Welcome to Best of Washington! Best of Washington Policies Your privacy We do not share, rent or sell any of your personal information to third parties beyond those vendors we hire directly. As a member, you agree not gather contact information from our site and use it for solicitations or harassment. We may occasionally send you messages of an administrative nature about changes and updates at Best of Washington. By visiting and utilizing the memberhip features of the Best of Washington website, you expressly consent to our use of your personal information in accordance with our policies. We collect data via cookies solely for our administrative use. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. If you post blogs, we may retain this information to provide customer support and troubleshoot problems as permitted by law. Any personal correspondence sent to us by you or by a third party about you may be collected by us into a file specific to you. We use information we obtain from you to collect fees owed; measure consumer interest in our products and services; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce our policies; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. If you choose to use separate services and products offered on the website by third parties and disclose information and/or grant permission to collect information to them, you must refer to their privacy policy. We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on the website. All amended items will automatically be effective 30 days after they are initially posted on the website. Membership Each member must be an owner of a business in the state of Washington maintaining a WA business license in active and good standing. Each member must be a resident of the state of Washington. Each member must be a US citizen. Each member must submit proof of any of the above upon request by Best of Washington or its authorized representative. The organization may require the proof to be notarized. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies. These persons are not permitted to be members of Best of Washington: Owners of "Adult" businesses, including but not limited to pornography and sex toys. Politicians and owners of political organizations. Life coaches or other counselors giving advice to clients regarding their personal lives who do not have a Masters or Doctoral degree in Psychology or Sociology. Honorary degrees are not acceptable. Membership may be revoked at any time without cause. Profiles and blogs may not contain swear words, sex talk, or negative statements about sexual orientation, politics, religion, or race. Copyright Respect copyright in your blogs. Only upload content that you have the right to use. Do not republish any content initially revealed in a Member's Only blog or profile. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy The agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) is as follows: Attorney Bruce Methven, Methven & Association, 2232 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, (510) 649-4019, Admin@MethvenLaw.com Upon receiving a notice that substantially complies with the DMCA requirements and provides us with actual knowledge of infringement or facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the material in accordance with the DMCA.  Note that the DMCA provides that any person who knowingly misrepresents that material or activity is infringing is liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees. We reserve the right to terminate access to its service by repeat infringers, and in appropriate circumstances will terminate access to our service by repeat infringers. Notwithstanding the above, unless the publisher or website operator takes measures to prevent unwanted access to its site or files, it is possible that content may be posted again by users of our site.