Privacy & Permissions Policy

Privacy Policy

(For Permissions Policy, scroll down)

The simple act of visiting a website leaves a trail of information, a “digital footprint,” about visitors like you. Sometimes this footprint is vague and preserves your anonymity and other times it is tied specifically to you and your real life identity.

If all you do is click around and read pages, the data captured about you is vague. If you leave a comment or sign up for a newsletter, the data captured about you is sometimes very specific. Almost all web sites on the web today collect data in this fashion about visitors, and this site is no different.

It is our belief that you deserve to know how we handle your information. Consequently, the Privacy Policy below is a disclosure concerning our intent with your data. It is not a legally binding contract. It is a statement of intent made in good faith.

If you are unsure what something means, please ask. Contact information is available at the bottom of the Privacy Policy.

Usage

Data is used for the express purpose of enabling you to read, respond to, and discover published content topical to this site, and nothing else.

Duration

Data may be kept indefinitely.

Commerce

Data is never bartered or sold for commercial gain.

Advertising

Data is never given to advertisers.

Law Enforcement

Data is given to law enforcement only when legal process is followed.

Analytic

Data may be collected by analytic services.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.

Creative Commons License

Standard Privacy Policy by 8BIT is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

Permissions Policy

With the exception of “guest posts” written by others (see the bottom of this page), we own the content on this Web site. It is copyrighted in our name. We want to strike the appropriate balance between getting our content widely distributed while at the same time protecting our intellectual property rights. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Without Our Permission

You are free to do the following without our permission:

  • Link to our site or any specific post on our site.
  • Extract and re-post less than 200 words on any other site, provided you link back to our original post.
  • Print off our posts and photocopy up to 50 copies for internal distribution within your own company or organization.
  • Print our posts in any non-commercial publication (e.g., company newsletter, church newsletter, class syllabus, etc.), provided you include this copyright notice: “© 2013, Maple Valley Living. All rights reserved. Originally published at www.maplevalleyliving.com.”

Not Without Our Permission

You must have our express written consent to do any of the following:

  • Use this content for commercial purposes, including selling or licensing printed or digital versions of our content.
  • Alter, transform, or build upon this work.

Re-posting and Translation Rights

We do not permit the re-posting of our posts in their entirety. This is because Google penalizes websites for publishing duplicate content. It often can’t tell which site hosts the original, so we risk getting penalized ourselves for granting permission.

In addition, we don’t allow the translation and publication of our work in other languages. We simply don’t have the resources to validate the quality of the work.

Guest Posts

Guest bloggers retain the copyright to the posts they write. The above permission guidelines do not apply to their work. If you are interested in re-posting or publishing their content, you must contact them directly. We cannot serve as a broker, agent, or contact point.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.

Creative Commons License

Permissions Policy by Michael Hyatt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.