- Terms of memberships

Terms and Conditions

Updated April 3, 2006.
Because an auto traffic exchange is meant to be a medium for advertising, members must only surf if their browsers support javascript and images. This is implemented to help ensure that ads will be loaded and that advertisers will have a chance to reach their targeted audiences.
In the events that members are caught surfing without having javascript and/or images enabled, their accounts and any ip addresses associated with them may be banned, and their priviledges to surf may be taken away indefinitely.
Note: We will be in testing mode until at the earliest 4/7/06. No members will be banned permanently during this period.
If you find yourself getting banned:
a. If you know that you were at fault, follow the rules next time. You may try again within the next 24 hours. During the testing period, the banned list will be reset at around 3A.M UTC daily.
b. If you are unsure of why you got banned, send an email to and state the browser (and version) that you are using. For example, you may be using Internet Explorer Version 6, Firefox Version 1.0.7, or one of many other browsers.
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By signing up and actively using the program, you agree to all terms and conditions set forth in this agreement. may, at any time, choose to edit, add and/or delete portions of this agreement and impose changes without prior notification of its members. Members will be informed of any and all changes to this policy via an email to their primary contact email address provided upon signing up with . If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this agreement. Your continued participation in the program following our posting of a change in policy notice or new agreement on our site will constitute binding acceptance to the change.

Responsibility of Members:

You must be 18 years of age or older. Minors must have parental consent to participate in this program. Our program is open to both US and International members and is void where prohibited by local governing laws. You agree to and must use your own name and email address in the sign-up process and may not assume a false identity. If you deleted your account, you may re-signup at any time. However, each individual may only have one active account at a time. You will use your email address / password combination to access your account; it is your responsibility to keep this information confidential. You may change this information by logging into your account and pressing the change information link. Any solicitation of advertisers for a confirmation email for purposes of receiving credit in your account will be grounds for immediate termination. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account including authorization by you to any third party individual who may use your account. Should any instances of fraud, system abuse, or any type of activity deemed to be inappropriate or illegal by be detected, it may result in member termination and possible legal action. You must maintain your email account that you used when signing up to receive updated status or any notification relating to .

Relationship of the Parties:

You and are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement creates any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative or employment relationship between you and . You understand that you do not have authority to make or accept any offers or make any representations on behalf of . You may not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that would contradict anything in this section. You are solely responsible for the reporting and payment of any taxes for money earned while using the program.

Limitation of Liability:

will not be liable for lost profits, lost business opportunities, or any other indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or related to this Agreement or program, even if has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Furthermore, aggregates liability arising under this Agreement will not exceed the amount of the total fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement. The provisions of this Section survive termination or expiration of the Agreement.

Spam:

You may not promote your referral links through unsolicited emailing (i.e. SPAMMING), newsgroup postings, or any other method of mass communication. Failure to comply will result in immediate termination of your membership with and may result in legal prosecution. strictly enforces anti-spamming laws. Spamming is a federal crime. Any member caught spamming will not only have their account terminated immediately and lose any past, present and future earnings, but shall also be held liable for Spamming as we shall cooperate with any authorities and investigations that may arise from the Spamming incident. may charge up to $5 per spam email sent. Multiple signups shall be grounds for immediate termination of all involved accounts. Signing up multiple times from the same computer also constitutes fraud. may file charges for recovery of any earnings received from multiple signups.

Although 's host is not expected to go down often, there is a possibility that its host can go down right after a member unsubscribe to and before the webmaster is able to backup the most current database. Therefore, an unsubcribed member may receive an email from when the webmaster emails members in masses. The member agrees not to accuse for scamming but instead login back to 's Members' Area and delete his/her account again.
Note: the possibility of this is highly unlikely, but I just want to mention it so members will be aware of it just in case it ever happens.

Questions Page

By accepting this agreement, you must also agree to have read, understand, and agree with the information on the Questions page.

Web Hosts' Failures and Cancellation of Services:

At times, the web host of may not be operational and will be unable to provide its services for its members. However, most of the time, if not always, this will only be temporarily; and will be up and will continue to provide services for its members in a couple of hours. However, sometimes may be inoperational for days. To ensure that the members will recieve the notification of the status of , there are 3 possible ways:

1. An email will be sent to each member's emailbox that he/she has registered with and states clearly the cause of the temporary inoperation or an expected cancellation date. However, if 's host happens to be inoperational hours before the webmaster created a backup, backup file may not be up to date; and new members may not receive the notification. In that case, the 2 additional ways below are listed for reference.

2. Copy and paste this url into your browser:
If you see site, look at the site for any notice or announcement listed below the "News" heading.

3. If number 2 does not work (for example, you do not see the site), you may email the webmaster at and ask for the current status of the program or any expected cancellation date.

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