This Page Outlines the Policies of the Isle of Bamboo Website in Regards to Advertising and Endorsements.
POLICIES
Use of this website constitutes agreement to these terms and conditions. We urge all visitors to read this information.
COPYRIGHTS
By using this website:
> You certify that you are 13 years of age or over. This is for compliance with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 (COPPA). Our content is not designed for nor intended for use by children under 13 years of age. We do not automatically or knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 or from anyone over 13 for that matter.
> You agree that the content and images on our website are owned and copyrighted by their original owners. Copyright means that you can share the content and images with your friends but it cannot by copied and used for public sharing on a website you own or control. You can not link to our images to be shown on other websites. When we find images being abused this way they may change to something quite different and possibly offensive.
> Copyright allows for “Fair Use” which means that you may share part of the content of a page with other people on any site, but not entire articles or pages. Fair use also means that you credit the source of the content you wish to share. When we find our content and images used on commercial (ad supported) sites, we will first request its removal, then we will contact your host. If this does not bring removal we do proceed to filing the forms for removal from search engines. Be fair and we’re happy to share.
PRIVACY
We respect your privacy and do not share your communications or information with anyone outside Isle of Bamboo. We collect no personal information on this website and whatever information you choose to share with us during the use of this website or our services is absolutely confidential and kept private. We store no records on this website, no personal information is stored or requested on this website at any time. Please click Here to view details of our Privacy Policy.
SERVICES
We offer the service of graphics and design as well as web design consulting. We create images and offer our services to those who wish to own unique personal designs for clothing, gifts and household products and websites. We specialize in custom designs and themes and offer our own line of products for sale on various online outlets. This website does not offer any merchandise for sale, all products shown are offered through various vendors where we assist you in finding the perfect product for your needs. This website may showcases various lines of products and services to introduce products and services we believe to be useful and beneficial to you.
ORDERING
Any products we display are sold through various vendors which all present their business policies clearly before you decide to place an order. When placing an order, any questions regarding your order should be addressed to the site where you placed your order as we have no direct information regarding individual orders. Our various vendors offer their own policies and guarantees which you should learn about prior to placing an order.
DISCLOSURE
This site is written and edited by Robert Westmoreland, owner of this Isle of Bamboo website. For questions about this site, please contact us.
This site does not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, we will and do accept other forms of compensation such as sales commissions from companies and organizations with which we are affiliated. This helps to pay for the costs of the domain and of hosting the domain, and hopefully a little extra to help pay some of the costs incurred in buying seeds, pots, fertilizers, and large amounts of water used to help the young bamboo get a good start.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued requirements that websites disclose to their visitors if and when any financial relationship exists between them personally and any commercial products shown on the website. On the Isle of Bamboo site we do not sell anything personally, but we do talk about gardening supplies, bamboo related products in an effort to broaden your knowledge, share any information we might have and to illustrate the versatility of bamboo as a commercial product. This site may contain affiliate links, at no additional cost to you I am compensated if you purchase after clicking on the links. It is an advertising expense for the merchant, and not any surcharge to you.
If you feel that Isle of Bamboo is providing a useful site, we hope you will help to support our work efforts when you are thinking of purchasing any of the items we present on this site. We appreciate your help, support and your feedback.