Disclosure Policy
In light of the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) Final Guides Governing Endorsements and Testimonials I thought it best practice to post my “Disclosure Policy” even though I live in Australia.
This article titled, “FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments” by Mashable – The Social Media Guide, explains why it makes good sense to get on board with the FTC.
So without further ado here it is:
This article titled, “FTC to Fine Bloggers up to $11,000 for Not Disclosing Payments” by Mashable – The Social Media Guide, explains why it makes good sense to get on board with the FTC.
So without further ado here it is:
This disclosure policy is valid from 27 February 2010
“St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst – Male Nurses” is a personal blog written and edited by me.
My affiliation with St Vincent’s Hospital goes back to 1974 where I successfully completed three years of hospital based training to become a Registered Nurse (RN). Note: Although I’m not employed by this hospital now, I remain an RN.
Simply put, this blog is my attempt to make contact with my former St Vincent’s classmates (PTS Aug 1975 intake) and to share experiences with others. To date, I have been unable to reconnect with my classmates but I have been blessed by the many new acquaintances and friends that have come my way. To them I say, “Thank you!”
For questions about my blog, please feel free to contact me via my email address:
My affiliation with St Vincent’s Hospital goes back to 1974 where I successfully completed three years of hospital based training to become a Registered Nurse (RN). Note: Although I’m not employed by this hospital now, I remain an RN.
Simply put, this blog is my attempt to make contact with my former St Vincent’s classmates (PTS Aug 1975 intake) and to share experiences with others. To date, I have been unable to reconnect with my classmates but I have been blessed by the many new acquaintances and friends that have come my way. To them I say, “Thank you!”
For questions about my blog, please feel free to contact me via my email address:
- This blog does not accept any form of advertising, sponsorship, or paid insertions. I write for my own purposes. However, I may be influenced by my background, occupation, religion, political affiliation or experience.
- I will never receive compensation in any way from this blog.
- I am not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics.
- The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. If I claim or appear to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.
- This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
To get your own policy go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org
Take Care,
Peter McCartney
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10 comments - care to make one?:
That was GREAT, Peter. I always believe in a COA policy (Cover your a**) :)
Yeah Peter it is always good to cover you know what, the whole complete body I mean, lol. Thanks for the entertaining post, you rock my friend.
Looks like Olympics are almost over - its been very eventful 2 weeks.
Anna :)
Hi Moonshadow! Disclosure Policies for blogs seem to be the "in thing" at the moment. For me, I thought it best to put one up just to clarify my position. It can't hurt anyway.
Now, if I was showing ads on my blog, the "in thing" would be to put up a "Privacy Policy" which Google itself apparently requires for its members.
Anyway! Does my bum look big to you? LOL
Take Care,
Peter
Hi Anna! Did you read up about the "Privacy Policy" for blogs showing ads? If not, let me know and I will email you a link that goes into it more than I can explain here.
Winter Olympics - weren't they just great. For Australia, it was our best medal result of all time!
Take Care,
Peter
We have The SAME Disclosure policy! Well done my new friend!
Hi Meleah! The saying "We're like two peas in a pod" now comes to mind!
Take Care,
Peter
No I didn't Peter, all the fine print is always either too small or too boring to read, lol. Yeah if you could (you have my email address), hopefully I can enjoy reading it, lol. Thanks Peter.
Hi Anna. This site explains it pretty well and it also has a privacy policy generator.
http://www.serprank.com/privacy-policy-generator/
Oh my gosh, I thought we were the only country that was litigious...isn't this awful that you have to be so careful it can make you crazy...
Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com
Hi Dorothy! I don't think it can hurt having a disclosure policy as it just makes the site a lot more transparent and a little less confusing for the reader.
Take Care,
Peter
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