Comment Policy
Please be nice. This is a creative place for us to gather and share our genuine and helpful thoughts, not a competitive place for us to tear each other down and foster negativity. Please express you thoughts with grace and kindness, knowing that a real person is receiving them. Remember the Golden Rule: Treat others as you would want to be treated. Share love and love will be returned, I guarantee it!
Disclosure
In 2009, our friends at the Federal Trade Commission {FTC} revised their guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials in order to protect the public from any intentionally errant or misleading advertising that has been paid for by a group or company. Since this blog is a source of income and may occasionally incorporate endorsements or testimonials, we felt it was important to disclose the following to you, our readers:
- The content of our blog is a source of income for us and therefore may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses.
- We will only choose to promote products/services/businesses that we have, in fact, used and that we feel will be beneficial to our readers.
- Products provided to us by our advertising partners for our review are given to us free of charge with no cost to ourselves. This does not ensure a positive review of the product in any way.
- You can trust us. We will always give our genuine opinion about a product or service whether or not we are partnering with the service provider and/or receiving payment to do so.
- Our number one priority is accuracy and fairness to our readers, and we would never compromise the truth just to make a buck. Ever.
- Mentions of associated products/services/businesses within the content of our blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference.
We hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity and strive to deliver interesting, helpful, and encouraging content while generating a small profit to compensate us for our time, research, and ideas. We love and appreciate our readers and make it our goal to be up front and honest with every post we write and podcast we produce.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy
Amazon
The Bold Abode is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
Privacy
The Bold Abode respects your privacy.
Any personal information you provide to us including and similar to your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of The Bold Abode.
Anonymous visitor information is recorded and used by The Bold Abode for the purpose of tracking blog growth and referral sites. This information is not shared or sold. I useGoogle Analytics and SiteMeter to learn which browser you use, to see how many hourly/daily/weekly/monthly visitors there are, and to know how you found The Bold Abode.
The Bold Abode allows third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our web site or mobile application. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information.
To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/
Sweepstakes
This statement sets forth the terms and conditions under which a giveaway where a winner is chosen at random (“Sweepstakes”) are executed by The Bold Abode.
No purchase is necessary to enter any Sweepstakes on theboldabode.com. All entrants must be U.S. residents, ages 18 years or older, and must provide a valid email address.
The odds of winning a Sweepstakes is dependent on the number of entries. Winners will be selected randomly by The Bold Abode using https://random.org as the selection tool and have 48 hours to claim their prize. If a potential Prize winner forfeits or does not claim a prize, the prize will be re-awarded, in The Bold Abode’s sole discretion. All prizes will be awarded.
Employees of The Bold Abode and the Sweepstakes Sponsor are not eligible to participate. All entries received after the Sweepstakes closing date and time will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered. The Bold Abode and Sweepstakes Sponsor are not liable for late or misdirected entries, entry errors, or transmission problems.
All decisions of The Bold Abode are final.
The Bold Abode reserves the right to terminate the Sweepstakes in the event of technical problems, or to correct typographical or technical errors, or to amend these rules.
By entering, participants agree to release and hold harmless The Bold Abode, Sweepstakes Sponsor, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability or any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with a Sweepstakes.
All Sweepstakes winners must be willing to furnish a valid shipping address in order to receive a prize. Winners also agree to release and not to sue The Bold Abode for use of their name, logo, domain, and/or likeness including, without limitation, claims for invasion of privacy, infringement of the right of publicity, liable, unfair competition, false advertising, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, and/or copyright or trademark infringement.
Taxes on Sweepstakes are solely the responsibility of the Winner.
Non-winning entries from one Sweepstakes may not be carried forward to future Sweepstakes.
All Sweepstakes are subject to and must be construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, except where prohibited by law.
This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on June 12, 201. If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly at abide {at} theboldabode{dot} com.