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How to report material on ApkTaya.ph that infringes your copyright or trademark, and how we handle those reports.
Last updated: 24 August 2026
ApkTaya.ph respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of this Site to do the same. We respond promptly to properly submitted notices of claimed infringement under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and under the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8293).
If you are a developer, publisher, or rights holder and something on this Site should not be there, you do not need a lawyer to tell us. Write to Support@apktaya.ph and describe the problem. A plain email is enough to start the process; the formal requirements below apply if you want to invoke the statutory procedure.
Designated agent
Notices of claimed infringement should be sent to our designated agent:
Agent [Joriz Nathaniel]
Entity ApkTaya.ph
Address [123 Rizal Street, Barangay San Antonio, 1600 Pasig City,Metro Manila, Philippines]
Email Support@apktaya.ph
Subject line DMCA Notice — ApkTaya.ph
Filing a notice of infringement
To be effective under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your written notice must include all six of the following elements. Incomplete notices may delay our response.
1A signature
A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorised to act on the owner’s behalf. Typing your full name at the end of the email is sufficient as an electronic signature.
2Identification of the work
Identify the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If multiple works are covered by a single notice, provide a representative list.
3Identification of the material
Identify the material you say is infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it. Please include the full URL of each page concerned. A notice that names an app but no URL cannot be actioned quickly.
4Your contact details
Your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address, so that we and the affected party can reach you.
5A good-faith statement
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6A statement of accuracy
A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.
What happens after you file
We acknowledge
We aim to confirm receipt of your notice within two business days and to review it promptly thereafter.
We remove or disable
If the notice is valid, we remove or disable access to the identified material expeditiously, ordinarily within five business days of acknowledgement.
We notify
Where the material was submitted by a user, we notify that person, provide a copy of your notice, and explain their right to file a counter-notice.
Removing material in response to a notice is not an admission of liability. We may also remove material on our own initiative where we believe it is infringing, unlawful, or contrary to our Terms & Conditions, whether or not a notice has been filed.
Filing a counter-notice
If your material was removed and you believe that removal was the result of a mistake or a misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). It must include:
- •Your physical or electronic signature.
- •Identification of the material that was removed and the location at which it appeared before removal.
- •A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
- •Your name, postal address, and telephone number.
- •A statement consenting to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court, and that you will accept service of process from the party who filed the original notice.
If we receive a valid counter-notice, we forward it to the original complainant. Unless they notify us within ten business days that they have filed an action seeking a court order, we may restore the removed material.
False or abusive claims
Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, the copyright owner, or the service provider. Do not submit a notice unless you are the rights holder or authorised to act for one.
We keep a record of notices received. Notices that appear to be filed in bad faith — to suppress criticism, to attack a competitor, or otherwise abusively — may be declined and, where warranted, published.
Repeat infringers
In accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 512(i), we have adopted and reasonably implement a policy of blocking access, in appropriate circumstances, to any person who is a repeat infringer. Users whose comments or submissions are repeatedly the subject of valid notices will be blocked from the Site.
Trademark and other complaints
The procedure above concerns copyright. For trademark complaints, defamation claims, privacy complaints, or any other legal objection to material on this Site, write to the same address setting out who you are, what material concerns you, the URL where it appears, the right you are asserting, and what you would like us to do. We treat these with the same seriousness.
Developers who simply want a listing corrected, updated, or removed do not need to invoke any formal process. Tell us what is wrong and we will fix it.
Submit a notice
Send notices, counter-notices, and other rights complaints to our designated agent. Use the subject line “DMCA Notice — ApkTaya.ph” so it is routed correctly.
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