GBP Name Changes by Third Parties

[ceeze]

I have a client whose law firm name keeps being changed for 4 locations either by google or by a competitor. for each location they are registered within the county for the fictitious business name aka DBA. This is their public-facing name. Over the last two weeks these 4 locations have reverted back 3-4 times each. Firm Name is: <law partners' names> Injury Lawyers. Google/competitor keeps updating it to <law partners' names> , e.g. Smith Smith. Has anyone else seen this?
- Would activating Whitespark's service to prevent public changes to profile help?
- Any risk of profile suspension with our changing it back to the DBA name repeatedly?
-Has anyone ever had a client's profile suspended with the use of Brightlocal or Whitespark's auto-correct services for any Google/user changes to your GBP?

I know it's a lot of questions but would appreciate anyone sharing their experience. Thank you.

 

[keyserholiday]

No citation service can lock or prevent name changes. All Whitespark can do is email when an edit is accepted. Are you using any third-party tools to manage citations? I am noticing an uptick in suggest an edits being denied, so I doubt it's a competitor.