Policies

Policies for the Use of MaryGHolland.com and Subsidiary Sites

Content

MaryGHolland.com and its subdomains require legal, fair, courteous, behavior from all website users and advertisers.  By using this site, you agree to comply with all of our policies, including:

• English – This site is written in English, so please use English in your comments and posts.
• Adds value, no spamming – Comments are intended to start a discussion and add value and insight for our readers. We’ll remove spam comments and posts unrelated to the context of the page or website area where comment or post is made, that add no value to the discussion and site.  Comments stuffed with keywords will also be marked as spam and deleted.
• Family friendly – We remove comments with foul language, adult or mature content that is inappropriate for all age groups. No illegal, drug, alcohol, tobacco-related, violent, weapon-related, or gambling-related content.
• Equal, fair play – No personal attacks, or content that advocates against an individual or group, whether protected by law or not.
• Copyrighted infringement. All comments and posts must comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA).  You must own the copyrights to any content posted, or legitimately cite the author and source.
• We strive to maintain a safe site. No hacking, cracking, bots, and similar unethical content.  No posts that initiate downloads, include malware, pop-ups or pop-unders that interfere with site navigation.
• Limit links. An occasional link to your website or profile is acceptable.  No personalized or commercial offer or compensation program linking or redirecting users to an external website, that is unrelated to the content of this website.  No excessive posting of links.
• Posting email addresses – Valid email addresses are required for commenting but they are not published on the site. Suspicious looking email addresses will be flagged as spam.  Use your name or nickname for posting comments.  If you post anonymously it will be flagged as spam.  In that case we will contact you via the email you submitted regarding your comment.  We suggest you do not post your email address within the comment text, as automated spam-bots constantly crawl the web will find it, and start sending you spam.  If you do submit your email address in a comment or post, we may remove it.  If you wish to contact us via email and avoid spammers, use the Subscription Form or Contact Form [insert link]
• Non-competition – no posting that directly competes with MaryGHolland.com or its subsidiary brands, without prior agreement with us.
• Comply with Google’s policies – in addition to the above policies, you agree
  • You will not post apps or content that uses Google brand features
  • You will not Inflate ad impressions or clicks including:
    • Automated or repeated clicks or impressions on Google or your own ads by you or multiple users
    • Any other artificial method that generates clicks or impressions.
• Policy updates – These policies may be updated at any time.  Users are expected to comply with these policies, regardless of changes that may have occurred since the user last visited the site.
• All rights reserved – Comments, posts, or other content inserted on this site that violate this policy will be removed.
• Hold Harmless – All comments you make on this site are the responsibility of the commenter, not the editorial staff of MaryGHolland.com.  By submitting a comment on our blog, you agree that the comment content is yours.  You agree to hold MaryGHolland.com, its subsidiaries and its owners and all representatives of this website harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, and liability.

Privacy, Cookies, and Advertising

• MaryGHolland.com, its subsidiary sites, and Google, collect cookies about our websites’ users’ behavior, to monitor and improve the quality of your experience and engage more visitors.
• By using this site, you agree to allow us to collect this information.
• The information collected does not include personal, private information, or information that associates your personally with your device.
• We do collect information such as your browser, device, navigation, clicking and posting, purchases, etc.
• We aggregate this information and analyze it to improve this website, its subdomains, and your future experience.
• We do not share private information with Google or any other entity, nor identity information which links you to your device

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