Disclosure policy

Some Paddock Cut stories may contain affiliate links or sponsored placements. If you use one of those links, we may be paid. This page explains how we label that, in plain terms, so you can decide how much weight to give it.

What the words mean here

• Affiliate link: a link that may pay us a commission if you sign up or buy something after using it.
• Sponsored: a piece, or a mention inside a piece, that a company paid us to publish.

How we label it

• A disclosure note appears near the first paid link in the story and again at the end.
• A sponsored or affiliate story is marked as such next to the section name at the top.
• Paid links carry rel="sponsored", and usually nofollow, so search engines know they are paid.
• Paid placements only appear in a section that already carries our own unpaid reporting on the same subject.

What payment does not change

Payment does not buy a favorable verdict, a ranking, or approval of a story before it runs. A product we would not describe honestly does not get a paid link from us. Our editorial policy applies to every piece.

Age and location

Betting and nicotine links are for adults 21 and over. We do not target betting or nicotine sign-up links at readers in places where that promotion is restricted, including Australia.

Questions about a specific link: [email protected].