AMTA NC Chapter Blog

AMTA NC Blogging Policy

AMTA NC Chapter Blog  is a blog for members of the American Massage Therapy Association of NC to discuss how AMTA NC gives voice to members of the massage therapy community.

CONTENT POLICY

The views expressed on AMTA NC Chapter Blog are those of the individual bloggers. These views and posted comments do not necessarily reflect those of the American Massage Therapy Association of NC, its staff, board, volunteers or members. All content is provided for our users’ information and interest, and neither the bloggers nor American Massage Therapy Association of NC guarantee the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the information provided.

AMTA NC Chapter Blog may occasionally include links to information maintained by other public and private organizations for user convenience. When you select a link to an outside website, you are leaving the AMTA NC Chapter Blog and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website. Neither the bloggers nor American Massage Therapy Association of NC control the outside websites, and therefore cannot guarantee the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the information provided.

PRIVACY POLICY

AMTA NC Chapter Blog and the American Massage Therapy Association of NC value your privacy. We will not share or sell any personal information obtained from users to any other organization or government agency, except as required by law.

COMMENT POLICY

We recognize that blogsare an open forum for self-expression and freedom of speech. We believe blogging increases communication and encourages healthy debate. We respect your right to comment honestly on our posts, and we believe censoring this content is contrary to the purpose of a forum that is based on open expression. However, we do reserve the right to delete any and all comments that include what we consider to be abuses of the blog, inappropriate content and/or counterproductive to the purpose of the blog.

• Spam — Includes, but is not limited to, comments that attempt to utilize this blog to promote another service or product. In addition, do not post links that will lead our users to pages that will transmit viruses, cause pop-ups, install malware, etc.

• Competitive abuse –Includes, but is not limited to, persons that are intentionally misleading other users or inciting negative responses for the purpose of promoting a competitive company’s service.

• Impersonating others — Includes, but is not limited to, persons that are purposely misleading other users by pretending to be someone else, pretending to be affiliated with an organization or pretending to be an unaffiliated individual.

• Offensive content — Includes, but is not limited to profanity, references to sex/nudity, pictures of violence, child exploitation, etc.

• Violence — Includes, but is not limited to comments that threaten the bloggers, the readers and other people or groups.

• Hate speech — Includes, but is not limited to comments that promote hate or violence to specific groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation/gender identity

• Illegal activities — Includes, but is not limited to comments that promote illegal activities. (i.e. drug use, drinking and driving, etc.)

• Copyright infringement — Includes, but is not limited to, any comments or links that infringe upon copyrighted material, including links to unauthorized content.

• Personal and confidential information — Includes, but is not limited to, publishing someone else’s personal information. This includes unlisted phone numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, etc.

PERMISSION POLICY

Any and all comments posted on the AMTA NC Chapter Blog may be reused and republished in whole or in part, individually or in connection with other material in any and all media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to the internet, promotion, art, editorial and advertising, without restriction as to alteration.

By reading and/or commenting on this blog, readers release and discharge AMTA NC from any and all claims and demands that may arise out of or in connection with the future use of comments, photographs, videos or other content posted, including without limitation any and all claims for libel or violation of any right of publicity or privacy.