The basis of every successful business is one's own reputation, or the reputation of one's own company or person. The Internet, with its limitless, continuous availability and supposed anonymity, has become the greatest threat to one's reputation today. Not only can dissatisfied customers or business partners spread negative news in a matter of seconds, as was previously the case, but disliked or envious competitors can also attack your own reputation with targeted campaigns and thus have a direct impact on orders and sales. Often you don't even realise it, or only when the scattered news has already made its way to potential customers. Taking acute countermeasures is very time-consuming and cost-intensive. Having your own reputation checked and monitored on the Internet as a preventative measure is generally the more sensible alternative - reputation management with a lawyer.
As a lawyer specialising in internet law in Munich, I can provide you with an assessment of the possibilities and risks of necessary reputation management in a detailed initial consultation. The expected costs will also be explained to you or a corresponding fee agreement made.
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As a technical and legal layperson, it is often difficult to research information about yourself or your own company on the Internet and thus to conduct your own reputation management. The services offered on the Internet are too numerous and extensive, and content changes too quickly. However, most people do not have the necessary research tools or the experience to deal with them. Even the purely legal judgement - what is permitted, what is opinion, what is damage to reputation - is not always easy, even for lawyers. With customised reputation management with a lawyer, you can have your own reputation on the Internet checked easily and safely. Any problems found, such as the removal of unfavourable content, can be tackled directly and a strategy for the future management of your own reputation can be developed more easily. After all, positive press is still the best way to counter negative press.
In addition, these investigations can often bring to light other problems, such as copyright infringements, content theft, name misuse or similar offences, which would otherwise not have been noticed in the first place.
If you have already been the victim of an attack on your reputation or if you generally feel that customers have rated you unfairly on the Internet, you need to act quickly. The Internet saves quickly, but forgets slowly. Even if you can remove the source of negative press, it has often already spread via other channels and is difficult to stop. Despite the now stricter data protection laws in Germany and the EU, as a private individual or businessman without legal assistance, you are quickly at a loss. Even today, large companies hardly bother with such enquiries if they are not backed up by a legal "threat". A lawyer for reputation management can provide targeted and rapid assistance here.
If claims for damages crystallise from the attacks that have been fended off, an experienced lawyer can of course also take direct action here.
Today, reputation management is not only important for companies and businesses (trade, industry, financial service providers, banks, clinics,...). Especially people who earn money with their good name - artists, stars, musicians, politicians, doctors, clinics, managers, athletes, celebrities - but also private individuals, should think about their reputation on the Internet.
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