Online privacy and dignity

Urgent safety note: If someone may be in immediate danger, contact police or emergency services first.

Missing-person appeals should protect dignity before, during, and after a case. Remove or blur photos when a person is found safe, and avoid speculation about private circumstances.

Practical steps

• Use official reporting routes before relying on public posts.
• Keep a clean timeline and separate confirmed facts from uncertainty.
• Share source-backed appeal links and update them if the case status changes.
• Protect private contact details, private addresses, and family information.

What not to do

Public pages should contain only source-backed details needed to help.

How Missing Alerts can help

Missing Alerts connects public-safe case pages, country guidance, source attribution, map or location fallback panels, and safe sharing links so supporters can help without spreading unverified details.

Related links

Advice Hub · Country Intelligence · Active public cases

Quick answers

Should I post everything online? No. Share only public-safe details and official source links. Where should sightings go? To police, emergency services, or the official source route named on the case page.