Advertising Policy
In this document the term “Hootle” refers to the entity of the Hootle software application, developed by Golfopotamus, LLC along with its services, products, intellectual property, logos, licenses, copyrights, software, patents, trademarks, etc.
In this document Golfopotamus, LLC will be referred to as “The Company”, “Company” or “Governing Company”.
In this document Golfopotamus, LLC’s software application “Hootle” will be referred to as “The Service” or “Service”.
If you are one of the many people who have decided to download the Hootle software application and/or use a Hootle product and/or service, you are agreeing to be bound by constraints, legal notification, and clauses that are of or used by Golfopotamus, LLC. (Golfopotamus, LLC is a Delaware Company)
The following Terms of Use govern your use of Hootle the software application, including, but not limited to: Hootle products, Hootle services and other Hootle related tools, objects, software and usable features. When you create a Hootle account with us, or use Hootle services and/or products, you agree to all of the following terms stated in this document and on other Hootle legal documentation found on the hootleapp.com or hootle.io website, or on the information found on the Hootle software application.
The Hootle Service is a product provided to you by Golfopotamus, LLC. This Advertising Policy therefore constitutes an agreement between you and Golfopotamus, LLC.
By using Hootle, you agree that disputes between you and The Company will be resolved through individual dealings with our customer service team at Hootle. By using Hootle, you waive your right to sue Hootle or The Company. By using Hootle, you agree to opt out of any legal pursuit of Hootle or The Company in the form of lawsuits, class action lawsuit, arbitration, etc.
This policy describes information and data we collect and/or process to support The Company and the Service.
Advertising Review Process
First Consideration. All submitted advertisements will be reviewed by our team before uploading for users to see. We check content for proper designation of a business or event, proper language and non-slander, images that are non-vulgar, taglines or text, targeting, position of statement(s) and/or other aspects of the content that our team deems reasonable judgement over.
Acceptance. If your submission for advertising is accepted, we will then begin running your advertisement in the selected location and during the selected time-frame of your ad(s). This can be managed through your business account that you have registered for on the app.
Decline to Post. If your submission for advertising is not accepted, we will then provide reason (as a notification to your business account) as to why is may not have been accepted. A Declined advertisement submission will not bar you or your entity from further submissions, so you will be allowed to continue to submit proper advertisements. A Declined advertisement will not have effect on any current advertisements that you or your entity have running in real-time or in the advertising queue through your business account.
Appeal. If you feel that a declined advertisement submission was incorrect judgement on our team’s part, please feel free to resubmit the advertisement for secondary judgement by a separate team in our department. Likely, a declined advertisement will contain multiple spelling errors or improper use of imagery or wording, and simple edits to fix will likely allow your advertisement to be accepted upon secondary judgement. If an advertisement is declined more than three times, there is no further appeal process, and you must make changes to your submission for it to be approved.
Prohibited Advertising Content.
Illegality or Slander. Advertisements do not allow the display or allusion of illegal doings or events such as, but not limited to: drugs, minor alcohol consumption, vandalism, slanderous terminology and degrading representations.
Violation to our Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy. Advertisements must abide by our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy standards and agreements.
Discrimination. Advertisements do not allow the depiction or action of discrimination toward any person or entity.
Unsafe Activities. Advertisements do not allow the representation of activities or doings that can be known or believed to be unsafe.
Underage Representation. Advertisements cannot target underage populations (below 18 in the US) for the sale of products or for services for sale or for free.
Infringement. Advertisements must not contain intellectual property, patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. of entities other than those owned by the advertising agent or user. This includes not infringing upon third party entities or users, where violation of others rights are involved.
Profanity and/or Adult Content. Advertisements must not contain profane imagery or terminology. Advertisements must not contain adult content (18+ in the US).
Breaching Content. Advertisements must not contain content that can be considered a breach to security for other users or to the Service.
Image Information.
Text in Image. If your advertisement contains imagery, you must refrain from adding substantial text in the image, as this may decrease your chance of approval for submission of an advertisement.
Main Guidelines. If your advertisement contains an image or images, they must comply and be aligned with all previously mentioned guidelines for submission approval advertisements.
Branding Advertisements.
Property and Land. Advertisements must show only property or land owned by the advertising agent or user that is uploading the advertisement. You must not represent in your advertisement ownership of a business that is owned or by you or that you own a majority stake in.
Logo and Tagline. Advertisements must only use a logo or tagline that is wholly owned by yourself or an entity that you hold a majority stake in. Approval in writing to use a logo or tagline may be required by our advertising team.
All Other Branding. All aspects of your advertisement that may be considered to be owned by an entity or individual may be inquired about from our team. We have the right to deny or refuse any advertisement that we know or feel is improperly using another entity’s branding.
Data Restrictions.
Partnering as an Advertiser. Upon becoming a paid advertiser, you may receive access to analytics respective to your advertisement, and other information and data that can help you reach more potential customers. The data that we share with you is held under strict terms (see our Privacy Policy).
Third Party Sharing. Under no circumstances will you (our advertiser) be able to transmit and/or sell data and analytics that you receive through our Service to other third party entities or individuals. Individuals within the entity that is advertising have as much right to view the information and data shared as the majority owner (advertising agent) shares with them.
Information for Non-Advertisers. Advertisements that will appear on our Service should never ask you for personal information, and if you see this please contact our advertising department to help resolve any issues that may occur. We do not share information that is unnecessary for our advertising partners to see. Additionally, we will never share credit card information with advertisers and users.
Updates to Policy.
We reserve the right to change the Service, documentation, policies, etc. at any time to advance causes of The Company. We will notify you of the newest editions of the Advertising Policy and other company and Service policies, unless changes to the documentation occurs that are deemed unnecessary for notification to user base. By using our Service, you are bound by any and all terms stated through use of our website, service(s), product(s) or materials distributed or attached to The Company. This document and policy are placed into effect as per revision 4.4 of August 25, 2019.