abusers can use technology to:

• Create an image featuring your likeness in an attempt to bully you, damage your reputation, or blackmail you
• Circulate intimate images you've shared, without consent
• Generate deepfake pornography
• Impersonate you in scams and fraud

Our patented Verified Facial Search™ technology ensures that only you can search for and monitor your likeness and the likenesses of family members, while our 24/7 proactive monitoring and direct takedown tools enable you to track and stop image abuse before it damages your reputation, identity, or financial health. Your face is your most valuable identifier, your reputation, and your security. Protect it with ImageShield.

ImageShield® works around the clock to safeguard individuals and their families from the abuse of their likenesses online through:

• 24/7 Monitoring – Our "always on," patented Verified Facial Search™ technology constantly scans the web for your likeness, including sensitive databases.
• Real-time Alerts – You'll be notified immediately when your likeness is detected online.
• Stalker Proof – Only you can search for and monitor your face and the likenesses of family members.
• Protection You Can Trust - Made in America, with strict compliance with U.S. and international privacy and biometrics laws. Our privacy policy and practices have been reviewed and approved by TrustArc.
• Takedown Request Tools – We connect you directly to the platforms where 70% of the world's images are shared, making it easy to report and remove abuse.
• One-button "forget me" tool – Personal data easily deleted from the app.

Headquartered and operated in the U.S., ImageShield® has implemented a strict privacy policy and practices, which have been reviewed and approved by TrustArc. You can permanently delete your account and all associated data at any time with our one-button "forget me" tool, or we will automatically do so within 30 days of subscription cancellation. We observe strict compliance with U.S. and international privacy and biometrics laws. We do not share, sell, lease, trade, or otherwise disclose biometric information to third parties except when necessary to provide requested services, when required by law, or with your separate explicit written consent.

ImageShield does not store the credit card numbers or other financial information provided by our subscribers. We only store transaction IDs, so that if in the future we need to issue a partial or full refund to a subscriber we need only submit the original transaction ID to our credit card payment processor.

We do store account information, such as subscribers' names and email addresses, but only specific, authorized senior personnel at ImageShield will ever have access to that information.

ImageShield protects your likeness and the likenesses of family members in several ways:

1. ImageShield monitors the online world, 24 hours a day, for the use of your likeness, and reports to you where it finds it. You can decide whether uses are okay or are problematic, and take action if warranted.
2. ImageShield makes it easy to report abuse on the most popular sites and platforms, including the following, on which more than 70% of the photos worldwide are shared: Blogger, Facebook, Flickr, Imgur, Instagram, LinkedIn, Medium, OnlyFans, Pinterest, PornHub, Quora, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Tumblr, Wordpress, X, and YouTube.

Technically, ImageShield works in two ways:

1. Using multiple reverse-search APIs, ImageShield searches for the use of your photos. Results will show the use of your photos and nearly identical photos, which may indicate that your original photos have been altered and reshared.
2. To search for likenesses among content on sites and platforms that are noted for their generation or distribution of abusive content, ImageShield first generates facial signatures of its subscribers (after they consent to our generation and use of their biometric information). A subscriber's facial signature is then compared to the unidentified and unidentifable facial signatures in targeted content from specific sites and platforms. If a use of a subscriber's likeness is found, based on their facial signature, the location of that use is reported to the subscriber.

ImageShield monitors all social media platforms and websites, worldwide, including the 20 sites on which more than 70% of the world's photos are shared, like Blogger, Facebook, Flickr, Imgur, Instagram, LinkedIn, Medium, OnlyFans, Pinterest, PornHub, Quora, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Tumblr, Wordpress, X, and YouTube.

ImageShield pays special attention to sites and platforms that are noted for their generation or distribution of abusive imagery.