BlogCouncil Suggestion: Blogwide Link to Disclosure Policy

I provided a suggestion for the BlogCouncil open-source disclosure guidelines: link DPs from corp/agency/blogger sites. Somehow that was missing from the guidelines, but is a natural addition.

It looks like Andy doesn't realize our interests are aligned on this topic, but they are. Hopefully, my follow-up comment helps make that more clear:

"Andy: My comment is about DisclosurePolicy.org and DPs in general. I disclosed in-comment my affiliation with DisclosurePolicy.org and sig-linked to DisclosurePolicy.org. DP.org clearly states its affiliation with PPP, the company that originated the concept of Disclosure Policies almost 2 years ago.

I shared with you then the value of Disclosure Policies and I'm excited by BlogCouncil's draft guidelines. You said this is an open-source effort so I'm sharing experience from being in the trenches on this topic. Unless you encourage corporations and bloggers to communicate their Disclosure Policies sitewide with a "Disclosure Policy" link, the content of the policies can shift without readers realizing it. It's important for a reader to know what to expect from the site they visit and linking a DP does that. That's all my comment above was trying to contribute: 1) corp/agency, link your own Disclosure Policy and 2) encourage bloggers you engage to do the same.

Linking your DP sitewide is something I see BlogCouncil has adopted and I commend you. The guidelines will go further to maximize transparency if you incorporate this suggestion for others to follow that lead."

UPDATE 07-29: I'm not sure what happened, but it looks like my suggestion above left BlogCouncil moderation, but never published in their open-source "call for comments" section. Maybe Trackback is the better vehicle...I'll give it a try.

BlogCouncil Throws Their Support Behind Disclosure Policies

It looks like Andy Sernovitz may have buried the hatchet regarding Disclosure Policies. BlogCouncil, the organization run by Andy and his GasPedal company, has published their own Disclosure Policy online and provided guidelines for corporate Disclosure Policies. Great work Andy!

Check them out and comment if you have suggestions -- they welcome improvements on these draft guidelines. I've offered to help their efforts however possible.

The momentum grows...just as Privacy Policies are a cornerstone to protecting consumer data, Disclosure Policies offer a safer, more transparent online world for all of us going forward...