Unless otherwise indicated, all content, images, documents, and photographs published on Hands Occupied are © Heidi Gustad, all rights reserved.
Photography Policy
How to use my photographs
I love a good feature. It’s a great way for new readers to find Hands Occupied. However, you must limit the use of photographs I have taken to 1 to 2 per feature, and please email me at handsoccupied at gmail dot com to let me know about the feature (though the email communication is optional). If you use more more than that, you are not encouraging readers to visit Hands Occupied to see the full post my work was originally used in, resulting in less traffic to me, the content owner and creator. A lot of work goes into each post I write, and particularly, each tutorial I design and produce, so please be respectful of the fact that Hands Occupied is a legitimate business that requires traffic to earn revenue.
When I feature work that is not my own
I try to keep the Golden Rule in mind when I feature others’ work. I will never use more than 1 or 2 photos when featuring someone else’s content unless I have explicit, written permission. Most often, photographs featured on Hands Occupied that were not taken by me will be part of the Inspiration category of posts, and some will be part of a giveaway or product review. Photos that are not my own work that fall under the giveaway or review category are used with permission. When I feature photos that aren’t my own, a prominent link to a photo’s owner’s site will be included. Content owners, if you’re unhappy with my use of your work, please don’t hesitate to contact me at handsoccupied at gmail dot com.
Inspiration for this policy came from the Alt Summit Blog.
Disclosure
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact handsoccupied at gmail dot com.
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.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
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Privacy Policy
If you require additional information about your privacy as it relates to handsoccupied.com, please contact Heidi, the site’s owner, at handsoccupied at gmail dot com.
Log Files
Handsoccupied.com uses log files just like many other websites. The information in the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser used, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies
Handsoccupied.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on pages accessed and visited, customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type, or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. If you want to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at your preferred browsers’ websites.
Google Analytics for Display Advertising
Handsoccupied.com employs Google Analytics for Display Advertising. There are a couple of ways to prevent your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. Using the Ads Settings, you can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads. You may also want to explore using Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web.
last updated 1/24/2015