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Disclosure Policy (updated August 2013)

As a lover of all things food related, we often review products and events, not only for my own research, but to share our opinions with others. They are just that — opinions.

From time to time, companies will send us products to try, free of cost. Also, when I attend events (conference, meetup, etc.) I often receive free samples of app, gadgets, food, or other products.

Whenever we review or refer to a product that was provided to me, we will make it clear in the post. We provide not only details of how we  received the product, but we often link to the company itself. Our reviews are honest, and if done at the request of a company, rest assured that the compensation of cash or product does not have any bearing on the content. If we do not like a product, we will either not review it on the blog, or we will state the reasons why we don’t like it.

If we purchased the product, we will not necessarily state that in the post.

From time to time, we do accept sponsored posts, for which we are paid in cash or other compensation. When we do that, we make it clear in the post and include a link to this policy.

Also — please note that we work full-time for a college called Valencia College. Often, we will post links to stories that my company has helped produce. When we do, we will attempt to make that clear but am not ever paid to share my professional content on my personal blog or social networks.

Questions? Please e-mail me (eatmoreofit at gmail dot com) or refer to the FTC’s ruling on blogger disclosure:

FTC Rules on Sponsored Conversations

NOTE: I have adopted a new policy for disclosure outside of my blog:

  • #ad: denotes that a brand has paid us to copy and paste a specific message and share it with little or no modifications
  • #spon: denotes that we have been compensated for a blog post BUT the message is my own
  • #freebie: denotes that a product was sent to us — solicited or not — free of charge (in some cases, it’s in exchange for a review and in many cases, it’s just for me to try out with no expectation of review)
  • #shop: denotes that we have been compensated for a blog post and purchase a certain product BUT the message is our own

More legal speak:

This policy is valid from  August 2013

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by us. For questions about this blog, please contact Josh Murdock.

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

The owner(s) of this blog would like to disclose the following existing relationships. These are companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog. We are employed by or consult with: Valencia College.

To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org

Privacy Policy

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Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
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This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline. By using our site, you consent to our websites privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below. This policy was last modified on July 26. 2013.
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Notice Regarding Online Behavioral Advertising.

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