Copyright and Privacy Policies
Copyright and Trademark Notice
Content Sharing and Content Syndication
User-Generated Content
Advertising
Affiliate Program Participation
Privacy
User Tracking
Sale of Website and Assets
Changes to Our Policies
Copyright Notice
Foam produces and publishes original content on our website. All images and text are the licensed or copyrighted property of Foam, unless otherwise credited. No part of this site may be copied, reproduced, republished, or distributed without express written consent of the copyright holder.
Content Sharing and Content Syndication
Promotional Image Policy
To promote Foam or one of our tutorials, travel guides, or other copyrighted content on your own blog or website, you may share one (1) image as long as you prominently link back to the original post. Please note that you may not share more than one (1) image without express written consent from Linda Ly. Note that you may not republish the text of such content itself.
To promote Foam on any other online, print, or live platform, please contact Linda Ly directly. Image usage is not granted without express written consent and/or without proper licensing agreements in place.
Stock Image Policy
Foam does not allow our images to be used as clip art or stock photography, or for any illustrative, informational, promotional, or advertising purposes, unless compensation and licensing details are agreed upon by both parties prior to usage.
Intellectual Content Policy
Foam does not allow other websites or entities to republish our tutorials, travel guides, or other copyrighted material. Any parties interested in publishing similar content on their websites may contact Linda Ly directly for writing or photography services.
Syndication Policy
Foam does not syndicate images, blog posts, or other website content. All content is hosted exclusively on our site, foammagazine.com.
Guest Content
Foam does not feature or accept guest contributors, guest posts, or sponsored posts (advertorials) written by third parties.
User-Generated Content
Any and all comments, feedback, suggestions, reviews, ideas, concepts, questions, or other communications (collectively “User Content”) that you submit or post on Foam shall be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. By submitting or posting any User Content, you grant to Foam a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, sub-licensable, and transferable license to copy, publish, translate, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, reproduce or use the User Content in any commercial or non-commercial manner whatsoever. Foam will be free to use any ideas, concepts, or techniques contained in such User Content for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products that incorporate or otherwise rely upon such information.
Foam shall have no obligation to monitor User Content, use or display User Content, compensate you for submitting User Content, or respond to any User Content. Foam retains the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, revise, or refuse to post any User Content for any reason.
By submitting User Content, you represent and warrant that the content does not (i) contain false or misleading information; (ii) infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party; (iii) contain any libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, threatening or otherwise harassing content; (iv) contain any addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information; or (v) contain computer viruses, worms, or other harmful files. You are solely responsible for the User Content and you hereby agree to indemnify and hold Foam and its employees, agents, and affiliates harmless from any and all damages, claims, expenses, costs or fees arising from or in connection with a breach of any of the foregoing representations or your violation of any law or rights of a third party.
Advertising
Foam accepts advertising in the form of programmatic advertising banners and videos, paid endorsements and ambassadorships, paid editorial reviews, monetary sponsorships, and in-kind sponsorships on our website and in our email newsletters.
Any products, services, or experiences that have been discounted, gifted, or provided gratis to Foam for review are clearly marked with a disclosure in our content. We abide by FTC regulations and any opinions expressed in our reviews are solely arbitrary and never influenced by the compensation received. We strive for 100 percent transparency; our positive opinions cannot be bought.
Affiliate Program Participation
Foam is committed to creating resources that help you learn how to surf or improve your surfing, appreciate the beauty and power of the sea, and discover new travel destinations around the globe. As part of our content creation process, we occasionally include contextual links to relevant products, services, or experiences that we feel could be useful to our readers.
All products are independently selected and trusted to be a good fit for the Foam brand. We only link to products that we personally use and/or believe have value to our readers, regardless of our affiliate partnerships.
We participate in the Amazon Associates and Avantlink affiliate programs, and may receive a commission if you buy something at the retailer’s website through one of the links we provide. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Privacy
Cookies
Foam uses “cookies,” which are small text files placed on your computer, to uniquely identify users for post comments and server log files. We may use both “session cookies,” which expire when you close your browser, and “persistent cookies,” which stay in your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on our website. No personal information is stored in these cookies and they are used only to identify a user’s computer for the purposes of managing comments and preventing unauthorized or illegal activity on our website and server.
Data Protection
Foam has implemented measures designed to secure your email address and other personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us through contact forms and email subscription boxes are transmitted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not 100 percent secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
Email Lists
Foam uses an email marketing service provided by MailerLite, Inc., 548 Market St, PMB 98174, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401 (“MailerLite”). MailerLite collects email addresses from our readers when they elect to subscribe to email delivery from our website.
Readers may unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of our mass communication emails. We do not, and will not, sell, rent, or distribute our email lists to third parties unless required by law. View MailerLite’s privacy policy for information on how they store and handle your data.
Affiliate Partnerships
Foam partners with Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and AvantLink to promote or recommend products that these affiliate programs provide. We embed customized referral links, provided by the affiliate programs, into our website to track visits to our affiliate partners’ websites. If you click on an affiliate link, a small text file called a “cookie” will be stored in your browser by the affiliate program to track any sales for the purpose of assigning commissions.
Foam has no control over these third-party cookies and does not store any personal information collected by our affiliates when you use their websites. Please see the following privacy policies for additional information on how your data is handled by our affiliates: Amazon Privacy Notice, AvantLink Privacy Policy.
Children’s Privacy
Foam does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that our website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in our database, please contact us immediately at linda@foammagazine.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Contact Information
You may contact Linda Ly, owner of Foam, at linda@foammagazine.com with questions relating to our privacy policies or site practices.
User Tracking
In order to optimize our website, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are small text files placed on your computer, to help us analyze how you use our website, including but not limited to the date and time of your visit, operating system, browser type, referring website, and pages viewed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
We automatically enable IP anonymization on our website so that your IP address will be truncated by Google within the EU member states or EEA member states to prevent users from being identified. Only in exceptional cases will the IP address be transferred to Google on a server in the United States and thereafter be truncated.
On behalf of Foam, Google will use this information for the purpose of compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. The IP address that was transmitted by your browser will not be combined by Google with any other data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.
You may also prevent the collection and processing of the data that was generated by the cookie (and that is related to the use of our website, including your IP address) by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Sale of Website and Assets
In the event that our website is acquired or sold, or in the event of an insolvency or bankruptcy, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets merged or sold in connection with that transaction.
Changes to Our Policies
The most recent version of our policies will always be posted on this page, with the effective date posted at the bottom. We may revise and update our policies if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. By using our website after the effective date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current policies.
These policies were last updated May 22, 2022.