EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2010
Globalizer, LLC PUBLISHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These Publisher Terms and Conditions
("Agreement") govern the services provided by Globalizer, LLC, at 35 Pinelawn
Rd, Suite 108W, Melville, NY 11747 ("Globalizer"). By using the services and
becoming a marketing Publisher to Globalizer, you ("Publisher") agree to be
bound by this Agreement.
This Agreement may be amended from time to time in Globalizer's discretion
and pursuant to applicable law. Amended versions of this Agreement will be
effective upon posting at www.Globalizer.com.
1. Definitions:
As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below or as
defined elsewhere in this Agreement:
Advertiser:
means an entity that submits Offers and
Creatives for placement in the Globalizer network for the purpose of marketing,
advertising and Lead generation.
Lead(s):
means any Lead or activity specified by Globalizer and its Advertisers and taken
by a Consumer, for which Globalizer is to compensate Publisher.
Consumer:
An individual who responds to an Offer and who effects a Lead.
Creative:
means a graphic file(s) or creative work made available to Publisher for use in
an Offer.
Invalid Leads:
shall mean fraudulent, incomplete or duplicate Leads as further defined herein.
Fraudulent Leads shall include Leads that result from Publisher or its
sub-publishers engaging in the entry of Consumer information without the consent
of the actual Consumer such as adding leads or clicks or inflating leads or
clicks by fraudulent traffic generation such as pre-population of forms or
mechanisms not approved by Globalizer. Incomplete Leads include Leads in which
the information sent to Globalizer does not contain the data or information
required by Globalizer or its Advertisers. Duplicate Leads includes Leads that
Publisher sends to Globalizer that contains identical information Publisher has
previously sent to Globalizer.
Offer:
An advertisement that contains a promotion or opportunity directed to Consumers
that may be made available from time to time by Globalizer for publishing by
Publisher.
2.
Services. Globalizer hereby grants Publisher the limited right to
make Globalizer's Offers and Creatives available for publication and to
otherwise use such materials to generate Leads, in accordance with (i) the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement and (ii) any additional terms of a
particular Offer as specified by a Globalizer Advertiser. Globalizer authorizes
Publisher to distribute Globalizer's Offers to sub-publishers provided that
Publisher shall ensure and require that all sub-publishers comply with the
material terms of this Agreement and further provided that such sub-publisher
has represented to Publisher that: (i) the content of its site(s) are not
libelous, defamatory, infringing, pornographic, or offensive to the general
public, (ii) all right, title and interest in the Offer is exclusively owned by
Globalizer and that sub-publisher has no right other than the limited right to
display the Offer and Creative as sublicensed by Publisher, and (iii) such
sub-publisher will not modify or alter the Offer or Creative in any manner other
than as directed by Globalizer.
3. Term and Termination.
Either party may terminate this Agreement on
three business days' advance notice to the other party. In the event either
party in good faith believes that the other party is in violation of applicable
law or in breach of any terms of this Agreement, such party shall have right to
terminate the Agreement immediately upon written notice to the other party.
Globalizer further reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and
Publisher's participation in the services hereunder without prior notice to
Publisher.
4. Payment.
If
residing in the USA, Publisher must supply federal tax ID or social security
number as well as a w9 in order to receive payment.
We
will pay you any Commissions earned monthly, provided that your account is
currently greater than $50. Accounts with a balance of less than $50 will roll
over to the next month, and will continue to roll over monthly until $50 is
reached.
If
Publisher generates at least $1,000 revenue each week, Publisher may be eligible
for weekly ACH payments, upon approval by Globalizer. If Publisher does not
generate at least $1,000 per week in earnings, then Globalizer will pay
Publisher fifteen (15) days after the end of the month. Globalizer does not
guarantee payment to the Publisher if the Advertiser does not pay Globalizer.
Delinquent Advertiser payments received by Globalizer will be credited to the
Publisher in the month that they are received. All commissions are based upon
the number of leads reported by Globalizer and as recorded in Globalizer.com.
Globalizer may withhold payment to Publisher in the event that Globalizer
determines that Publisher has engaged in unauthorized activity or the generation
of Invalid Leads. Globalizer determines in its sole discretion unauthorized
activity and Invalid Leads.
5. Publisher Obligations.
Publisher shall not modify or alter any
Offer or Creative in any manner. Publisher will only run approved banners and
text in its advertising of Offers and will not create its own banners or
advertising text based on the Creative or Offer, unless expressly approved in
writing from Globalizer. Any other use of Offers or Creative will result in the
loss of payment of Leads
for the Offer(s) that were modified.
Publisher represents and warrants that it
will at all times comply with the following requirements:
(A) Publisher shall not place an Offer with
inappropriate content, which includes, but is not limited to, content that (i)
promotes the use of alcohol, tobacco or illegal substances, nudity, sex,
pornography, adult-oriented content such as phone sex or escort services,
expletives or inappropriate language; (ii) promotes gratuitous violence, abuses
or threatens physical harm; (iii) promotes illegal or unethical activity,
racism, hate, "spam," mail fraud, gambling, sweepstakes, pyramid schemes,
investment and money-making opportunities or illegal advice; (iv) promotes use
of illegal substances or activities such, how to build a bomb, counterfeiting
money and software pirating (e.g., Warez, Hotline); (v) is libelous, defamatory,
infringing, false, misleading or contrary to public policy; (vi) is otherwise
prohibited by Federal or state law; and/or (vii) may bring Globalizer and/or its
associated Advertisers negative publicity.
(B) Any spoofing, redirecting or
trafficking from adult-related websites in an effort to gain traffic
or websites that are point, lottery or rewards
based and encourage users to click on Offers or use Offers to generate revenue
for users to win points, get rewards, or other incentives are prohibited unless
expressly approved in writing from Globalizer.
(C) Statements and/or Leads
knowingly made that would result in civil or criminal liability of Globalizer
are expressly prohibited.
(D) Publisher shall not violate
any third party terms and conditions,
which includes, but is not limited to (i) unauthorized use of a third party web
site for commercial gain or (ii) posting bulletins to non-owned accounts.
(E)
Publisher shall not use deceptive or misleading practices such as the use of
spyware, adware, devices, programs, robots, iframes, hidden pictures, redirects,
spiders, computer scripts or other automated, artificial or fraudulent methods
designed to appear as if a Consumer is generating a Lead.
(F)
Publisher shall not engage in any deceptive form of advertising which includes,
but is not limited to, phishing, sending an email to an individual falsely
claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam or
defraud the user into surrendering private and personal information that can be
used for identity theft, or any other activity.
Publisher further represents and warrants that
with respect to e-mail campaigns transmitted by Publisher for Globalizer,
Publisher shall at all times maintain strict compliance with the Controlling the
Assault on Non-solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (Can-Spam), and
any amendments or modifications thereto. Specifically,
A. Publisher
shall (and cause any party delivering emails on its behalf):
- not falsify email header information (including, without limitation, source,
destination and routing information),
- not seek or obtain unauthorized access to computers for the purposes of sending
out commercial email, including without limitation use of an unauthorized open
relay to facilitate distribution of emails;
- not alter any “subject" line provided by Globalizer, or use any "subject" or
"from" line that is false or misleading;
- send emails only to those individuals who have opted-in to receive such emails;
and promptly provide Globalizer with confirmation of the date and time of the
opt-in upon Globalizer's reasonable request.
- utilize a clear, conspicuous functioning unsubscribe mechanism for opt-out
requests from an email recipient, such unsubscribe or opt-out link must be
active for 30 days from date the email was sent and all opt-out requests honored
within five (5) days from date of receipt of such opt-out request;
- not sell or transfer email addresses of those individuals whom it knows
opted-out of receiving future email solicitations;
- update all mailing lists using current suppression lists not more than five (5)
calendar days prior to each mailing or as otherwise required by law; and
- not send any unsolicited commercial email or other unsolicited online
communication.
B. Any email
from Publisher (and any party delivering emails on its behalf) shall:
- Contain only advertising provided by Globalizer;
- Have valid and traceable e-mail header information
identifying the sending party that received the opt-in from the consumer;
- Within the body of the e-mail, include a valid
physical street address associated with the sending party that received the
opt-in;
- Include a clear and conspicuous identification that
such email message is an advertisement or solicitation when the email is sent to
an address in which there is no prior business relationship;
- Include a “subject line" which accurately represents
the product or service depicted within the email;
- Include a “from line" which accurately identifies
the list name and sending party, that received the opt-in from the consumer;
- use only email addresses with the name of the
sending party that received the opt-in, and not use the non-sending party's name
in any mail-from or reply-to email addresses (e.g. “from" lines need to
accurately identify the sender of the email); and
- reply-to address must be a functioning email
address where sender can be contacted.
C. The email addresses to be used in connection with any Globalizer email campaign shall be:
- Collected and maintained in compliance with all
federal and state laws, regulations and rules;
Publisher agrees that prior to mailing any
campaign available in any Globalizer program it will download the most recent
suppression file(s) for any particular campaign and, for that campaign, will
suppress all email addresses within its database that are found on such list. In
addition, for any Globalizer campaigns that include a domain suppression list,
Publisher agrees that prior to mailing the campaign it will download the most
recent domain suppression list for any particular campaign and, for that
campaign, will suppress all domains within its database found on such list.
Publisher agrees that it will download and
remove the domains located on the FCC's wireless domain names list http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/DomainNameDownload.html)
from all current data used in all mailings. Publisher further warrants that any
new data that it acquires, regardless of its source, will be run against the
FCC's wireless domain names list and that domain names contained therein will be
removed before sending any mailings.
6. Mutual Representations and Warranties.
Each party represents and warrants to the other party that (i) such party has
the full corporate or organizational right, power, and authority to enter into
the Agreement and to perform the acts required of it, (ii) the execution of the
Agreement by such party, and the performance by such party of its obligations
and duties, do not and will not violate any agreement to which such party is a
party or by which it is otherwise bound, or any applicable federal, state or
municipal law or regulation to which it is subject, (iii) each party shall
render all services to the other party in a professional and commercially
reasonable manner, in accordance with generally accepted industry standards; and
(iv) each party owns or has the authority and valid license to use all
intellectual property and content on its website(s).
Each party represents and warrants that it is
fully compliant with applicable privacy laws. Each party shall provide notice
for, and fully disclose, its respective privacy policy and practices to visitors
to its website(s).
7. Limitation of Damages and Liability.
Except as expressly set forth in this
Agreement, NEITHER PARTY makes ANY warranties and expressly disclaims all
warranties, express or implied, as to the subject matter of this Agreement,
including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. IN NO EVENT SHALL GLOBALIZER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER
(INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, OR HARM TO BUSINESS) EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN
NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL GLOBALIZER'S
LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY,
BE GREATER THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID WITHIN THE PRIOR SIX MONTHS BY GLOBALIZER
TO PUBLISHER HEREUNDER.
Each party agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the other, its vendors and suppliers, the publishers, and their
respective subsidiaries, Publishers, agents, partners, officers, directors and
employees from and against any third party loss, cost, claim, injury or damage
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from claims or actions arising
out of or in connection a breach of a party's representations or warranties made
in this Agreement or a breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
8. Confidential Information. Each party agrees to
use the other party's Confidential Information solely for the purposes
contemplated by this Agreement, and to refrain from disclosing the other party's
Confidential Information to any third-party, unless (a) any disclosure is
necessary and permitted in connection with the receiving party's performance of
its obligations or exercise of its rights under this Agreement or any other
agreement between the parties; (b) any disclosure is required by applicable law;
provided, that the receiving party uses reasonable efforts to give the
disclosing party reasonable advance notice thereof so as to afford the
disclosing party an opportunity to intervene and seek an order or other
appropriate relief for the protection of its Confidential Information from any
unauthorized use or disclosure; or (c) any disclosure is made with the consent
of the disclosing party. For the purposes of this Agreement "Confidential
Information" includes, without limitation, the terms of this Agreement
(including pricing) and information regarding existing or contemplated service,
products, Advertisers, processes, techniques, or know-how, or any information or
data developed pursuant to the performance of the services. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Publisher agrees that Globalizer may divulge its personal and/or
otherwise Confidential Information to an Advertiser, agency, legal or regulatory
authority, person or entity relating to investigations, claims or actions that
Publisher has violated this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation.
9. General.
Governing Law. The rights and
obligations of the parties under or arising out of this Agreement shall be
governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York without
reference to its conflict of laws principles.
Force Majeure. Neither party
shall be deemed in default of this Agreement to the extent that performance of
its obligations or attempts to cure any breach are delayed or prevented by
reason of any act of God, fire, natural disaster, accident, terrorism, riots,
acts of government, shortage of materials or supplies, or any other cause beyond
the reasonable control of such party.
Relationship. The relationship
of Publisher and Globalizer established by this Agreement is that of independent
contractors, and neither party is an employee, agent, partner or joint venturer
of the other.
Notice. Any notice,
communication or statement relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and
deemed effective: (i) upon delivery when delivered in person; (ii) upon
transmission when delivered by verified facsimile or confirmed electronic
transmission; (iii) when delivered by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested or by nationally-recognized overnight courier
service to the address of the respective party as indicated herein; or (iv) in
the event of material changes to this Agreement, notice shall be deemed
effective upon posting at www.Globalizer.com. Copies of all notices shall be
sent to Globalizer, LLC, 35 Pinelawn Rd, Suite 108W, Melville, NY 11747, Attn:
Legal Department.
Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto,
their successors and assigns.
Waiver. The failure of either
party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by the other or to exercise
any right under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or
relinquishment to any extent of such party's right to assert or rely upon any
such provision or right in that or any other instance, and the same shall be and
remain in full force and effect.
Amendment. Changes, amendments
or modifications of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid upon posting
at www.Globalizer.com.
Entire Agreement. This
Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof, and merges all prior discussions and
writings between them with respect to the contents of this Agreement. If any
provision (or part thereof) of this Agreement is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction as part of a final non-appealable ruling, government
action or binding arbitration, to be invalid, illegal, or otherwise
unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced as nearly as possible in
accordance with the stated intention of the parties, while the remainder of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and bind the parties according
to its terms.
Dispute Resolution. In the
event of disputes between the parties arising from or concerning in any manner
the subject matter of this Agreement, the parties shall first attempt to resolve
the dispute(s) through good faith negotiation. The prevailing party in any
action shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs
incurred. Further, in the event of a dispute resulting in resort to litigation,
each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state
courts in Suffolk County, New York, USA and any
such litigation will be brought within such courts.
Survival. Any obligation of
the parties relating to limitations on liability, confidentiality and
indemnification shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Interpretation. Each party
acknowledges and agrees that it has had the opportunity to seek the advice of
independent legal counsel and has read and understood all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be construed against
either party by reason of its drafting.