Código de conducta para socios

This Code of Conduct has been prepared to protect the rights and safety of all. However, each Affiliate Partner is and remain responsible and liable for its actions and Starplan Srl is not responsible for content on third party websites and does not accept any liability for content on third party websites.

1. Laws, rules and regulations. Each Affiliate Partner must comply with all laws, rules and regulations that are applicable to their activities, including but not limited to those pertaining to marketing, privacy, social media, consumer protection and advertising. Each Affiliate Partner must further comply with all applicable best practice and guidelines.

Each Affiliate Partner must in any event:

• refrain from any illegal, unlawful or inappropriate acts (such as, but not limited to: criminal acts (e.g. discrimination, racism, defamation, abuse, phishing, fraud, SPAM etc.), tortuous acts, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or infringement of any other IP rights, privacy infringement, the use of malware etc.);
• refrain from using personal information about someone (including his/her name) unless the Affiliate has the prior written approval from the relevant person;
• not make any misrepresentations or publish misleading information;
• modify or hide any specific disclosures or disclaimers;
• observe and comply with the terms, conditions, guidelines and policies of all third party services they use, including but not limited to social media services, search engine marketing systems and other third party services;
• refrain from using sweepstakes entries, lotteries, rewards, points or other participation incentives in their activities;
• not circumvent any security measures or tracking systems nor attempt to automate or falsify activity through the links;
• not modify the links or transaction tracker codes in any way;
• not display any content next to or one click away from third party content, if such third party content in itself would be in violation of this Code of Conduct;
• comply with all data protection laws, rules and regulations in all relevant jurisdictions;

2. Integrity and Compliance with Laws Anti-Corruption. Affiliate Partners must not permit or engage in any unethical practices, corruption, extortion, or bribery – whether they are working with government officials or solely in the private sector. Affiliate partners must not offer, give, or authorize any gift, loan, fee, reward, bribe, or other advantage to any customer, government official, government employee, or Starplan employee to improperly influence any action or decision.

3. Fair Competition. While Starplan competes vigorously in all of its business activities, it is committed to dealing fairly with customers and competitors. Affiliate partners must never propose, discuss, exchange information regarding, or enter into an understanding or agreement, with any competitor concerning:

• Starplan’ confidential terms or conditions of sale;
• Starplan’ allocation of product, customers, markets, or territories;
• Starplan’ limitations on production or supply;
• Boycotts of Starplan’ business by customers or suppliers; or
• Bids or the intent to bid on Starplan products and/or services.

4. Conflicts of Interest. Affiliate Partners must avoid activities that create or appear to create actual or potential conflicts of interest between their own interests and the interests of Starplan. Starplan Affiliate Partners must not offer or provide gifts or excessive hospitality or entertainment to any Starplan employee or customer or their families to obtain or retain business or to influence a decision. Starplan employees and their family members may not hold any significant economic interest in any entity that does business with Starplan, and Affiliate Partners are required to avoid such relationships with Starplan employees. Affiliate Partners may not engage in reselling to a government customer when the business partner has already provided consulting services to the government customer advising on the procurement of services that Starplan provides. Starplan Affiliate Partners must proactively raise actual or potential conflicts of interest with Starplan so that the situation can be evaluated and addressed appropriately.

5. Intellectual Property and Confidential Information. Affiliate Partners may only use Starplan’ intellectual property, such as trade secret information, copyrights, patents and trademarks, in a manner permitted under their contract with Starplan and may not misappropriate or infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Starplan Affiliate Partners must not misuse any trade secrets or proprietary or confidential information of Starplan or of others for their own purposes or disclose such information to unauthorized third parties. Starplan Affiliate Partners must notify Starplan if they become aware of any unauthorized use of the Starplan intellectual property.

6. Freely Chosen Employment. Affiliate Partners must only utilize labor where the individuals performing such labor have freely chosen such employment – their workforce must not be a result of slavery or the trafficking of persons. Affiliate Partners should not transport, harbor, or recruit vulnerable persons by means of threat, force, coercion, abduction, or fraud.

7. Privacy Policy. Each Affiliate Partner shall maintain a privacy policy ("Affiliate Partner Privacy Policy") that complies with all applicable privacy laws, rules and regulations in each relevant jurisdiction. The Affiliate Privacy Policy shall at least include that each website of an Affiliate Partner allows third parties, including clients, to place content within its media, and that each such website is allowed to share any information so collected with third parties, such as clients, as contemplated thereunder.

8. Termination of affiliation program. Each Affiliate Partner acknowledges and agrees that a violation of this code of conduct may result in termination from the program of affiliation.