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Bill Perry just published a blog post with content guidelines for Ovi publishers. In a few words about what types of content are permitted in Ovi Store.

There have been some questions from developers recently about what types of content are permitted in Ovi Store and I wanted to share our guidelines with you. These are the guidelines that are posted in our web based publishing tool and support page for registered Ovi Publishers.

The following items are examples of prohibited content:

• Paid content that circumvents Nokia's billing platform
• Content containing copyrighted material you are not authorized to use
• Content containing nudity, pornography or sexually explicit material
• Content with graphic or gratuitous violence
• Content containing ethnic propaganda or other offensive material which attacks or demeans a group or an individual
• Content disparaging governments or politicians
• Content showing minors in an exploitative or abusive light
• Content showing cruelty to animals
• Content showing distressing content
• Content that encourages illegal, dangerous or harmful activities
• Content that contains viruses or harmful code
• Content that links to websites that contain illegal or inappropriate material
• Content promoting drugs or drug paraphernalia
• Content promoting tobacco or tobacco-related products
• Content promoting prostitution
• Content and related policies that disrespects a user's right of privacy

Privacy guidelines if your content accesses an end-user's location information:

• Provide users with clear and understandable notice about how their location information will be collected, used, disclosed and protected
• Provide users with tools that enable them to determine and control whether, when, and with whom their information is shared
• Provide, as appropriate, parental controls and child protection tools for users under 18 years of age and their parents or guardians
• Adhere to industry standards regarding the transmission, storage, and access to sensitive personal information like location information [...]

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