Community Guidelines

Welcome to MY BORGHESE BEAUTY! Our site was created for our members to share, connect, and communicate with other members. Please read the following rules and guidelines for community participation.

Guidelines for Community Participation

1. Do not post any advertising, promotional materials, referrals, press releases, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation.
2. Do not post with the intent to disrupt or disturb the community or to interfere with other members' use and enjoyment of our community.
3. Do not attack the character or damage the reputation of other members, name-call, insult, ridicule, harass, mock or otherwise verbally assault other members of this community. This is a professional network and all behavior should reflect accordingly.
4. Do not bully or intimidate other members. Constructive criticism is welcome, but language that can be construed as belittling or rude is not.
5. Do not post anything hateful - including targeting race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, weight or disability.
6. Users should create one, and only one, screen name, using only terms that they have the right to use-not the names of famous people or characters. Do not create a screen name to violate our guidelines.
7. Do not post or link to inappropriate content. Inappropriate content is anything MY BORGHESE BEAUTY deems obscene or vulgar, harassing, humiliating, defamatory, libelous, untrue or invasive of someone else's privacy. This content includes including graphics, images, stories, blog posts, discussion threads, events or videos.
8. Do not post anything you do not have the right to publish or violate any copyright or other proprietary rights in your posts. That includes published articles, images or videos, without the author or owner's permission.
9. Do not transfer issues or posts from one group to another with the intention of drawing negative attention to the post.
10. Do not hit and run. Please do not go to a group where you do not ordinarily post simply to point out the wrongness of another poster or group's actions, beliefs, or comments.
11. Do not use all capital letters in your postings.
12. Do not post the same message more than once in multiple forums (such as blogs or discussion threads) or on groups.
13. Do not flood. This includes repeatedly "bumping" a thread, disrupting an online chat event by entering the same phrase over and over again, or otherwise using up bandwidth for no reason.
14. Do not post on behalf of banned members. If you do this, you may be banned without notice or warning.

Commercial self-promotion prohibited

We understand the desire for members to use MY BORGHESE BEAUTY as a way to promote themselves and their businesses, but the purpose of this site is for social networking only,

1. You may not directly advertise or promote yourself or any third party to the membership via messaging, in any comment, discussion thread, blog post, group, or any media, including both photos and videos. The content in question is subject to removal at MY BORGHESE BEAUTY's discretion. Additionally, this content should not resemble that which you'd normally find on a press release or advertisement or late-night infomercial.
2. The appropriate way to attract attention is to be a periodic contributor of valued content to the site. In the discussion threads, blog post, photos, videos of groups started by you or fellow members, share your expertise, knowledge and thoughts with the group as you would with any friend.
3. In photos, groups, discussion threads, blog posts or videos, you are welcome to link back to your member profile page only. You may not include any contact information, including the name of your business, in these areas. Acceptable language includes "Please stop by my home at MY BORGHESE BEAUTY" or "Visit my member profile page for more information about me."
4. A serious violation is poaching or directly soliciting MY BORGHESE BEAUTY members using MY BORGHESE BEAUTY itself. We are not against competition. However, using the MY BORGHESE BEAUTY internal email messaging, our technology or platform to post a self-promoting discussion, blog or comment on any profile wall with the intent to solicit members to or advertise a competitive site is in violation of our community guidelines and you will be subject to an immediate ban, and you may be open to legal prosecution.
5. We may occasionally provide members with offers relating to our own commercial site, www.borghese.com.

Membership Profiles

1. Your profile should include your name and an avatar, and some simple, clear details that let us all know a little bit about you, including your city and state, but remember that this information is public. An avatar is your computerized representation of yourself, like a headshot or image. Remember this is a network! If you want to connect, communicate, collaborate, and be found by colleagues and friends, a more complete profile will help.
2. Using your company logo, or any image that you do not have the right to use, as an avatar is not acceptable.
3. You may not alter your page so that it competes with any MY BORGHESE BEAUTY-branded materials, including any and all advertisements posted by MY BORGHESE BEAUTY, anywhere on the site. Such alteration of Web pages - which includes banner ad-like promotional materials running atop membership profiles - is strictly forbidden, subject to review and will be removed.

Discussions

A Discussion thread is more of a short topic or question posed to the community where replies are generally desired. You can also create a new topic for discussion or ask a question by clicking on the Start a New Discussion link. Here you can give it a title, write the discussion text/question and even upload file attachments if desired. We encourage you to pick a category that's applicable or general if none apply and to add tags that help people find your discussion!

1. You may include pictures or images in your posts as long as they comply with these guidelines and the site's Terms & Conditions.
2. You may include content from previously published, print or online, materials with proper attribution if you have the owner's permission to do so. If you can, provide a link to where the content originates.
3. Unlike a blog, which is more directed towards personal commentary, discussion threads are used to solicit feedback.

Groups

Groups allow you to invite or include people who have a common interest around a particular topic. You can share it, socialize it, communicate to other members in the group, edit and manage. It's your group… make it special. For instance, those who are interested in issues surrounding restaurant marketing would want to join a group that focuses on those issues. If no such group exists, feel free to create one, using the following guidelines:

1. Groups must be approved for content before they are published on MY BORGHESE BEAUTY.
2. If you start a group, you are responsible for that group and to ensure that it remains lively and active. The MY BORGHESE BEAUTY staff will remove any group that appears to be inactive for more than 60 days.
3. When you start a group, make sure that you include a headline, appropriate avatar and a brief description of the group. Also included should be at least one or two discussion threads that tackle an issue the group - or you - may want to discuss. Any group started with no discussion threads in it will be removed after 60 days of its creation.
4. Groups themselves may not be promotional in nature. For instance, if you work for Company A, you may not start a group that is called "Company A." This is considered promotional in nature and will be removed. You are welcome, however, to start a group about beauty tips in general.
5. As group creator, make sure to visit your group frequently and chat with your fellow members, no matter the discussion thread. Create new discussions daily. The direction your group takes, and the conversation within, is up to you, subject to these Guidelines. Reach out to your fellow group members directly by asking them to join in on conversations.
6. Group landing pages or discussion threads may not include promotional links or feeds to your company or personal blog. You are welcome to use feeds as long as they are not promotional in nature. You are welcome to link to your member profile within a discussion thread, but not on the landing page of a particular group.
7. Invite MY BORGHESE BEAUTY friends to join your group, or promote your group within your blog.
8. Participation in any group is similar to that in a blog or discussion thread. Language and content in groups should adhere to the same policies as blogs and discussion threads. Please review the "Commercial self-promotion prohibited" section of these guidelines for more information.

Violations of Community Guidelines

If you violate the MY BORGHESE BEAUTY community guidelines, expect to be contacted individually by community staff. Your actions may result in a warning, a suspension, or permanent banning from participation in our community.

1. MY BORGHESE BEAUTY has adopted a "Three Strikes" policy when it comes to banning, in many cases. Typically, MY BORGHESE BEAUTY will contact you directly to inform you of a violation of the community guidelines. In general, after three violations, you will be banned from the community. Nevertheless, MY BORGHESE BEAUTY reserves the right to handle each violation on a case-by-case basis and, if the situation warrants, to ban any member at any time, for any reason, with or without warning.
2. Members who have been reprimanded for violating any MY BORGHESE BEAUTY community guidelines will, generally, have 48 hours to rectify the violation. If no action is taken during this period, members will be reprimanded again and the action will be counted against their "Three Strikes" allotment, or other action may be taken as the situation warrants.
3. Banning is done at the community staff's discretion and is the result of our sole determination of a member's demonstrated inability or disinclination to comply with our guidelines.
4. If you poach and solicit MY BORGHESE BEAUTY members using MY BORGHESE BEAUTY messaging, you may be prosecuted. We do not publicly discuss or announce warnings, suspensions or bannings.
5. If a thread that contains a violation of these guidelines has information that's useful to the original poster or other members of the site, it may be edited or locked. However, if in our sole judgment a thread was created for the purpose of violating the guidelines, violates enough guidelines to be irredeemable, or contains no otherwise useful information, it may be removed.
6. Because of the size of our community, we can't monitor all posts on the site. If you see a message you believe violates our guidelines, please contact us.

Your Rights and Responsibilities

Please bear in mind that all of the material you read in our community areas comes from other members. Because our community is very large, MY BORGHESE BEAUTY may not monitor or verify all the information posted by our members. The comments, opinions, and statements posted on our bulletin boards, forums, groups and chats do not necessarily reflect the views of MY BORGHESE BEAUTY. The information posted on our boards and blog postings, including advice and opinions, is the responsibility of those members who create the posts.

Please consult your business advisors or other qualified professionals before relying on information you find in the community areas. MY BORGHESE BEAUTY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF POSTS AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON WHAT OTHER MEMBERS HAVE SAID.

All MY BORGHESE BEAUTY communications, including group discussion blogs, and forum posts, are public and not private communications. MY BORGHESE BEAUTY has the right to modify and publish, both on our site and in other media, any information you post in our community areas. Please note that the material you post may be indexed by search engines such as Yahoo and Google.

Community staff and volunteer hosts may use your membership e-mail to contact you regarding your messages in our community. You're responsible for keeping your e-mail address active and updated. Failure to keep your e-mail address updated may result in your being banned until we can confirm that you have a valid e-mail address associated with your MY BORGHESE BEAUTY membership.

Keep your login information, including your password, private. Sharing of memberships or screen names is not allowed and may result in your being banned. MY BORGHESE BEAUTY accepts no responsibility for use of your membership or computer by third parties, with or without your permission.

We reserve the right to modify or change these guidelines without notice, but such changes shall be effective only after the effective date and will not affect any disputes arising prior to the effective date of the change.

Privacy Guidelines

Never provide your password, telephone numbers, or home address to anyone online. Be very careful about responding to solicitations for interviews or research. Note, however, that MY BORGHESE BEAUTY editors might invite you to respond to such solicitations from time to time.

Never divulge any private or personal information about another person online. That includes the person's real name or address, e-mail address, and any other personal information that the person has not asked you to make public. Do not forward or post private messages that someone has sent to you unless you have his or her permission. Only send e-mail to another MY BORGHESE BEAUTY member if he or she has given you expressed permission. Please do not solicit other members' personal information.

The e-mail address you provide is for our use only, unless you provide it to other members. By accepting "friendships" on MY BORGHESE BEAUTY, you take full responsibility for any e-mail you receive. MY BORGHESE BEAUTY does not monitor such communications and will not intervene between members who use this function. The only way to keep from receiving undesirable e-mail is to remove the offending member from your "friends" list and not share your e-mail address.

MY BORGHESE BEAUTY reserves the right to resend invitations by members, and will only resend invitations once per month. MY BORGHESE BEAUTY intends to resend an invitation only once.

Members of the MY BORGHESE BEAUTY community sometimes organize donations, gift exchanges, reunions, and other offline activities. Such arrangements are private and are not sponsored, vetted, or hosted by MY BORGHESE BEAUTY. You participate at your own risk.

June 3, 2009