FTC Updates to Disclosure Regulations

Image Courtesy of 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic

Because nothing is simple anymore.

The FTC has decided to update its Disclosure Regulations in regards to the dot com'ers. You are more than welcome to read the 50+ page PDF here.

The gist is that the FTC wants to make sure that when I got something for free, then YOU KNOW I GOT IT FREE.  They also don't want me to use an affiliate link without you realizing HEY, IF YOU CLICK HERE AND BUY SOMETHING, I WILL GET SOMETHING IN RETURN. (For the record, the ONLY affiliate link on PolishGalore is my Julep Maven subscription link in the blog posting here.)

Any other links on PolishGalore are just straight from Google, nothing hidden, nothing that will give me a kick back, nada.

Any time I use a product that was given to me by the company or the public relations firm that represents the company, you'll see a disclosure at the bottom of that blog posting about it. You can also read it on my Legals posting here or on my About Me page here.  Additionally, my spreadsheet has every Press Sample listed as "PR" if it was indeed a press sample bottle.

NEW! Now after the product picture that I post, you will see one of the two following buttons.

Press Sample      Nothing To Disclose

Clicking on either button will take you to my legals page.  Many thanks to 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic. Note: You will only see the actual button on my website. The CSS will not show up on mobile or in an RSS reader although the link and wording will.
 
A few of the lovely women from the Beauty Blog Coalition have also written about this matter. I've included them below and will keep updating this blog post as more of us write about the issue.

Raging Rouge – FTC Updates Disclosure Regulations Online 
Beauty & Fashion Tech – For Bloggers: How to Comply With The New FTC Guidance on Disclosing Products Provided For Review
Beauty & Fashion Tech – For Bloggers: How To Make Disclosure Buttons For WordPress
Gouldylox Reviews – Full Disclosure
Beauty Info Zone – Our Policies and the new FTC Disclosure rules  
15 Minute Beauty Fanatic – New Disclosures on 15 Minute Beauty
Pink Sith – FTC Update and Disclaimer
The Fabzilla – Changes  
Beyond Beauty Lounge - What is all this FTC Disclosure Chatter anyway?   
Vampy Varnish – Boring Ole FTC
Midnight Manicures – FTC Guidelines for Bloggers and How  
Painted Ladies – New FTC Guidelines
Primed & Polished – Update to FTC  
Portrait of Mai – Google Reader & FTC Disclosure Changes
Phyrra - Update to the FTC on Disclosures
BeautyJudy - New FTC disclosure policies
Pammy Blogs Beauty -  FTC Updates & Full Disclosure
Hello Dollface – Bloggers Discuss Changes to FTC Guidelines

Stealing is not fun

There has been a rash of websites popping up using other bloggers' pictures and in some cases, their own blogs. I thought I was slightly immune because I'm still new to the game, but I'm not a spring chicken anymore.


Please do feel free to report these posts as well - here's the ones of mine that I know (and have reported) so far.


Again, I did NOT authorize users taking my images and/or blog postings.


China Glaze Gelato http://www.luuux.com/health-beauty/china-glaze-gelato 
China Glaze Ingrid http://www.luuux.com/health-beauty/perfect-fall-nail-polish-0
China Glaze Seduce Me http://www.luuux.com/health-beauty/china-glaze-suduce-me
Nicole by OPI Bring On The Tinsel (image only) http://www.luuux.com/health-beauty/what-i-did-my-make-gift-cards
Sephora by OPI Club Scene Queen http://www.luuux.com/health-beauty/sephora-opi-club-scene-queen 

Readers Poll!

Currently, PolishGalore is ad-free.  This was more of a lazy decision, because I didn't want to worry about coding of Ad-Sense or having to bill customers, but as any blogger knows - it costs money to run a blog.  I do buy a lot of product myself, and then there's my hosting domain and package, the supplies I buy that help with blogging (storage racks, not like - computer software), not to mention just the time I take to blog.


However, today, I got an email from an interested company (not beauty related, but nothing pornographic, which is an absolute no for me) that would like to have a text link from their company on my blog.  Because I know I'd be nothing without my readers, I'd like to ask your opinion!  I'll run this poll for a week.

Should there be ads on PolishGalore? » make online polls

Tags : advertising

Legals

I will fully disclose any information as per the FTC's Endorsement Guidelines that were put into place on December 1, 2009.

I am not a professional nail tech or have formal training in nail care.  I'm only a nail polish addict, and any reviews made on this blog are only in my opinion unless stated otherwise.

All images posted belong to me under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please email me if you would like to use them under these guidelines (also found on the footer of my page).  

Disclosure Policy

This policy is valid as of 21 JAN 2023 [15th revision]

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by Krystal Emery. For questions about this blog, please contact krystal@polishgalore.com .

PolishGalore accepts products from brands and public relations representatives. Unless compensated as a disclosed sponsored or advertorial post, PolishGalore exercises complete independence over product reviews.  General receipt of a product, whether solicited or unsolicited, does not constitute a contract for a published review of the product or for the substance of any content that discusses the product.  Reviews are based on honest assessments of the products, and the content will not be provided for preapproval by PR representatives or brands, nor will reviews be edited after the fact based on requests to do so. Products that wish to impose such limitations will not be accepted for review but may be eligible for inclusion as a sponsored post with compensation.  All products received are deemed gifts/commercial samples that do not form a contract for review and are not deemed to be compensation for any written content.

PolishGalore accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid insertions, as well as free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other compensation forums from companies and organizations.  All advertising, sponsorship, and paid insertions will be identified and disclosed as such in the blog posting.

PolishGalore uses Amazon for monetization.

Compensation will never influence this blog's content, topics, or posts.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.