Online honor, dignity, and business reputation protection

The development of computer technologies and the emergence of new ways of presenting and distributing information raise the issue of regulatory matters regarding online interaction. The Internet is often used to commit unlawful acts infringing upon the constitutional rights and legal interests of individuals and legal entities, particularly the right to protect one’s honor, dignity, and business reputation.

Group-IB’s attorneys employ the following methods related to online honor, dignity, and business reputation protection:

• Pre-trial conflict settlement procedure. Practice shows that most disputes can be resolved through negotiations with the suspected infringer of your interests. Often the very fact of infringement may not be evident to the offender, due to, for instance, ignorance of the rule of law. After receiving a well-grounded claim and reviewing the submitted information, the infringer will often cease their unlawful activities.
• Representing the client’s interests in civil proceedings. In accordance with Article 152 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, an individual has the right to demand by court action the repudiation of information damaging their honor, dignity, or business reputation, as well as restitution for damages and moral harm cause by this misinformation. At the request of the interested parties, honor and dignity can be protected even after one’s death.

Group-IB’s attorneys perform the following range of services related to online honor, dignity, and business reputation protection:

• Consulting on the issues of honor, dignity, and business reputation protection;
• Providing legal support in obtaining and assembling the necessary evidentiary documentation;
• Representing the client’s interests during the pre-trial settlement, and participating in negotiations with the party potentially in violation of the client’s rights and interests;
• Preparing and filing a court claim to protect honor, dignity, and business reputation, and to seek restitution for moral harm;
• Representing the client’s interests in arbitration courts and trial courts.

Online honor, dignity, and business reputation protection

As a result of this service, infringement on the rights of the client will be suppressed and the guilty party will be prosecuted. Intervention by Group-IB’s legal department specialists will not only minimize financial and reputational risks, but also make restitution possible.

Online honor, dignity, and business reputation protection

In providing this service, our experts use an individualized approach with the goal of bringing the criminal to justice and restituting damages. As a result of online honor, dignity, and business reputation protection with the participation of Group-IB’s attorneys, the client receives:

• Qualified protection of your interests. Having daily practice in responding to online incidents has allowed Group-IB’s legal department to gain valuable experience in the regulatory matters of honor, dignity, and business reputation protection. The combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills ensures a highly-qualified solution to the legal issues of our clients.
• Properly executed documentation. The collected documentation package is compiled in accordance with the applicable laws.
• The restoration of justice and reputation. Honor, dignity, and business reputation protection procedures allow bringing to justice those responsible, and, consequently, restoring justice and reputation in the eyes of your partners and clients.
• The ability to seek restitution. Compensating the damages resulting from such violations is only possible with legally competent support. The ultimate goal of this service is to minimize the company’s damage resulting from the actions of criminals, and restitute it.