Sales team members take pictures using personal devices to accommodate retail requests.

Staff at photo/video studios take pictures during ad asset shoots using personal devices to document set.

Staff or other attendees take personal pictures during live event set-up.

Customers take personal pictures during private viewing when licensee is not present.

Vendor staff takes personal pictures on production line or in finished goods storage area.

Warehouse staff take personal pictures while holding stock at distribution centers.

Retail staff take personal pictures in stock staging areas.

Accreditation or testing facility staff take personal pictures of samples their office receives.

Drape, box or otherwise cover embargoed items at live events when restricted access cannot be ensured.

Segregate embargoed from non-embargoed materials for transport to any unrestricted location/event to allow maximum control over unpacking.

Hold embargoed product in storage areas with additional access controls at vendors, distribution centers and third-party business partner locations.

Require vendors, distribution centers, and all third-party business partners to limit employee cell phone use in restricted access areas.

Restrict cell phone use at live events and photo/video shoots for internal staff, third parties, and guests

Require retail to prohibit staff from breaking carton seals on product until embargo date is reached.

Ensure cell phone use policies are both stated and enforced at all supply chain locations (vendors, distribution centers, labs).•

Ensure cell phone use policies are both stated and enforced for internal staff and guests in any event venue where embargoed items may be present.•

Ensure secure event setup and tear-down procedures are followed. Link to Events/Shows best practices.

Ensure all locations holding embargoed items can useCCTV, access control records, or other means of gathering information to narrow potential sources of leaked images from their facilities.•

Require the use of individual watermarking and approved capture and transmission channels for any images of embargoed product being generated for business needs. •

Physically mark embargoed product samples with a unique and prominent identifier when product is required for a need that should not involve photography.