Site Policies

GENERAL

What is a Blog?

A blog is short for “weblog”, which is an online journal. (As in Star Trek, when William Shatner says “Captain’s Log, star date XXXX….”). However, the ZenGuide blog is really more like an online magazine.

How often will you be updating this blog/ online magazine?

I aim update the ZenGuide blog with articles at least twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays by 7am GMT and from time to time, there will be additional articles during the rest of the week

SUBSCRIPTION POLICY

What is your privacy policy if I subscribe to this blog?

By subscribing, you will only be asked for your email address and no other personal details. We will not use your email address for any other purpose than notifying you of blog updates nor will we sell the subscription list.

What delivery options are available if I subscribe to this blog?

When you subscribe via Feedblitz, you can choose to be notified by email, Skype, AOL Instant Messenger or Twitter. Email notifications offer an audio link so you can listen to an audio version of the blog.

You can also subscribe via Talkr to receive an audio feed version.

Rasasa and Zaptext gives you the option to receive updates via SMS, Instant Message and Email.

How often will I receive notifications of blog updates from you?

By the end of September 2007, notifications to subscribers will be streamlined to go out once a week on a Thursday using Feedblitz. Current email subscribers need not do anything - you will receive an email notifying you that the email delivery system will be changing, with some useful information about the new service and afterwards, the new weekly delivery will start.

If you subscribe via the other applications other than Feedblitz (see above), you will receive notifications whenever the blog is updated.

SITE POLICIES

What is your relationship with the third party sites linked to this site?

I do not have any control over third party sites to which this blog is linked, including Feedburner (which maintains the email notification service). If you have any concerns or complaints about any third party sites, please see their terms & conditions and policies on their sites and contact them direct.

What is your policy on visitor comments?

All visitors to the blog can submit comments relating to any post, provided the comments are appropriate and relevant . I would encourage you to sign your posts with at least a first name - anonymous posts encourage incivility and irresponsible commenting.

When commenting, please be civil and respect the views and feelings of all participants on this site. I reserve the right not to publish comments that I consider rude, offensive, objectionable, irrelevant or unsuitable. I also reserve the right - without explanation - not to publish any comment whatsoever.

The views expressed in any comment are those of the person making the comment and do not represent my views.

Can I use the content on your site or copy and paste it into another site/ document?

All the content of my posts is copyrighted - copyright belongs to ZenGuide unless otherwise stated.

You may use portions of a post or copy and paste portions of a post into another site or document provided you put that portion inside quotation marks and you acknowledge clearly on that site/ document that it is taken from ZenGuide and also that you credit ZenGuide clearly with it. A portion for these purposes would be up to one third of the text from the relevant post. This broadly reflects the UK law on copyright.

What is your policy on photographs and pictures used on this site?

My aim is to use photos from third parties licensed under the Creative Commons Licence on ZenGuide and, in any event, to include an acknowledgement to the source website and also a link to that website in return for being able to show that photo on this site. I do not earn any revenue from this site and so do not profit from such photos. Any copyright owner to a photo shown on this site who would like to discuss changing such arrangements may contact me via the Contact link in the far right sidebar and I will happily take down any photos on the request of the copyright owner.

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Site policies may be updated from time to time. Please check back for updates.