Profygate Professional Community Policies

Effective on Novembre 26th, 2019

Profygate is a company that aims to put its members first when it comes to making important decisions. Millions of professional conversations and shared insights are being exchanged every day on Profygate's Services (defined in the User Agreement). To ensure these discussions help our members be more productive and successful, Profygate has put in place these Professional Community Policies outlining the activities that are acceptable on the Services, and what is inappropriate and may be stopped by Profygate. These rules are intended to provide guidance and restrictions governing your use of, and participation in, our Services.

1. Be Real. Unlike some other online services, our members need to be real people, who provide their real names and accurate information about themselves. It is not okay to provide misleading information about yourself or your qualifications, work experience, affiliations, or achievements on our Services.

Impersonation

You may not impersonate others on the Services or mislead, confuse, or deceive others. Pretending to be someone else or to be representing a business in a way that is not truthful is not allowed. You are not allowed to use someone else's name, image, or other personal information to deceive others into thinking you are someone other than yourself or associated with a business or organization when you are not. You also may not use or attempt to use another individual's Profygate account or create a member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person). (The fact that in the rare cases Profygate may allow clearly fictional profiles with express prior permission does not waive our right to prohibit your false profile or association with a business or organization.)

Misrepresentation

You may not misrepresent your identity or information or mislead, confuse, or deceive others. Do not provide inaccurate information. When choosing a profile picture, you may not use an image that is not your likeness or a head-shot photo for your profile. Also, you may not manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or post transmitted through the Services.

2. Be Professional. We acknowledge the value of discussions around professional activities and ask our members to behave professionally by not being dishonest or inappropriate. When creating content on the Services, we ask that you follow our Publishing Platform Guidelines and keep your content professional, relevant, and on-topic. Do not share false information or use the Services to shock or intimidate others. And it is not okay to share graphic, obscene, or pornographic content on the Services.

Honesty and Authenticity

Be honest, forthright, and respectful. Do not invite people you do not know to join your network, and do not share comments, opinions, or other content in a manner that is intended to be misleading or inaccurate or to conceal a conflict of interest or unlawful motive. You may not use the Services to share false content or information, including news stories, that presents untrue or unverified facts or events as though they are true or likely true. When you share content or endorse someone or something in exchange for personal benefit (including personal or family relationships, monetary payment, free products or services, or other value), you must include a clear and conspicuous notice of the personal benefit you receive.

Relevance

Your messages, posts, comments, and other content must be on-topic and relevant. The Services provide a professional community for sharing professional content and information, so do not post or otherwise provide content that is irrelevant or inappropriate.

Adult Content

It's not acceptable to post content containing nudity, sexually explicit material, or pornography. Some adult content may be allowed in an educational, medical, scientific, or professional artistic context so long as it is not gratuitously graphic. The Services are never to be used for sexual exploitation of children. You also may not post content that threatens sexual violence or sexual assault. You may not use the Services to engage in or promote escort services, prostitution, or human trafficking.

3. Be Nice. We strive to maintain a safe and friendly community for our members. The Services shouldn't be used to harm others or their career or business prospects or to air personal grievances and disputes. It is not okay to use the Services to harass, abuse, or send other unwelcome communications to people (e.g., romantic advances, sexually explicit content, junk mail, spam, chain letters, phishing schemes). We do not allow hate speech acts like attacking people because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political or religious affiliations, or medical or physical condition. Also, hate groups, terrorists, and those who engage in violent crimes are not welcome and not permitted on the Services.

Bullying and Harassment

Bullying or harassment that targets individuals or groups to degrade or shame them is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, abusive or humiliating language, sexual advances and innuendo, revealing others' personal or sensitive information (aka "doxing") or posting content about them without consent, or inciting or engaging others to do any of the same.

Hate, Violence, and Terrorism

We do not allow organizations or groups that engage in or promote violence or property damage, organized criminal activity, prejudice, or hate. Also, you may not use our Services to express support for such groups or to post content or otherwise use the Services to incite violence or hatred against particular individuals or groups.

Content that depicts terrorist activity, that is intended to recruit for terrorist organizations, or promotes or supports terrorism in any manner, is not tolerated on the Services.

Harmful Content and Shocking Material

You may not post violent or graphic content or otherwise use the Services with the intent to shock or humiliate others. We do not allow activities that promote, organize, depict or facilitate criminal activity. We also do not allow content depicting or promoting instructional weapon making, drug abuse, and threats of theft. Content or activities that promote or encourage suicide or any type of self-injury, including self-mutilation and eating disorders, is also not allowed.

Spam

Untargeted, irrelevant, unwanted, unsolicited, unauthorized, inappropriately commercial or promotional, or gratuitously repetitive messages and other similar content are considered spam and are not allowed on the Services. You may not use our invitation features to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact. Please make the effort to create original, professional, relevant, and interesting content in order to gain popularity, instead of trying ways to artificially increase the number of views, re-shares, likes, or comments.

4. Respect Others' Rights and Follow the Law. Before sharing or using someone else's copyrighted works, trademarks, private information, or trade secrets, please make sure you have the legal right to do so. The Services should not be used for illegal activities, promoting illegal products or to violate the rights of others. Don't use the Services to commit fraud or to try to trick others. Also, don't use the Services to intentionally distribute viruses, worms or other software that can destroy or interrupt others' data or computer devices.

Privacy and Publicity

You must respect others' privacy on the Services. You may not solicit email addresses or other personal information from Profygate members you don't know without authorization; use, disclose or distribute any data obtained in violation of any of our policies or agreements; disclose information that you do not have the consent to disclose (such as personal or confidential information of others, including your employer); or post or distribute content depicting children without the necessary consent from such child's legal guardian or parent. Do not use others' names, likenesses or photos to suggest an endorsement of a product, service or investment without their prior consent.

Compliance with Law

Your use of the Services must comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory requirements. You may not use the Services to create or operate a pyramid scheme, engage in fraud, or to sell or promote illegal drugs.

Copyright and Trademark

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not allow copyright infringement. You may not violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights. For example, do not copy or distribute (except through the available sharing functionality) the posts or other content of others without their permission, which they may give by posting under a Creative Commons license. Please visit Profygate's Copyright Policy to learn more about how to report alleged copyright infringement. You can learn more about our Trademark Policy here.

5. Respect Profygate's Rights. Don't violate the rights of Profygate. You can find more information about what this means in our User Agreement. It is also not okay to suggest that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Profygate when you are not. Do not violate our intellectual property rights, scrape the Services, or interfere with or disrupt the Services.

Unauthorized Access and Use

You may access the Services solely in the manner that we expressly authorize, for the tasks that the Services are intended for. You may not access the Services except through the interfaces intentionally provided by Profygate, such as its mobile applications, Profygate.com and slideshare.net.

Interference with the Service

You may not interfere with the functionality of, or our rights in, the Services. You may not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Services.

Respect Our Rules

You must follow the spirit and letter of our rules, agreements, and policies. You may not violate any additional terms concerning the specific Services that are provided when you sign up for or start using such Services.

Last updated: May 8, 2018

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