The following Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), our Publisher Terms and Conditions (the "Terms and Conditions"), the Mobile AUP, Adware AUP and Search AUP, each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference (collectively, the "Agreement"), is the binding legal agreement between NetFusion Media, Inc. ("Company") and you ("You" or "Your"), the user of Company’s website (the "Site"). You agree to use the Site, Company’s advertising network service ("Service") and any additional products and/or services offered by Company in the future only in accordance with the Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither this AUP, nor the Agreement, is an exhaustive recitation of all rules, regulations, standards and legal requirements governing your conduct:
The Agreement states the minimum standards that You and Your Affiliated Third Parties (as defined below) must adhere to in light of current laws, rules and regulations governing, and industry best practices applicable to, the transmission of commercial e-mail. In the event that any state or federal law, rule or regulation governing the transmission of commercial e-mail is enacted or amended setting forth standards more restrictive than those set forth herein, the more restrictive standards contained in such subsequently enacted or amended law, rule or regulation shall apply to You and Your Affiliated Third Parties.
Company reserves the right to make changes to the Site, the Service and/or the terms and conditions of the Agreement at any time. The latest Agreement will be posted on the Site. Your continued use of the Site and/or Service after any such modification and posted notification thereof shall constitute Your consent to such modification. Therefore, You should regularly check the Site for any updates and/or changes. The Agreement applies to and governs Your relationship with the Company in all matters including, without limitation, as a Publisher in connection with your use of the Service. For purposes of the Agreement, "Publisher" means the individual or entity registering with Company to use the Service as a publisher and, without limitation, any parent entities, owners, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessor or successor entities, and any agents, officers, directors or employees acting on behalf of same. If You do not agree to the terms and conditions contained within the Agreement in their entirety, You are not authorized to register as a Publisher, use the Service and/or Site in any manner or form whatsoever. Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Terms and Conditions.
Where authorized by both Company and the applicable Advertiser, the following terms and conditions apply to all e-mail campaigns transmitted by Publisher on behalf of such Advertiser(s). Company will allow Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative to be transmitted by Publisher in connection with any Program where such Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative comply with:
Company and, where applicable, Advertiser, reserve the right, completely, jointly and exclusively, to establish the test for reasonability with regards to any conditions set forth herein.
Without limitation, the conditions set forth herein shall apply equally to You, Your parent entities, owners, subsidiaries, predecessors and/or successor entities and any agents, officers, directors, members and/or employees acting on behalf of You, as well as any of Your affiliates, partners, distributors and/or other third parties with whom You do business while governed by the Agreement (collectively, "Affiliated Third Parties"). All Publisher’s Affiliated Third Parties must be approved by Company prior to their assisting You in connection with any Program governed by the Agreement. Company reserves the right to reject Your request to work with any Affiliated Third Parties and may restrict Your right to use any previously approved Affiliated Third Parties at any time and for any reason. You are responsible for ensuring that any and all such Affiliated Third Parties agree, in writing, to e-mail marketing terms and conditions no less restrictive than those contained herein, and You must submit all such written representations to Company if requested by Company. All such agreements must contain provisions that require Your Affiliated Third Parties to fully and completely indemnify Company for any and all damages arising from their breach of any of the provisions set forth herein and You must have the ability to terminate distribution with, or procurement by, Affiliated Third Parties immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You hereby agree that You will be solely responsible to Company for any breach of the provisions of the Agreement by Affiliated Third Parties.
All Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative transmitted by Publisher must, at a minimum, comply with all applicable laws relating thereto and adhere to the following obligations, as determined by Company and, where applicable, Advertiser, in their joint and exclusive discretion:
You shall disclose all Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses with which You conduct any and all transactions, business and/or operations as a part of Your Publisher relationship with Company.
You shall distribute such e-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative only to those recipients who have expressly agreed via "Confirmed Opt-in" or "Verified Opt-in" ("Opt-In") to receive such transmissions from You. You shall not distribute Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative using improperly acquired or generated e-mail addresses (whether obtained by automated means from websites, services or otherwise, or generated by automated random combinative algorithms). In addition, You shall maintain electronic and/or tangible records evidencing the subscription of such consumers to Your lists for verification by Company as required. This verification information must include, at a minimum, the date, time, originating IP address and location where the e-mail address or other recipient information was submitted and, if applicable, a copy of the subscription form used. If requested, You shall explain and provide examples of the mechanisms that You use (historically and currently) to obtain and build Your list of subscribers.
You shall only distribute Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative that include a valid sender domain name and/or responsive IP address. You shall only distribute Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative, as applicable, from a valid sender domain name and/or responsive IP address that You have authorization to utilize for the purposes of sending commercial e-mail. You shall not relay or retransmit Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative in order to mislead or deceive as to the origin of the Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative, as applicable, nor shall Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative be transmitted from e-mail accounts registered to false owners.
You shall only distribute Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative that clearly indicate the e-mail address to which the Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative, as applicable, is sent (the intended recipient’s email address) in the body of the message or in the "TO:" line of the applicable email message.
You shall only use approved Subject and From lines, Copy, Text and HTML. Suggestions for new Subject and From lines, Copy, Text and HTML are allowed; however, they must be approved by Company prior to being included in any Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative, as applicable.
Company strictly forbids the display of sexually explicit materials via Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based creative. In addition, no Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail based Creative may display content that fails to satisfy all of the requirements of Section 2 of the Terms and Conditions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, You represent and warrant that Your Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail based Creative, as applicable, will not contain objectionable content (including, but not limited to, content that is misleading, libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, violent, bigoted, hate-oriented, illegal and/or that promotes illegal goods, services and/or activities).
You shall only distribute Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative that include valid and responsive contact information of the sender, list manager and/or list owner. This contact information shall include Your valid physical postal address (provided that a post office box is not considered a valid physical mailing address) and, optionally, Your phone number. Company reserves the right to add such address (es) should Publisher fails to include same, but Company is in no way responsible for including such address (es) where Publisher fails to do so. You must not use any invalid or erroneous e-mail header information (including, without limitation, source, destination, domain, IP address and/or routing information).
Each Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative that You send must include a functioning unsubscribe link, through use of which e-mail recipients may request not to receive future commercial e-mail messages from Publisher with respect to any Program, or other e-mail contact generally. Such unsubscribe link must remain active and capable of receiving opt-out requests for no less than thirty (30) days after transmission of the underlying e-mail message.
You shall seed Your list(s) of e-mail addresses, as well as the list(s) of your Affiliated Third Parties, that are used in connection with any and all Programs.
You shall process any and all unsubscribe requests within five (5) business days or less from the date of Your receipt of such requests. In addition, You shall maintain electronic and/or tangible records evidencing the removal of such e-mail address (es) from Your lists, together with any and all deleted e-mail address (es) provided to you by Company, for verification by Company as required.
Where any recipient of Your Publisher E-mails and/or e-mail-based Creative requests and/or inquires with You regarding the location where such consumer Opted-In to receive e-mail marketing from You, You must respond to such request and/or inquiry within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of same. Your response to such inquiries must include, at a minimum, the date, time, originating IP address, URL and the location where the applicable e-mail address or other consumer information was submitted.
You shall download the Company Suppression List and remove any and all such e-mail addresses appearing therein from the Publisher E-mails prior to engaging in e-mail marketing in connection with approved Advertiser Programs. Company shall make available, at a Company-designated area of the Site, a suppression list ("Company Suppression List"), updated on a regular basis, generated from e-mail marketing activities associated with various Programs transmitted by and/or through the Service. You agree to check the Company Suppression List regularly (no less than daily). You agree to process any new unsubscribe requests within five (5) days of such requests being added to the Company Suppression List. No less than daily during the term of this Agreement, You shall deliver, via e-mail, Your own list of suppressed e-mail address (es) that You collect in connection with Your e-mail marketing activities associated with any and all Programs ("Your Suppression List"). If no such e-mail address(es) are supplied to Company by You on a given day during the term of this Agreement, then Company may conclude that no such address(es) were collected on that day by You. The Company Suppression List, Your Suppression List and login provided by Company are deemed to be confidential information of Company. The Company Suppression List and Your Suppression List may not be used by You for any purpose other than to comply with applicable laws regulating e-mail transmissions.
You shall only distribute Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative that include language in the body of the Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative, as applicable that clearly and conspicuously identifies that the message is an advertisement or solicitation.
Each Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative that You distribute shall include a live, functioning hyperlink to an associated privacy policy that meets the test of reasonable commercial best practices applicable to privacy policies in general. Your e-mail marketing activities must adhere to Your applicable privacy policy, in both letter and in spirit, in all respects and with no exceptions. The subject privacy policy must be available for viewing from each domain associated with Your e-mail transmission.
Company strictly forbids Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative sent for the purpose (but not necessarily the sole purpose) of harvesting e-mail address (es) in order to send future unsolicited commercial e-mails.
You shall immediately cease distribution of Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative solicitations promoting any Program(s) upon notice from Company to You. You shall be permitted to use brokers or third parties to deliver Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative; provided, however, that all such distributors shall be considered Affiliated Third Parties as defined above.
Your promotion of Programs via Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative must not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other similar intellectual property right, or otherwise violate or breach any duty toward, or rights of, any person or entity including, without limitation, rights of privacy and publicity; and, must not result in any consumer fraud, product liability or breach of contract to which You are a party or cause injury to any third party.
You shall not use Company’s or its Advertisers’ names (including any abbreviation thereof) or any trademark, trade name, service mark, logo or other Company identifying information in the originating or return e-mail address line, header or subject line of any Publisher E-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative transmission unless otherwise directed to do so by Company in writing.
You must have a strong track record of compliance with the terms and conditions of this AUP, as well as applicable laws, rules, regulations and industry standards governing the marketing and promotion of consumer goods via e-mail at all times, both prior to, and after, the commencement of Your relationship as a Publisher. You shall immediately alert Company in the event that any litigation or investigation ensues concerning Your e-mail practices, or the e-mail practices of Your parent entities, subsidiaries, affiliates and/or Your Affiliate Third Parties (regardless of whether such litigation relates to Your relationship with Company).
You must be clear, complete and forthcoming in all statements to Company, its Advertisers and such e-mail and/or e-mail-based Creative recipient.
Company will strictly enforce a zero tolerance policy with respect to the transmission of e-mail marketing in violation of this AUP and/or the Agreement. Company reserves the right to shut down or disable any program at any point if it appears that a violation of this AUP or the Agreement has occurred. Company shall be the sole arbiter in all cases.
