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Grocery TV reserves the right to update these guidelines at any time by posting notice of such changes at its website or by otherwise providing notice.</p><h2 id="prohibited-content">Prohibited Content</h2><ul><li>Content or material promoting pornography, obscenity, highly suggestive content or that contain sexually explicit images or activity</li><li>Content or material promoting weapons, ammunition (e.g., firearms, fighting knives, stun guns), sales and excessive use of tobacco, electronic cigarettes</li><li>Content or material promoting illegal activities including but not limited to illegal drugs, drugs paraphernalia, terrorism, criminal activities, including but not limited to “how-to” information on bomb-making, lock-picking, and similar topics; hacking/cracking content</li><li>Content or material promoting graphic or explicit violence or which is hateful or offensive, defamatory, profane, discriminatory or that advocates the superiority of a specific race/ethnic group, national origin, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, language, status as a veteran or any other legally protected status</li><li>Content or material that is disparaging to Grocery TV, any of its ad vendors or retail partners</li><li>Content or material that is libelous, harassing, abusive, unlawful, or fraudulent</li><li>Content or materials that provides misleading information</li><li>Content that promotes religious groups or events</li><li>Content that promotes partisan political organizations or supports a particular party or candidate</li><li>Content promoting a competitor of the store where it’s run</li><li>Content that promotes grocery products that aren’t sold in the store where it’s run</li></ul><h2 id="prohibited-creative-attributes">Prohibited Creative Attributes</h2><ul><li>Subliminal messaging</li><li>Intense flashing or shaking</li><li>Provocative or suggestive Imagery</li></ul><h2 id="excluded-categories-all-stores-">Excluded Categories (All Stores)</h2><ul><li>Abortion Clinics</li><li>Adult Book Stores</li><li>Adult Movie Houses</li><li>Anti-Abortion Clinics</li><li>Attorneys (Personal Injury)</li><li>Birth Control Clinics</li><li>Body Piercing/Tattoo Parlors</li><li>Butcher Shops</li><li>Burlesque or Go-Go Bars</li><li>Cake or Candy Making Stores</li><li>Check Cashing/Loans</li><li>Chiropractors (licensed only)</li><li>Club Stores</li><li>Convenience Stores</li><li>Delicatessens</li><li>Florists</li><li>Grocery Stores</li><li>Head Shops</li><li>Health Food Stores</li><li>Ice Cream Stores (exclusion only applies to cake, quart, and pint type offers)</li><li>Legalized Marijuana</li><li>Massage Parlors</li><li>Palm Readers</li><li>Political Organizations</li><li>Religious Groups and Churches</li><li>Seafood Market</li><li>Supermarkets or big box stores that carry grocery, HBC or OTC products</li><li>Tobacco</li></ul><h2 id="excluded-categories-store-dependent-">Excluded Categories (Store Dependent)</h2><ul><li>Bakeries, if the store has a bakery</li><li>Chicken (KFC type), if the store sells hot chicken</li><li>Pizza, if the store has a hot pizza bar</li><li>Pharmacies, if the store has a pharmacy</li><li>Subs and Sandwiches, if the store sells made-to-order sandwiches</li><li>Fuel Stations, if the store has fuel pumps</li></ul><h2 id="creative-length">Creative Length</h2><ul><li>Minimum: 6 seconds</li><li>Maximum: 30 seconds</li></ul><p><br>If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about any of our content policy, please contact <a href="mailto:support@getpopspots.com?subject=Content%20Guidelines%20Question">support@grocerytv.com</a>.</p> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <footer id="footer" data-bg="black" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WPFooter"> <div class="container"> <div class="row main-wrapper"> <div class="col-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-3"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <h4>Customers</h4> <div class="list-element--text" aria-expanded="false"> <ul> <li><a class="link-simple--light" 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