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Adopted by the Town Board on July 15, 2019

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS POLICY

We welcome you and your comments to the Town of Cottage Grove Wisconsin Social Media pages.

The purpose of this site is to present matters of public interest to Town of Cottage Grove residents, businesses, visitors and other interested parties. You may submit your comments, but please note that this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum.

Once posted, the Town of Cottage Grove reserves the right to delete unacceptable comments. The following are examples of unacceptable social media content and comments. The list is not intended to be all-inclusive. Examples are:

  • Profane or obscene language or content
  • Personal attacks of any kind
  • Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetrate discrimination or harm based on race, religion, age, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation.
  • Contain spam, advertising, solicitations of funds or include links to other sites
  • Clearly off topic and/or disruptive
  • Advocate illegal activity
  • Promote particular services, products or political organizations
  • Infringe on copyrights or trademarks
  • Personal information including but not limited to e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, mailing addresses, or identification numbers
  • Duplicate posts

Please note that the comments expressed on this site do not reflect the opinions and position of the Town of Cottage Grove or its officers and employees.

Activity on Town of Cottage Grove Social Media pages is subject to public disclosure (Wis., Stat. 19.31-19.39).

PHOTO UPLOAD POLICY

Where applicable, social media users may post their photos and videos on the Town of Cottage Grove Wisconsin social media pages to share with the general public. By uploading the photo or video, the user acknowledges that he/she owns the copyright to the photo or video and grants the Town of Cottage Grove a royalty free unconditional license to post the photo on the Town's social media pages and on https://tn.cottagegrove.wi.gov, and to provide a copy of the photo in paper or electronic format to any entity if required by law. The Town of Cottage Grove reserves the right to remove any photo, video or image that is off-topic, contains nudity, contains obscene, racial, sexual or harassing language or contains advertisements or endorsements of products.