livingstonslate.com

Website policies

TERMS OF USE

Regarding the nature of Posted content

This website is not a legal service, so nothing stated or appearing on this website should be interpreted as legal advise. Furthermore, since much of the content appearing on this website, particularly in the blog area, is unverifiable and subjective in nature, the website owner/administrator makes no guarantees regarding the veracity of the content posted on the website.

Regarding Prohibited content

The website owner/administrator reserves the right to not allow or remove any comment(s), image(s), video material, or audio material that he, at his sole discretion, deems to be potentially offensive or harmful to any particular person or group. The preceding list is not assumed to be exhaustive and could include other types of material as well. Furthermore, the posting of any content which is considered to be illegal is not only prohibited but will be reported to law enforcement.

Regarding the Posting of content for commercial purposes

The website owner/administrator generally does not allow the posting of content for commercial purposes from any user other than the owner/administrator without the owner/administrator's written permission. Links to a user's social media profile(s) could be an exception and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Users may request official permission to display content for commercial purposes by contacting Livingston Slate, the website owner and administrator, via the Contact Me box located on the Contact page. Please include "Request to Display Content for Commercial Purposes" in the heading of the message.

Regarding Copyrighted material

The website owner/administrator reserves all copyright rights to which he is legally entitled regarding the contents of this website. Users may not reproduce and/or disseminate material appearing on this website, except under legally specified conditions, without the copyright owner's written permission. If you would like to request permission to reproduce and/or disseminate any content appearing on this website, you may contact Livingston Slate, who is the copyright owner and the website owner, as well as the administrator of this website, in the Contact Me box located on the Contact page. Please include "Request Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Material" in the heading of the message.

The website owner/administrator prohibits the posting of any copyrighted material without the copyright owner's written permission. There are some legalized exceptions built into copyright law, but the website owner/administrator is not an intellectual law attorney and does not possess the knowledge to make judgements about the subtle distinctions between what is legal and what is not. Users who do have verifiable written permission to use copyrighted material may contact Livingston Slate, the website owner and administrator, via the Contact Me box located on the Contact page to request permission to post the material on this website. The owner/administrator will then contact the requesting party and require a copy of the written permission before allowing the user to post the copyrighted material.

If any copyright owner discovers or suspects that their copyrighted material is being displayed on this website in a way that violates copyright law(s), the copyright owner or a person designated to act on the behalf of the copyright owner should contact Livingston Slate, the website owner/administrator, via the Contact Me box located on the Contact page. Please include a description of the suspected violation. The website owner/administrator also requests, although it is not required, that the message contain the heading "Suspected Copyright Violation." The owner/administrator will then contact the reporting party and provide a list of what will be needed to get the potentially violating material removed from the website.

REgarding acceptance of all items on the terms of use list

By using this website, the user thereby accepts all of the above items on the Terms Of Use list and agrees to hold the website, the owner/administrator, and any other party involved in the creation and/or execution of this website harmless from any and all claims and/or damages resulting from any violation by the user of any of the above terms.

Privacy Policy

Who we are

The website address is https://livingstonslate.com.

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 policy is available here: https://automatic.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 visit our login page, we will set up 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. If 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 date with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

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.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.