Policies
Who We Are
Alexis Dees | Carousel of Chaos | Vaudevillian LLC | website address: https://carouselofchaos.com
Copyright Notice
All posts, photos, stories, and other content on this site are subject to copyright protection. Any content that doesn’t belong to us will be used only with the permission of the content’s creator. Please don’t use any of our content without permission.
Disclosures and Disclaimers
Needless yet necessary to say, everything posted on this site is on behalf of myself/Carousel of Chaos/Vaudevillian LLC and not any future, past, or current employers, sponsors, companies, people, or other entity. Content and opinions are my own.
From time to time, my blog posts and pages may contain affiliate links, which means I may get compensated or earn a commission at no extra cost to you if the affiliate links are utilized to make a purchase.
My content–including the comments I provide for educational purposes and the opinions I express on products, services and merchants–is not influenced in any way by advertisers or affiliate partnerships and the integrity of my content is in no way compromised by such financial relationships.
I only affiliate with products, services, and merchants that I believe will provide value to my readers. I only promote products, services and merchants that I have personally used or tested and consider of the highest quality standard.
It remains solely your personal responsibility to conduct your own investigation to determine whether to purchase or interact with an affiliate product or service.
You cannot rely on any recommendation, reference, or information provided by me and I cannot be held liable or responsible for any damages or negative outcomes resulting from your purchase or experience.
Privacy Policy
What personal data we collect and why we collect it.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policies are available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Should you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with?
No one. Bluehost and WordPress have their own policies pages that explain anything the may do with data, but concerning me/myself/I/Carousel of Chaos, we don’t share any data collected with anyone else.
How long we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Terms and Conditions
Obligations of Users
It is agreed, by you and any user of the website, to comply with the following obligations:
- That any access of the website is conducted by a human and not by bots, scripts, or other automated manners;
- That the user is of legal age to visit the website;
- To have the legal capacity to understand the depth of this Terms and Conditions document; and
- To use the information mentioned on the website, including additional products or services offered directly or indirectly through advertisements or affiliates, in a legal manner under local laws and for the benefit of public policy.
Any user who has access to and uses the information on the website agrees to do so in a manner that is not harmful or causes damage to the website or any 3rd party.
Advertisement & Affiliate Networks
In the event the website displays ad networks, affiliate links, or recommends products or services for monetary reasons (“advertisements”), it is understood that any relationship made is between you and such advertiser.
For ad networks, generally, we are unaware of the offerings made and are solely participating based on the good-faith intention of the ad network displaying products and services based on the user’s history and intent.
Any advertisements shown are in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) policies. There shall be no refund or compensation made for any DMCA takedown requests or compensation related to the takedown of such advertisements.
Our website’s relationship with advertisements starts and ends with links or the space offered.
Copyright Policy
It is in the best interest of our website and public policy to protect the intellectual property of other parties. If any content mentioned on our website infringes on any protected trademark, copyright, or other protected works, we intend to provide takedown requests by using the contact details below:
- E-Mail: [email protected]
Such takedown requests are pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).
Intellectual Property
It is understood by all users and any party that engages with the website that all trademarks, service marks, logos, copyrights, functionalities, software, databases, coding (including source codes), and any other unique content are considered intellectual and proprietary information (“intellectual property”).
Under local, state, and federal laws, it is recognized that such intellectual information is our own and will be defended to the fullest extent of the law.
Therefore, it is strictly prohibited to copy, reproduce, aggregate, republish, upload, post, or publicly share proprietary information, whether to one’s benefit or to harm and diminish its value by placing it in the public domain.
3rd Party Website & Content
As part of providing relevant information and content on our website, we may link to 3rd party websites and sources (“3rd parties”). Such 3rd parties are not under our control and therefore, we do not accept any liability for loss or damage caused by any activity engaging with such 3rd parties.
User-Generated Content
Our website may allow users to post, comment, or chat in a private or public setting, and such submissions may be in the form of text, videos, audio, photos, and other viewable transmission options (“user-generated content”).
Such user-generated content is permitted for submission under the following terms:
- Are legal to be expressed without violating or infringing on copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, confidential information, or other protected rights of a 3rd party;
- Does not contain advertisements, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, or links to malware or infected websites or sources;
- Does not include hate speech, discriminatory, or inappropriate language that could be harmful to other users or be deemed as harassment;
- Does not violate applicable laws or regulations; and
- Information that leads to sharing private or confidential information of a private individual, business entity, or organization.
All user-generated content should be made with the best intentions of promoting a community of well-thought and open-minded engagement for the benefit of users.
Indemnification
Upon accessing, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the website, including any of our subsidiaries, agents, or affiliates and our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any 3rd party.
Contact Info
Email: [email protected]
IG: @carouselofchaos
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