Blog Policy

Comment Policy

An important mission of the Magnum Blog is to spur discussion and conversation about documentary story telling, photojournalism, visual art and related topics. We strive to keep the conversation open and free. However, at the same time, we believe that all discussions needs to be sober, sensible and serious to contribute positively. Thus, we reserve the right to remove comments that are profane, insulting, false, irrelevant or that in other ways lead to unconstructive exchanges. We also reserve the right to remove anonymous comments and comments where we cannot verify the authenticity of the sender as well as comments that promote commercial interests. Magnum is not responsible and cannot be held liable for any content of comments. If you have questions about this policy, about specific comments, or about comments that have been removed, please contact: blog@magnumphotos.com

Good Comments (defined by gothamist.com)

• Good comments respond to the content in the post or to a comment left by another reader and it is helpful to write to which author a comment is addressed.

• Good comments can disagree with the content in the post but do not insult the writer of the post, other readers posting comments, other websites, etc.

• Good comments are usually pretty short, have a positive/constructive tone and are open to being contradicted by other readers.

• Good comments are always on topic and never contain spam or spam-like content.

• Good comments are rarely anonymous because contributors should feel able stand behind their opinions.

Privacy Statement

This privacy statement covers the entire Magnum Blog. Please read this statement carefully before accessing the Magnum Blog. Your use of the Magnum Blog indicates your having read and understood the following information.

User Information

To leave a comment, users must submit information including a valid email address. The Magnum Blog uses this information to screen out users who leave comments prohibited by our terms and conditions of use, and will not pass this information to any other organization.

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Links

The Magnum Blog contains links to other sites. Please note that Magnum is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Magnum.

Notification Of Changes

Whenever we alter the privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact blog@magnumphotos.com.