HG Openhouse Blog

HomeGoods established this weblog to allow people to share ideas and photographs and to discuss with one another topics related to home decorating and merchandise at our stores. For the protection of all users and HomeGoods and its parent, The TJX Companies, Inc. (“TJX”), HomeGoods reserves the right to review comments and photographs submitted to the weblog to screen material and to edit or delete, in whole or in part, any comment or other material posted to this weblog that is inconsistent with this Code of Conduct. To the extent that you submit comments or photographs to this weblog that are inconsistent with this Code of Conduct, TJX also may, but is not obligated to, use the information you provide to TJX to contact you so that you may revise your submission to conform with this Code of Conduct prior to publishing the submission on the weblog. The views and opinions expressed on this weblog, however, should not at any time be considered as representative of the views of HomeGoods or TJX or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. You are and will remain personally responsible for your posted comments and photographs and all actions arising from your posts. By posting to this weblog, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the following and that you are granting TJX a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to distribute, reproduce, and publicly display your comments and photographs on the weblog and in any other media, and to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in your comments or photographs for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such comments or photographs, without any further consent from or notice or compensation to you:

1. Stay Focused. Do post comments and photographs that stay close to the stated focus of the weblog. Do not post comments or photographs that contain SPAM or off-topic content such as political or religious statements.
2. Use Common Sense. Do not post any confidential or personal information that you do not want to share with strangers on the Internet, including telephone numbers and electronic signatures.
3. Respect Personal Information. Do not post any confidential or personal information of any third party, including telephone numbers, addresses or email addresses. Do not post any material (either positive or negative) that specifically identifies any other person who is not a celebrity. If you post a photograph to the weblog, be sure that the photograph does not include any person.
4. Use Appropriate Language. Refrain from posting any material that is obscene, pornographic, defamatory, profane, libelous, threatening, discriminatory, harassing, offensive, abusive, hateful, embarrassing or disparaging to another person, group of persons or entity or that violates the privacy rights of others.
5. Advertisements and Solicitations. At Openhouse, we’re eager to hear about what inspires you, our customers, and we encourage you to share your experiences with our stores and with other home decorating resources. However, we ask that you not post any overt promotional information or advertisements strictly for the purposes of self-promotion.
6. Format. Do not post comments written in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, whether intentional or accidental.
7. Respect Copyrights. Do not post any material to the weblog unless (i) you own or have all of the rights necessary to post the content and (ii) the posting of such content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyright or any other rights of any person. Respect all laws governing copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights, including HomeGoods’ and TJX’s own intellectual property. If you wish to reference third party content, do not copy the content without permission. Where appropriate, please provide a hyperlink to any referenced online content.
8. Discuss What You Know. Do not make specific, non-verifiable, non-firsthand claims about people or companies.
9. Comply with Law. Do not engage in or promote any illegal activity through this weblog or post any material that fails to conform with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws.
10. Respect Others. Do not attack personally fellow HomeGoods bloggers, affiliates, partners, customers, consumers or shareholders. When you disagree with a posting, do so with respect and without resorting to personal attacks. While referencing our competitors is accepted and welcome as open dialogue, do not attack companies that are competitors of HomeGoods.
11. Use Resources Wisely. Do not post any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware or other computer code that is intended to damage, interfere with or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system or information.
12. Contact Us. The focus of this weblog is home decorating and merchandise at our stores. If you have another issue you would like to communicate to HomeGoods or TJX, please contact us by clicking on Contact Us. In addition, if you believe that any material posted on the weblog violates any provision of this Code of Conduct, including, without limitation, provisions relating to the posting of copyrighted materials (either your own copyrighted materials or those owned by a third party), or if you have any other legal claim related to the weblog, please let us know via Contact Us.
13. Ranking. Do not post material that is intended as Page Rank Bait.
14. Terms of Use and Privacy. In addition to this Code of Conduct, your use of the weblog is also subject to the HomeGoods website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. This Code of Conduct applies to all comments submitted to this weblog. To the extent this Code of Conduct conflicts with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy posted on the HomeGoods website, this Code of Conduct shall apply to the use of this weblog. By providing your email address to HomeGoods in connection with the posting of any material to this weblog you are not opting in to any email lists; however, HomeGoods reserves the right to contact you should your comment be of the nature that we deem requires a response from Customer Service.
15. Amendments. This Blogging Code of Conduct may be changed or updated by HomeGoods from time to time without prior notice. Continued use of the weblog following such changes or updates shall constitute your acceptance of any new terms. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Blogging Code of Conduct and we encourage you, therefore, to review it carefully whenever you use the weblog.

DISCLAIMER: HOMEGOODS AND TJX DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THE TRUTHFULNESS, ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT POSTED ON THE BLOG, NOR DO HOMEGOODS OR TJX ENDORSE ANY OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY OR AFFILIATED WITH ANY USERS OF THE BLOG OR ANY WEBSITES OR WEBLOGS HYPERLINKED TO THIS BLOG.

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