Content Removal Requests

This page covers removal of content published on beyond-desk.com — mainly gallery photos and setup entries, which are real workspaces submitted by their owners to the World Desk Setup Festival (WDSF). Scan photos are never published, so they are not covered here; for scan data deletion, see our Privacy Policy.

• The contributor — you submitted the setup and want it removed, in part or in full. You do not need to give a reason.
• A person visible in a photo — you, or your personal information, appear in a published photo, even if you did not submit it.
• A rights holder — you believe a published photo or text infringes your copyright or other rights.

Email beyond-desk@hexcal.com with:

1. the page or photo URL (or the setup name shown in the gallery);
2. who you are in relation to it (contributor, person in the photo, or rights holder);
3. contributors: write from the email address you submitted to WDSF with, or mention details only the contributor would know; rights holders: identify the work and the basis of your claim.

We may ask one round of follow-up questions to verify the request. Contributors removing their own setups need no legal paperwork.

1. Acknowledgment within 7 days of your request.
2. Removal within 14 days of verification: the setup page and photos leave the public gallery, derived images are removed from our storage, and CDN caches are purged. Caches and search engines refresh on their own schedules, so third-party copies may take longer to disappear; that part is outside our control.
3. Upstream flag: the entry is marked as withdrawn in our internal content system, so our content pipeline cannot republish it. On request, we also delete the underlying photos from internal storage.
4. Award records: if the setup won a WDSF award, we remove the photos and personal details; you choose whether the award line stays (anonymized, e.g. “entry withdrawn by contributor”) or is removed entirely.

• We will not silently ignore a request: every request gets a reply, and a refusal comes with reasons.
• We will not repost removed content in future site versions, exports, or archives.
• We will not ask why you want your own setup removed.

During an active WDSF season, removing a competing entry also withdraws it from the running competition. We will confirm this with you before acting on the request.