Promotion Circles content policy

1. Prohibited content

Do not submit or approve content that:

• is illegal where the sender, screen, or intended audience is located;
• is fraudulent, materially deceptive, impersonates another person or business, or makes claims that cannot be substantiated;
• promotes exploitation, trafficking, non-consensual activity, child sexual abuse material, or sexual services;
• contains hateful, harassing, threatening, or discriminatory content directed at a protected person or group;
• depicts gratuitous graphic violence or encourages self-harm or violence;
• promotes illegal drugs, counterfeit goods, stolen goods, malware, credential theft, or evasion of law enforcement;
• infringes copyrights, trademarks, publicity rights, privacy rights, or other rights;
• collects sensitive information through a QR destination without a lawful purpose, clear notice, and appropriate safeguards;
• uses a broken, misleading, cloaked, or unexpectedly redirected QR destination; or
• is otherwise unsafe or unsuitable for the host's audience or physical location.

2. Regulated and age-restricted content

The sender and screen owner must not assume that platform availability makes regulated content lawful. Before approving alcohol, tobacco or nicotine, cannabis, gambling, financial or investment services, credit, insurance, healthcare, medications, supplements, political or election-related messages, contests or sweepstakes, firearms, or other age-restricted or professionally regulated content, the screen owner must document that the content:

• is permitted in every relevant jurisdiction and physical venue;
• has any required licenses, disclosures, disclaimers, substantiation, and age or audience restrictions;
• uses an accurate offer period, price, eligibility rule, and redemption condition;
• does not target an audience that may not lawfully receive it; and
• has received qualified legal or compliance review when the applicable rules are unclear.

If those checks cannot be completed, the promotion must be rejected or paused. A host may prohibit any category even when it might otherwise be lawful.

3. Sender duties

The sending business must own or have permission to use all creative material, keep claims and offer terms accurate, provide a safe HTTPS destination where practical, identify material restrictions, and promptly withdraw content that becomes inaccurate, unlawful, expired, or unsafe. A creative or destination change creates a new revision and requires host approval again.

4. Screen-owner review duties

Before approval, and again before resuming a paused promotion, the screen owner must:

1. inspect the complete creative, offer, coupon, and QR destination;
2. confirm that the sender is a trusted connected business and not a blocked competitor or category;
3. check the intended screens, local audience, schedule, expiration, and partner-content percentage;
4. complete any regulated-content review described above;
5. reject unclear, incomplete, expired, deceptive, or unsuitable content; and
6. pause or remove a promotion immediately if a concern appears after approval.

Approval is specific to the reviewed campaign revision. It is not a standing endorsement of the sender or permission to publish future changes.

5. Network rules and enforcement

Partner content may never exceed 20% of screen time, and a host may set a lower limit. Promotions automatically stop at their approved end time. AboutNPromote may disable or remove content, links, placements, or accounts when reasonably necessary for safety, legal compliance, security, or enforcement. Senders and hosts remain responsible for their own content and decisions.