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- CONTENT. www.duettehmdesign.com and associated social channels are owned by Duette HM Design Publishing Limited otherwise known as ’the blog’ or ‘the company’. The Blog provides content for general information purposes only. The content constitute the opinions of the Blog and its authors. The Blog’s authors are not medical professionals or certified experts in their field. You should never substitute information from this Blog for information obtained from a licensed professional. The information on the blog may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct or up-to-date. While we try to revise the Blog on a regular basis, it may not reflect the most current legal developments. The opinions expressed at or through the Blog are the opinions of the individual authors.
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- NO GUARANTEE. The Blog makes no guarantee that the website will be accessible at all times and The Blog may be susceptible to down time without warning. Although the Authors will try to moderate comments quickly, the Authors make no guarantee to the Commenters that comments or trackbacks will be displayed promptly, without modifications, or that they will be displayed at all, as all comments will be published to the discretion of the Authors.
- NO WARRANTY OR CONDITIONS. The Authors make NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. This blog is provided “As Is,” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
- ADVERTISING POLICY. Any advertisements, advertorials, sponsored content, paid-for content and similar activity will be clearly marked as advertising content.
- EDITORIAL POLICY. Editorial content is not influenced by advertisers, affiliates, public relation firms, brands, or other individuals unless otherwise noted. Press samples submitted to us are for review are for consideration only and do not provide any guarantee of a favorable or unfavourable review, or any review whatsoever.
- REVIEW POLICY. The Authors always attempt to include any pertinent disclosures in a post. These are typical: a) ‘This review features press sample(s) sent for consideration.’. Brands, their representatives (such as their public relations firms, marketing affiliates, and the like), and retailers will send a product for consideration. Consideration means that the product is submitted to us so we can check it out and determine whether it is a product we want to include on the blog. We make all decisions regarding when, how, and if it is even mentioned on the blog. We do not accept compensation for our product reviews. b) ‘This review features product(s) purchased by Duette HM Design for review’. To distinguish from posts that feature a product submitted by a brand for consideration, we also have a disclosure for when we have purchased the item ourselves. C) ‘This is a sponsored post’. Sponsored posts are specific posts that we have been compensated for. There are also sponsored giveaways, where the compensation may be in the form of prizes and/or financial compensation for exposure.
- AFFILIATE LINKS. We use affiliate links where the retailer gives us a commission if you click and purchase.The majority of links to third-party retail websites are affiliate links. We only receive commission if you purchase the product through the link. It does not add any cost to you as the customer. The commission comes out of the retailer’s pocket, and the commission can range from as little as 1% to as much as 10% depending on the retailer, campaign, product type, etc. For many of our affiliates, if a product is returned, the commission is returned as well.
- PRIVACY POLICY. Non-Identifiable Information. When you interact with www.duettehmdesign.com we receive and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot presently be used to specifically identify you. We may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by Duette HM Design Publishing Limited, agents or service providers. The Site may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service providers. It is important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process.
In operating the Site, we may use a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Site gives to your browser when you access the Site. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site and help us analyze Site usage more accurately. For instance, our Site may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Site without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Site’s features.
In addition, we may use local shared objects, also known as flash cookies, to display content based upon what you view on our site and to personalize your visit. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount and type of data and how that data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser may not remove flash cookies.
Personally Identifiable Information. We collect personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, email addresses, and any other information required to fulfill an obligation to the user when voluntarily submitted by a user. For example, mailing information is required to award giveaway prizes to winners, but this information is never used or sold for any additional purpose beyond fulfilling the prize or to respond to e-mails sent voluntarily by users such as feedback, questions, and technical support. Personally identifiable information is used solely to address your specific request and is not sold to third parties or market researchers. We never sell your personally identifiable information to third parties.
Disabling Cookies. You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as browser add-ins, plug-ins, anti-virus software and suits, and so forth. Disabling cookies may affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts or to leverage faster browsing through caching methods.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy you may contact us by e-mailing [email protected].
