NAUGHTY
4CASH.COM AFFILIATE
SPAM POLICY
www.Naughtyathome.com, www.MyWifeAshley.com, www.Sharingparis.com, www.SweetKacey.com
Spam Policy
SPAM POLICY
Last Revised __6/14/05____________
I. Preamble
This Spam Policy pertains to NAH - Naughty At Home (www.naughtyathome.com),
(MyWifeAshley.com), (Sharingparis.com), (SweetKacey.com) (hereinafter “CORPORATION”).
CORPORATION subscribes to a strict “No Illegal Spam” Policy as
exhibited and explained by this Policy. CORPORATION will not profit from, nor
allow anyone else to profit from illegal Spam. CORPORATION will terminate any
and all relationships with any entity producing illegal Spam, and CORPORATION
will cooperate with law enforcement to see to it that illegal spammers are
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
A. Who should read and follow this Policy:
If you have any relationship, whatsoever, to CORPORATION, you must, as a
condition of a continued relationship with CORPORATION read and familiarize
yourself with this Policy and follow it in its entirety.
B. Parties addressed in this Policy:
The Parties addressed in this Policy are:
CORPORATION d/b/a www.naughtyathome.com , which may also be referred to
as “NAH (Naughty At Home),” “COMPANY OR www.naughtyathome.com & www.sweetkacey.com & www.mywifeashley.com
or “We, Us, or Our.”
All Affiliates of the Website, www.naughtyathome.com , sweetkacey.com, mywifeashley.com,
SharingParis.com (“SITE”), and any additional sites that CORPORATION
may publish or control.
Any other Affiliate(s), employees, contractors, servants, or agents (“Affiliate” or “you/your”),
of CORPORATION. The existence of one of the aforementioned relationships to
us neither creates nor implies the existence of another.
C. Revisions to This Policy.
Any and all prior statements of policy relating to unsolicited email made
by the Site in writing or otherwise, are hereby rescinded and replaced by
this Policy.
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this Policy, and any and
all of our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. You
should periodically re-visit this web page and re-read this Policy to determine
if any of the terms of this Policy have changed since your last reading of
it. You may check this Policy for any modifications by re-visiting this web
page and using the “refresh” button on your browser. You should
note the date of last revision to this Policy, which appears at the top of
this Policy. If the “last modified” date remains unchanged after
you have clicked the “refresh” button on your browser, you may
presume that no changes have been made since the last reading of the Policy.
A changed “last modified” dates indicates that this Policy has
been updated or edited, and the updated or edited version completely and
wholly supersedes any prior versions immediately upon posting, and any and
all prior versions are null and void.
Parties to whom this Policy Strictly Applies:
This SPAM POLICY strictly applies to any and all of our Affiliates, employees,
servants, or agents, all of whom agree to abide by this Policy as it has
been incorporated as an integral and inseparable part of the Affiliate Agreement
or other applicable agreement or contract for CORPORATION establishing the
legal relationship between you and us.
If you in any way act for or in conjunction with CORPORATION, as a condition
of the establishment of the legal relationship giving you authority to act
in such conjunction, you should have been required to be a signatory to an
Agreement governing this legal relationship that incorporates the CORPORATION’S
current SPAM POLICY as an inseparable part of that Agreement.
If you have not signed such an Agreement, you are hereby notified that any
relationship that you may have with CORPORATION or any of its subsidiaries
or other businesses is hereby terminated and any acts you may be performing
or considering the performance of are hereby prohibited until you have entered
into a valid agreement with CORPORATION governing your specific status as
an agent or Affiliate of the CORPORATION, and the establishment and finalization
of that Agreement is acknowledged by us.
Regardless of your relationship to CORPORATION, you are hereby notified
that any conduct on behalf of, benefiting, initiated by, or in any way connected
to CORPORATION or any of its subsidiaries or other businesses is strictly
controlled by this Policy. Any violation thereof is grounds for immediate
termination of whatever relationship you may have with CORPORATION and other
punitive and corrective actions that will be described in detail below. You
are further notified that any further actions taken by you on behalf of CORPORATION
shall constitute evidence of your assent to the terms of this SPAM POLICY.
II. Purpose of this Policy:
This Spam Policy was adopted pursuant to, and is intended to establish our
full compliance with, the “Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited
Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003,” or the “CAN-SPAM Act
of 2003,” (hereinafter “the Act” or “the CAN-SPAM
Act”), and/or any updates, regulations, or revisions to this legislation.
This Policy’s intent is to recognize the limitations set forth in the
Act as the minimum measures that must be taken to comply with the Act, and
you are specifically placed on notice that there may be procedures and practices
that are legal under the Act, which are nevertheless prohibited by this Policy.
By prohibiting conduct that may be legally permissible, we are demonstrating
our firm commitment to the eradication of unwelcome Spam and over-compliance
with any governmental initiatives enacted in furtherance of this goal.
We respect the right of consumers to control the flow of unsolicited email
into their computer inboxes. We therefore strictly enforce a “No Illegal
Spam” Policy. Any of our Affiliates, promoters, employees, contractors,
or agents caught violating this Policy will be immediately terminated and
will, forfeit all unpaid commissions, and may be reported to law enforcement
authorities. Our strong preference is to avoid any promotion that relies
upon unsolicited email in any form. All promotions should instead utilize
verifiable, opt-in recipients and address lists. However, all email promotions
are required to comply with the specifics set forth herein.
III. Types of Commercial Messages Covered by This Policy
Any form of bulk electronic message transmission, whether through email
or other technological means, are considered Spam, and therefore covered
by this Policy. This includes newsgroup postings, chat room messages, and
other similar message delivery systems.
IV. Unsolicited Email Policy
The following requirements apply to the transmission of unsolicited email
promoting, mentioning, or relating to this Site:
Sources of Names for Email Lists:
1. If you generate your email lists in-house, your lists must be created
using a “double opt-in procedure.” This procedure requires the
following steps:
a. Each email address on the list may be added only if the user submits
a request to be added to your list.
b. The user is then not immediately added to the list, but rather a confirmation
email must be sent to the user.
c. If the user does not respond to the confirmation email, the address may
not be added to your list.
d. If the user does respond to the confirmation affirming that the user wishes
for his or her email address to be added to your list, then (and only then)
you may add this email address to your in-house generated list.
e. All users must have specifically requested or consented to receiving sexually-explicit
material.
f. You must maintain records to verify that all list subscribers have been
added pursuant to the above requirements.
2. If your list is not generated in-house, you may only use third-party
lists that are generated by following the same double opt-in procedure outlined
above. All third-party list generation techniques must be fully verifiable.
Third-party lists must have a verifiable opt-out (removal) procedure.
No third-party lists may be used unless all of the list provider’s
following information is provided to us at least 72 hours before any proposed
mass email drop:
a. List producer’s name
b. List producer’s address
c. List producer’s phone
d. List producer’s email address
e. All sources from which the list was compiled (websites, surveys, etc.)
f. All subjects the list members consented to receive emails about
g. List producer’s master email removal list
h. The size of the list
i. A list of those persons or entities specifically authorized to contact the
addresses on the list
j. All list members’ information or interest target categories (must
include a specific request for adult/pornographic content)
3. Harvested email addresses are prohibited:
Any lists, whether generated in-house or by a third party must be void of
any “harvested” email addresses or “role” accounts.
Harvested email addresses are gathered from public sources such as chat rooms,
ICQ, classified ad boards, blogs, Internet postings, dictionary attacks,
random generation, or any other means other than specific opt-in procedures.
Role accounts are email addresses such as “webmaster@domain.com,” “support@domain.com,” “help@domain.com.” The
foregoing list is non-exclusive.
4. High Risk Top-level domain blocking requirement: Your email lists must
suppress any email address with a top-level domain of .mil, .gov, .edu.
Mass Email Drop Specific Requirements
3. Pre-Approval Required: Any mass email campaign sent out on behalf of,
mentioning, or in any way connected to us must be PRE-APPROVED by us. In
order to ensure adequate approval time, you must submit the text of any proposed
email at least 7 days prior to any anticipated mail drop. Any unapproved
emails, even if they fully comply with all other aspects of this Policy,
will be grounds for immediate termination and forfeit of any fees or other
funds owed. Prior to any email being sent, you must supply us with:
a. The text of the proposed email
b. The proposed subject line
c. The valid address from where the email will be sent
d. The valid reply-to address
e. The individual sender’s name
f. The individual sender’s valid physical or postal address
g. The individual sender’s valid phone number
h. The proposed date of the drop
i. The entire list to which you propose to send the email for comparison with
our master opt-out list. We will supply you with a sanitized list for your
mailing.
j. If you do not receive explicit approval for the email drop, you must presume
that permission to send it has been REJECTED.
4. Specific Requirements of all Emails
a. The header must contain no false or misleading transmission information,
and must not contain any IP Address, domain name or email address that was
obtained by means of false or fraudulent pretenses or representations.
b. The header information must clearly state if another computer is used to
relay or retransmit the message, thus disguising its origin.
c. The message must not contain deceptive subject lines that mislead the recipient
about any material fact regarding the contents or subject matter of the message.
d. The message must include a return address or comparable fully functional
mechanism to allow the recipient the opportunity to request not to receive
future commercial electronic mail messages from the sender at the address where
the electronic mail was received (hereinafter “opt out device”).
All such email addresses shall be collected into a list maintained by you,
hereinafter referred to as your “suppression list.”
e. The return email address in the opt out device must be capable of receiving
such removal messages or communications for no less than thirty (30) days after
the transmission of the original message. No additional commercial electronic
mail messages may be sent to an individual who has indicated his or her desire
not to receive such messages from the sender. This prohibition also applies
to any person acting on behalf of the sender.
f. All mass emails must contain a valid postal address for the sender of the
email. The postal address must reflect YOUR postal address, not ours, and not
that of any third-party.
g. Special Requirements for Sexually-oriented Email: The following special
requirements apply to unsolicited electronic mail containing sexually-oriented
material.
i. The subject line must contain the terms “SEXUALLY EXPLICIT” as
required by Rules adopted by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)
in consultation with the Attorney General in April, 2004.
ii. Such messages may only initially contain, absent any further actions by
the recipient, the mandatory information for unsolicited emails listed in Section
IV and instructions how to access, or a mechanism designed to access (such
as a hyperlink) the sexually-oriented material. In other words, and for avoidance
of doubt, no sexually-oriented images, drawings or other depictions are permitted
to be contained within unsolicited adult-oriented Spam. Any affiliate, agent,
employee or promoter caught violating this provision will be immediately terminated
from the Site’s program, and all commissions then earned but unpaid shall
be forfeited.
iii. Such messages shall also contain such marks, notices or disclaimers required
by the FTC, in consultation with the Attorney General, as identified in any
rules or regulations promulgated and published in the Federal Register within
the time frame contained in the Act, i.e. one-hundred twenty (120) days from
January 1, 2004.
Additional Suppression or Opt-Out Requirements:
5. You must have valid procedures to remove any email addresses as requested,
by any user, or any person, at any time. You must maintain an active suppression
list at all times, and all emails must be filtered through the suppression
list.
6. Any email addresses transmitted to the opt out device must be collected
and added to your suppression list AND must be transmitted to us on a weekly
basis for addition to our master suppression list.
7. If you maintain multiple email lists, anyone who has requested that they
be added to your suppression list, or who opts-out of any email list, shall
be removed from any and all lists that you use or maintain.
8. You shall not sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer or release the
electronic mail address of the recipient who has indicated such desire to stop
receiving such messages, other than messages transmitted for compliance with
the Act or other provision of law. You shall not direct, allow, or through
inaction permit any other party to violate this provision (or any other provision
of this Policy).
Prior Affirmative Consent
Please note that Affiliate’s obtaining of an ‘opt in’ request
from the recipients of bulk emails does not discharge compliance with this
SPAM POLICY’s requirements. Although certain obligations may be discharged
under CAN SPAM in the event Affiliate receives prior affirmative consent
from the recipient, after conspicuous notice, to receive bulk commercial
email, it is our policy that Affiliates must still comply with the obligations
for unsolicited commercial email under this Policy and CAN SPAM, unless each
recipient gave specific permission to receive bulk commercial email from
the CORPORATION. If such prior affirmative consent was obtained, exceptions
may be made on a case by case basis, in writing, by the CORPORATION. No waiver
from the requirements in this SPAM POLICY shall result from any such exceptions.
VIII. Indemnification
All affiliates, agents, employees or other promoters using any form of electronic
commercial mail promotion agree to indemnify and hold this Site harmless
from any and all claims, charges, counts, debts, suits or other allegations
arising from violations of the Act, or other applicable laws regulating transmission
of commercial email. The Site shall provide immediate notice of any and all
such claims, however the Site shall select its own attorneys to defend such
claims, at the sole and exclusive expense of the affiliate, agent, employee
or promoter responsible for the alleged violation.
IX. Audits
You agree to cooperate in periodic audits of any promotional activity taken
on behalf of the CORPORATION, upon reasonable notice. In the event we request
it, you agree to make available to us, any and all promotional materials
and communications used to market our Site, within the last 2 years. You
further agree to provide any information relating to such promotions, including
but not limited to email addresses, lists, names, times & dates of transmission,
ip addresses, servers, mail systems, software devices, compliance methods,
and any other such information reasonable and necessary to conduct an audit
of promotional activities. Failure to cooperate in such an audit shall constitute
grounds for termination of our relationship, for cause.
X. Incorporation by Reference
This Spam Policy is hereby incorporated by reference into any Affiliate
Agreement in place and utilized by the Site. By continuing to avail oneself
of the benefits and obligations of affiliate promotion, all Affiliates thereby
acknowledge the applicability and enforceability of these provisions as part
of the existing Affiliate Agreement. By continuing to perform under the Affiliate
Agreement, after receipt of notice of this Spam Policy, Affiliate thereby
manifests his or her assent to these terms. All remaining terms contained
in the Affiliate Agreement, not inconsistent herewith, shall remain in full
force and effect.
XI. Resources
A. To report any violation of this Policy, please contact our customer service
department.
B. To Read the CAN-SPAM law, click here: http://www.adultindustryupdate.com/archives/CAN-SPAM%20Act.pdf
C. Federal Trade Commission Website: www.ftc.gov
This document was prepared by Lawrence G. Walters, Esq., of www.FirstAmendment.com.
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