Acceptable Use Policy

1. Spam & Unsolicited Communications

Strictly prohibited under CAN-SPAM (15 U.S.C. §7704), GDPR Article 6, and Philippine R.A. 10173:

• Sending unsolicited commercial email containing your referral link to any person who did not explicitly opt in.
• Purchasing, renting, or using any email list for affiliate promotion.
• Bulk messaging via SMS, WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, or social DMs without individual consent.
• Using software to mass-send messages or automate outreach without per-recipient consent.
• Harvesting email addresses from websites, forums, or social platforms.
• Using deceptive subject lines, false sender identities, or misleading From headers in any email.

2. Misleading & Deceptive Advertising

• Making false claims about a product — exaggerating features, fabricating results, or inventing testimonials.
• Implying endorsements by celebrities or institutions without verified written authorization.
• Creating fake news articles, fake review sites, or fake comparison pages.
• Using false scarcity: fake countdown timers or manufactured "limited time" signals without factual basis.
• Landing pages that misrepresent the product or bait-and-switch users to a different offer.
• Impersonating any Tenant, its support team, or its employees in any communication.

3. FTC Disclosure Obligation

Under FTC guidelines (16 C.F.R. Part 255) and equivalent laws, you must clearly and conspicuously disclose your material connection (that you earn a commission) in every promotional post, article, email, video, or review containing a referral link. The disclosure must appear before the link and not be buried in a footnote.

Required language (or equivalent): "I earn a commission if you sign up through my link at no extra cost to you."

4. Brand Bidding & Trademark Violations

Without explicit written Tenant permission, affiliates may not:

• Bid on the Tenant's brand name or any variation in any paid search platform (Google, Bing, etc.).
• Use the Tenant's trademark in ad headlines, display URLs, or landing page domain names.
• Register domain names containing a Tenant's trademarked brand name (cybersquatting).

Violations constitute trademark infringement under the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §1114) and expose the Affiliate to injunctive relief and damages at the Tenant's election.

5. Coupon & Voucher Abuse

• Do not distribute Tenant coupon codes to coupon aggregator sites without explicit written Tenant authorization.
• Do not create unauthorized coupon codes using a Tenant's brand name.
• Last-click hijacking — inserting a cookie at checkout to claim credit for an unearned sale — is fraudulent.

6. Commission Fraud & Technical Manipulation

The following constitute fraud and may result in criminal referral in addition to civil remedies:

• Click injection: Scripts or bots that artificially inflate referral link click counts.
• Cookie stuffing: Setting affiliate cookies on users' browsers without a real click interaction.
• Self-referrals: Using your own link to sign up, or referring family/business partners you have financial ties to, without disclosed approval from the Tenant.
• Fake conversions: Creating fictitious leads via fake emails, temporary email services, or synthetic data.
• Proxy abuse: VPNs or IP rotation used to manipulate geographic attribution of clicks.
• Adware injection: Software that places affiliate links on users' browsers without informed consent.

7. Privacy & Data Restrictions

• You may not submit personal data of individuals to the Platform without their knowledge and consent.
• You must not resell, lease, or transfer referral or lead data to any third party.
• If you independently collect personal data for promotional purposes, you must comply with applicable data protection law in your jurisdiction.

8. Content Restrictions

Promotional content must not be illegal, defamatory, harassing, or infringe on any third party's intellectual property. Content must not involve adult material, gambling, illegal activities, or targeting minors in any form. You must also comply with all platform policies (Google Ads, Facebook, TikTok, etc.) when promoting via those channels.

9. Consequences of Violations

Violations result in: immediate suspension; permanent termination; forfeiture of all pending commissions; potential recovery of previously paid commissions; a platform-wide ban; and reporting to the FTC, ICO, NPC Philippines, or other relevant authorities where the violation constitutes a criminal act or regulatory breach.

10. Reporting Violations

Report violations to abuse@earningit.co. Good-faith reports are kept confidential to the extent possible.