Compensation and Affiliation Disclosure Policy Inclusion This Compensation and Affiliation Disclosure Policy is incorporated into our Website Terms of Use by this reference. Please read it now at the link on our site. Effective date: December 1, 2009 As per mandates from THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, 16 CFR Part 255 - Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, the purpose of this document is to establish any compensatory affiliations with the providers (“Providers”) and their products and services, and the owners, publishers, affiliates, authors and employees of this website (“Owners"). Read more at the Federal Trade Commission's website.... Material Connection Unless otherwise expressly stated, you should assume that all references to products and services on website pages located at http://WeekendFreebies.com are made because material connections exist between the website “Owners" and the "Providers" of the mentioned products and services. Some content on this website may consist of articles, endorsements or comments written by "Guest Authors" or "Visitor Commentors". Some of these "Guest Authors" or "Visitor Commentors" may include their own affiliate links or mention alternative products in these articles, endorsements or comments. While the "Owners" may or may not have an opinion of, or experience with these products or services, you should always assume that these "Guest Authors" or "Visitor Commentors" have some type of material connection to the "Providors" whose products or services are being referred to. The opinions voiced by these "Guest Authors" or "Visitor Commentors" are not the opinions of the "Owners" or this website. Identification of advertisorial content Advertisements, reviews, comments, endorsements or links which exist because of some type of material connection might be identified by their close proximity to graphical or textual statements, which may include but are not limited to, "Advertisment", "Sponsers", "Sponsered By", "Marketing Disclosure", "Affiliate Disclosure", "Affiliates", "Affilitaed With", "Affiliate Status Disclosure", "Compensation and Affiliation Disclosure" or "Compensated Affiliate Disclosure". Good Faith Recommendations While the information on this site is intended to help readers in the course of business or daily life, some articles may contain endorsements, reviews of and links to books, products, and services which provide a commission on sales generated through these links to the "Owners" or other authors or, the "Owners" or other authors may have received products, services or monetary compensation in exchange for their review. The "Owners" are affiliated with numerous "Providers" as "Marketing Affiliates" and receive compensation for sales of numerous products and services generated through WeekendFreebies.com's personal promotions and therefore have an established connection with these "Providers" that might lead some readers to believe that WeekendFreebies.com's review of these products and services is biased. However, the reviews, endorsements and comments on this website are to the best of the "Owner's" knowledge the true statements and beliefs of the "Owners" and any claims made can be substantiated on request to the "Owners". The representations made by the "Owners" about products and services reflect the "Owner’s" honest opinion based upon the facts known to the "Owners" at the time a product or service is mentioned on this website. The "Owners" have this belief because (either) the "Owner" has used the product or service mentioned before recommending it (or) the "Owner" has based the recommendation on the "Provider’s" reputation of providing these or other products or services, similar or not. Potential Bias and Due Diligence The "Owner's" opinions about products or services mentioned on WeekendFreebies.com may be partially influenced (conciously or subconciously) by the fact that the "Owners" have been, will be or might be compensated in some way for the "Owner's" opinion by the "Providers" of the mentioned product or service because of an existing business relationship. In some cases, the "Owners" and some "Providers" will have a relationship that does not involve compensation related to products and services mentioned. However, the nature of the relationship is sufficient to establish a material connection between the "Owners" and the "Providers". Because there is a material connection between the "Owners" and "Providers", you should always assume that the "Owners" may be biased because of the "Owner’s" relationship with these "Providers" and because the "Owners" have received or will receive something of value from a "Provider". Always perform your own due diligence (investigate or research the product, manufacturer, provider, or seller) before purchasing a product or service mentioned on WeekendFreebies.com or any other website. The "Owner's" views and opinions expressed on WeekendFreebies.com belong purely to the "Owners". Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or other parties in question. Compensation The "Owners" of this website are sometimes compensated to provide opinions on other websites, products, services or various other topics. The type of compensation received by the "Owners" may vary. In some cases, the "Owners" may receive complimentary products, services, or money from a "Provider" prior to mentioning the "Provider's" products or services on WeekendFreebies.com. In other cases, the "Owners" may receive a monetary commission or non-monetary compensation when visitors to WeekendFreebies.com ("Visitors") take action based on the content, topics, reviews, endorsements, advertisments, graphic ads, text ads, links or posts on this website. This includes, but is not limited to, when you purchase a product or service from a "Provider" after clicking on an affiliate link, text ad or advertising graphic on WeekendFreebies.com. The "Owners" of this website do accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. Some advertisements are generated by a third party ad network, others are direct advertisements, and some are in the form of reviews, endorsements or links in article content. The "Owners" of this website will and do accept and keep free products, services, and other forms of compensation from numerous "Providers". The "Owners" sometimes purchase or subscribe to products or services which may or may not offer an affiliate sales opportunity and may include opinions, endorsements and affiliate links in reviews of these products or services. Questions about products or services If you have questions about any of the products or services mentioned on this website you can contact the website "Owner" using one of the following methods. Along with your questions, you should also include the name of the product or service, and the url (the web page address; eg.: http://WeekendFreebies.com/support/caadp.html) of the page where it is mentioned: Postal mail
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