CLEVERBUCKS’ ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY REGARDING BULK E-MAILINGS

Webmasters may promote CleverBucks approved paysites and related products through the transmission of bulk e-mail, however, any such mass e-mailings must conform to our bulk email policies.

(a) The marketing of CleverBucks Websites is strictly prohibited if done through the transmission of unsolicited bulk email (UBE). In other words, the bulk emailing must be pursuant to a prior business relationship with the e-mail recipient, including but not limited to having obtained their e-mail address through a verifiable opt-in procedure.

(b) CleverBucks strictly prohibit marketing of our websites by the transmission of e-mail that makes use of or contains invalid or forged headers, invalid or nonexistent domain names or other means of deceptive addressing (counterfeit e-mail).

(c) CleverBucks also strictly prohibit marketing of our websites by the transmission of e-mail that is relayed from any third party's mail servers without the permission of that third party, or which employs similar techniques to hide or obscure the source of the e-mail. The transmission of unsolicited bulk e-mail, including the transmission of counterfeit e-mail, may result in civil and criminal penalties against the sender under applicable federal and/or state law.

(d) You may not harvest or collect screen names from any Internet service provider (ISP) for the purpose of sending unsolicited e-mail. Many ISPs, such as America On Line, Inc. (AOL), have policies and procedures relating to mass mailings to their members. We suggest you familiarize yourself with such policies and abide by them. AOL’s policy can be found at www.aol.com/info/bulkemail.html. We will terminate without pay any affiliate found to have transmitted bulk emails advertising any websites marketed through this Program to lists gathered by such methods.

Should we determine that you have violated this Acceptable Use Policy, you will be terminated immediately, and will not be paid for any traffic or subscriptions generated prior to the date of termination. If you intend to utilize opt-in email in promoting CleverBucks sites and products, please first contact us to make sure your methods do not violate our spam policy. Please use our support page to get contact information.



Your browser may not support display of this image. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR WEBMASTERS:

1. Can I promote CleverBucks sales via opt-in and/or double opt-in mailing lists?
Absolutely! CleverBucks welcomes your opt-in mail traffic! If you have opt-in mail and are a responsible mailer who adheres to all CAN-SPAM rules, please contact us.

2. What is a single opt-in list?
With a single opt-in mailing list, an address is automatically added to an email distribution list as soon as it's submitted.

3. What is a double opt-in list?
With double opt-in, the submitted address is not immediately added to this list. Instead, an email is first sent to the address, requesting confirmation that this email address should indeed be added to the list. The email address is then only added to a double opt-in list if the user confirms the first email that was sent to them.

4. What happens to CleverBucks affiliates who choose to Spam illegally?
Any CleverBucks affiliates who engage in Spamming will have their account terminated immediately and all monies earned will be forfeited.



Your browser may not support display of this image. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR SITE VISITORS:

1. Is there anything that I can do to prevent spam?
If you have an email address, chances are that you get a huge amount of Spam per day. By some reports, spam accounts for 50% of the mail traffic on the Internet! There are several things you can do to eliminate or at least cut down on the amount of Spam you receive. You can add your email to a remove list, install a spam filter for your mail or contact your isp and ask their technical staff to help you. Also try to stay out of chatrooms or messageboards as some spammers have programs that will scan these boards and retrieve your email address.

2. I have received several Spam emails from the same person. Should I forward them all to you?
If all the emails that you have received are the same, please only forward just one of the emails. If the emails are all different in nature, please forward them all to us. Also, please try to include the user's account number when you contact us. This will help to terminate the Spammer's account quicker, making the process much faster.

3. Can you give me the person's information that is spamming me?
No, due to legal liabilities, we can not give out any information for any of our accounts. We can only provide this information if we are ordered to do so by a court order.

4. Who do I contact if I am receiving spam emails from a CleverBucks affiliate?
First, make sure the email you received was not something that you had requested through another source and that it is indeed spam. If you had not requested the material, please send an email to our Legal Department. Please include the spam email in question as an attachment. Also be sure to include the affiliates linking code, entire headers in the attachments as well as the entire email, and any other information that you might have. At CleverBucks we take spam very seriously and will not tolerate affiliates who spam. Affiliates found to have been spamming will be terminated immediately if proper proof is provided to us.

5. I have sent you an email regarding a Spammer and have not received an answer yet. Why?
Please be assured that we take spam very seriously. We fully investigate each and every single complaint that we receive. The process that is involved with investigating Spammers is a lengthy process. You can be certain that your complaint will be given full attention and if the affiliate is indeed found to be guilty of Spamming, they will be terminated.