| Although we do allow our Webmasters to send to our program, there are specific requirements you must agree to prior to sending. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS RECENTLY ENACTED NEW ANTI-SPAM LEGISLATION, ENTITLED THE "CAN-SPAM ACT of 2003" (the "ACT") THAT WILL AFFECT HOW YOU SEND E-MAIL MESSAGES UNDER THIS SITE'S AFFILIATION PROGRAM. AS A RESULT OF THIS NEW LAW, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004, ANY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT THAT SENDS COMMERCIAL E-MAILS ADVERTISING COMPANY'S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO ANY U.S. RECIPIENT MUST COMPLY AS FOLLOWS: Fetish Cash SPAM and Commercial Email Policy Effective Date: We will be strictly enforcing this Spam Policy effective Midnight PST 12-31-2003. WHAT IS SPAM? Any form of unsolicited advertising through email, newsgroups, IRC posts, and/or instant messaging clients. Any SPAM complaint regarding a Fetish Cash Affiliate is cause for immediate termination. This is a very serious matter. DO NOT send email to anyone who has not made a verifiable request for information.
What types of advertising are considered SPAM? - Any non verifiable non opt-in emailing. Bulk emailing (sending an email advertisement to persons listed on an email address lead list). Advertising with bulk email services (companies who will send an email advertisement to persons listed on an email address lead list for you) will be grounds for immediate account termination.
- Newsgroup Posting. Posting commercial messages is spam and any complaints from newsgroup moderators about an affiliate will be grounds for immediate account termination. - IRC / IM / ICQ Clients Unsolicited messages through any media, including chat rooms and instant messages are considered SPAM. PRE-APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR ALL AFFILIATES USING EMAIL TO PROMOTE FC
Effective 12-31-2003 You must be on our approved list of affiliates that have and will continue to abide by Fetish Cash SPAM POLICIES and the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 before you can send any email promoting Fetish Cash. OPT-IN ONLY All Email addresses must be OPT-IN. Upon request you the affiliate must provide Fetish Cash with original IP and recipients name, physical address (if possible) and where you originally collected the Email address from.
(A) the recipient must have expressly consented to receive the email, either in response to a clear and conspicuous request for such consent or at the recipient's own initiative (active or ex-customers); and
(B) if the email is from a party other than the party to which the recipient communicated such consent, the recipient must have been given clear and conspicuous notice at the time the consent was communicated that the recipient's email address could be transferred to such other party for the purpose of initiating commercial email messages. NO FALSE OR MISLEADING HEADER INFORMATION (A) header information must be technically accurate, which includes an originating email address, domain name, or Internet Protocol address. (B) the `from' line must accurately identify the person who initiated the message, and should not be false or misleading; and (C) header information should not be misleading, it must identify accurately the computer used to initiate the message, no relaying or retransmitting of messages for purpose of disguising its origin. NO DECEPTIVE SUBJECT LINES (A) No email messages where the subject line of the message would be likely to mislead a recipient. Any Email promoting Fetish Cash must have an "SEXUALLY ORIENTED MATERIAL" or similar warning in the subject line. We are waiting for the US Attorney General to prescribe clearly identifiable marks or notices to be included in or associated with commercial email that contains sexually oriented material, in order to inform the recipient of that fact and to facilitate filtering of such email. This should be available within 120 days of 01-01-2004.
OPT-OUT LINK ON EMAIL REQUIRED All mail must contain a functioning return email address or other Internet-based mechanism, clearly and conspicuously displayed, that-- (A) a recipient may use to submit, in a manner specified in the message, a reply email message or other form of Internet-based communication requesting not to receive future commercial email messages from that sender at the email address where the message was received; and (B) remains capable / active of receiving such messages or communications for no less than 30 days after the transmission of the original message. (C) requests for removal must be honored within 5 days, preferable sooner, or instantaneously. FC SPAM RULE VIOLATIONS Any Fetish Cash affiliate who breaks any of the above rules will have their account immediately terminated and all monies earned will be lost. Where do I report SPAM? To report SPAM please email : Abuse@FetishCash.com | 
