Eurohypo AG supports international open dialogue, discussion and the exchange of ideas, opinions and visions. Like many other blogs, we have blogging guidelines. The reasons for that are twofold: first, the guidelines help to prevent the publishing and distribution of illegal or offensive material; second, the guidelines aim to ensure the continuous usefulness and interestingness of this blog to its readers. Please make sure that you read and understand the following guidelines.

Concerning your comments

1: Please be nice. Respect your audience. Watch what you are saying. Do not insult, offend or attack anyone and do not be obscene. Avoid inflammatory subjects. You may not post any material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, libellous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to another person or any other person or entity. In particular this includes – but is not restricted to – comments regarding Eurohypo AG, Eurohypo AG employees, Eurohypo AG`s clients, Eurohypo AG’s partners, Eurohypo AG’s competitors, or comments otherwise related to Eurohypo AG’s business interest. Be thoughtful and accurate in your posts, and be respectful of how others may be affected by your comment in the light of an international dialougue. Your comment will not be published if: - We consider your comment likely to inflame, provoke, assault or offend others - It is racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable - It contains offensive language or swear words - It breaks the law, condones or encourages illegal or unlawful action - It could put the safety or well-being of others in danger

2: Identify yourself. Use your own voice. Be who you are.Make clear that you are writing and speaking for yourself. Write in the first person. We encourage you to provide your real name. We discourage the use of pseudonyms, because we believe in honesty and transparency. Nevertheless, you should protect yourself and your privacy. Be cautious when disclosing personal information or details about yourself – what you write in the blog will be archived and thus be available in the internet for any third party for a long time. Use your own voice and be who you really are – nobody should use this medium for hidden Marketing, Public Relations or the like on behalf of any company.

3: Cite and link. Relate to others.You are encouraged to utilize the connectivity of the internet and the blogosphere in particular. Relate to others and other blogs in the area of interest and tell others. You may cite and link respectfully and give fair comments on other’s opinions, work, posts, visions or the like. If you quote or cite any third material, we ask you to provide your sources.

4: Name the PerfectCity blog as your source.If you cite, quote, or otherwise distribute any material published on the PerfectCity blog (that includes pictures, articles, comments or the like) you must provide and name the PerfectCity blog as your source.

5: Keep secrets. Respect copyrights. Be ethical.Do not disclose another’s confidential or other proprietary information of any person, company or blog. It is furthermore crucial that you follow the laws governing copyright and that you use copyrighted material owned by others respectfully and fair. Please note that the laws may be different depending on where you live. We encourage you to relate and link to other’s work, visions and opinions. However, you should not quote or cite more than short excerpts of anybody else’s published material without approval or permission. For example, you must ensure that you ask for permission before publishing any material owned by someone else that is not quotable in excerpts such as pictures. Respect ethical issues and do not publish conversations that are meant to be private.

6: Be sensible. Do not damage the reputation of any person or organisation.Especially comments which could damage the reputation of a person or organisation, that risk prejudicing on-going or forthcoming court proceedings or that could put Eurohypo AG in contravention of its legal and/or regulatory obligations will not be published.

7: Add value. Be yourself and speak your mind. Be relevant and interesting.The best way to be interesting is to write about what you know. Whether it is your professional or lay understanding, perception or vision of architecture, cities and urbanity, please speak your mind. However, comments should be relevant to the subject of the article, discussion or previous comment. Comments that are considered to be irrelevant to the associated content or which are in any other form unrelated to the corresponding post may not be published.

8: Advertising: PerfectCity.net is no advertising platform. Please respect that no explicit or implicit advertisements or the like are tolerated on this blog.

Please note the following: By submitting comments to this site, you warrant that such comments are not defamatory nor infringe any law. You agree to indemnify Eurohypo AG against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Eurohypo AG as a result of your breach of the above warranty.

Concerning Trackbacks and links

Trackbacks and links will be published unless the website they link to violates the guidelines above or where the page they link to contains, or directly links to, material which is:

1. Offensive: - Pornography and sexually explicit content - Text and images likely to offend most people - Hate sites (on basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation) - Gratuitous violence

2. Unlawful: - Disregards or encourages unlawful acts - Violates copyright law or encourage others to do so - Describes how to conduct an unlawful act - Hacking or other technical disruption to online services - Defamation and contempt of court - The fact that a link appears on this blog does not mean that Eurohypo AG in any way endorses the content of that website and is not responsible for its content or actions.

If you need help - If you have a question for the editorial team or need any help, do not hesitate to contact us by writing an e-mail and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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