Surefire Trading Affiliates (STA) are expressly prohibited
from engaging in the activities below. Failing to abide
by this policy will result in termination of the (STA) Agreement.
E-mail
Affiliates are expressly prohibited from sending spam,
defined as unsolicited mass commercial e-mail (UCE) that
promotes their STA business. All complaints will be investigated.
Affiliates will be required to defend their actions.
Affiliates found to be engaging in spam will be terminated
immediately.
A single warning may be issued if...
i) there is no evidence that the e-mail was mass mailed
AND if
ii) the affiliate made no attempt to disguise his/her
identity by such means as falsifying their e-mail address,
AND if
iii) the e-mail was uniquely written for the complainant.
All three criteria must be present to receive a "single
warning." A second such occurrence, whether from
the same complainant or not, will result in termination.
The complainant may be required to provide additional
information to assist us with our investigation.
2. Two-Way E-media (Newsgroups, Forums, Unmoderated
Mailing Lists)
Affiliates are expressly prohibited from posting messages
that promote their STA business, to unrelated Two-Way
E-media and to Two-Way E-media whose charters forbid commercial
content. Posting to more than one newsgroup at the same
time is expressly
forbidden (even if they are related).
Affiliates may post to Two-Way E-media which permit
commercial content relating to Internet marketing
NOTE: The affiliate is required to determine in advance
which newsgroups or discussion forums are appropriate
for their posts, and the policy regarding commercial posts.
All complaints will be investigated and the Affiliate
will be required to defend their actions. Affiliates found
to be spamming Two-Way E-media will be terminated immediately.
No warnings will be issued. The Complainant may be required
to provide additional
information to assist us with our investigation.
