Policies for commercial presences & content
The following policies for commercial presences & content apply to all commercial spaces on Storyexpe. Commercial presences must comply with our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. You agree that you are responsible for keeping you up-to-date about our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.
We ask you as a commercial presence to:
- be honest about the products or services you present and / or promote on Storyexpe;
- avoid content that misleads, offends, or is not respectful of competition;
- avoid content that may compromise our users' privacy;
- ensuring that your content is suitable for users of age 13+;
- ensure that your content is complying with all applicable laws, regulations and industry codes.
Please consider that all your content might be subject to our review and approval. We reserve the right to reject or remove content ad for any reason, or to request modifications to any content, and to require factual substantiation for any claim made with a content.
Prohibited Content
Commercial content must not infringe the intellectual property, copyright, privacy, or other legal rights of any person or entity. Commercial content must not be defamatory, fraudulent, false, misleading, or deceptive.
The following commercial content is prohibited:
- Content that demeans, degrades or shows hate toward a particular race, culture, country, belief or gender;
- Content depicting any form of violence;
- Content depicting any form of harming of animals;
- Content depicting drug use, or that exploits an individual who is drunk or otherwise intoxicated;
- Content depicting nudity, sexual behavior, or obscene gestures;
- Shocking, sensational, deceptive, false, misleading or disrespectful content;
- Deceptive claims, offers, or business practices;
- Content that directs users to phishing links, malware, or similarly harmful codes or sites;
- Content that deceives users into providing personal information without their knowledge, under false pretenses, or to companies that resell, trade, or otherwise misuse that personal information.
Commercial content for the following companies, products and services is prohibited. Should we find out after the publication of a content that, in contrast to the first evaluation, the products, services or companies do not comply with the following Terms, we reserve the right to remove temporary or definitely all relevant content published, or to request the necessary modifications, so that the content comply with the terms.
We also reserve the right to refuse any type of content or other form of commercial presence which does not correspond to the main content, communication or purpose of Storyexpe, even without specific reasons. Prohibited content is:
- get-rich-quick or Pyramid schemes, or any other deceptive or fraudulent offers;
- products or services that bypass copyright protection (software, cable signal descramblers, etc.), or products or services principally dedicated to selling counterfeit goods or engaging in copyright piracy;
- any kind of illegal substances, even if their use is partially legal or is legal in the state/country from which the announcement comes;
- recreational drugs or drug paraphernalia;
- firearms, weapons, ammunition, or accessories;
- counterfeit, fake or bootleg products, or replicas or imitations of designer products;
- adult products and services;
- cigarettes (including e-cigarettes), cigars, tobacco, and other tobacco products;
- ads that promote particular securities or that provide or allege to provide insider tips;
- in general any kind of ads concerning any illegal conduct, product, or enterprise.
Restricted commercial presences
Ads in the following categories are often restricted to particular regulations, due for example to the age of users (e.g. for alcoholic beverages), specific temporary or permanent social or political conditions, (e.g. regional or national elections), or different local laws. For this reason, commercial presences in the following (but not limited to the following) categories might be considered on a case-by-case basis, or may also be rejected / deleted in the event of manifest non-compliance with laws or regulations:
- Content that promotes or reference alcohol;
- Content for financial services;
- Content for online pharmacies or pharmaceuticals;
- Content for online dating services;
- Content for lotteries;
- Content for contraceptives;
- Political content
- Content for gambling and games of skill;
- Content promoting dietary and herbal supplements.
Testimonials & endorsements
Any testimonials and endorsements contained in commercial presences, accounts, groups or pages must comply with all applicable laws, industry codes, rules, and regulations. Private and professional users (e.g. influencers) are always required to specify content for commercial and promotional purposes. Any omission or insufficient communication of content for commercial and promotional purposes is the sole responsibility of the users who post it.
Content
Any content for commercial presences or other pages on Storyexpe (excluded content published on personal profiles or groups) should be of the highest quality and meet the highest editorial standards.
Our users may share content with other users or save content to their devices.
We reserve the right to place any commercial content in the most appropriate way in relation to category, quality, purpose, audience and related content.
Professional & commercial presences and memberships are only concluded with users over 18 years of age.
You state that you are authorized to grant all licenses and to agree to these Terms on behalf of the business or entity.
The content of all commercial presences is the sole and complete responsibility of the owner of the respective profile.
Storyexpe may request the removal in whole or in part - or proceed directly and if necessary without notice - of content that does not comply with the purpose of use of a social network.