Webmasters: Abuse Policy

SOUTH BEACH BINGO INTERNET ABUSE POLICY

Definition of Internet Abuse

• Spam (UseNet): UseNet Spam is defined as any message, commercial, non-profit, or opinion that is individually posted to several newsgroups at one time, especially when the content is commercial and/or obviously considered off topic by the participants of the group.
• Harassment: Any message (of any content) that is repeated after warning to stop or notification is given that such messages are unwelcome constitutes harassment under our policies.
• Unsolicited Email & Advertising (a.k.a "BUCE" or "SPAM"): We have zero tolerance towards Unsolicited Advertising, which we define as follows:
  1. Content contains false and/or misleading statements;
  2. Sender's identity is not true and valid;
  3. Recipients cannot quickly and easily remove themselves from future mailings; and/or
  4. Volume of mail is sufficient to negatively impact our reputation or that of any associated third party ISP.

South Beach Bingo Anti-abuse Policy

• South Beach Bingo NEVER uses abusive practices itself.
• South Beach Bingo's Partner Program signup expressly states our Internet Abuse Policy and clearly indicates that abusive practices will NOT be tolerated.
• ALL abuse complaints regarding ANY South Beach Bingo Webmaster or Marketing Partner are promptly and thoroughly evaluated by South Beach Bingo on a case by case basis.
• In the first instance, the offending Marketer's unique South Beach Bingo tracking URL will be immediately BLOCKED until the offending Marketer sends us a written apology and declaration that such abusive practices will cease and not occur again.
• Should a second instance occur, the offending Marketer will NOT be paid and their unique South Beach Bingo tracking URL will be immediately & PERMANENTLY BLOCKED as will any other trackers that we can identify as belonging to the same person or group.

Reporting Abuse to South Beach Bingo

• If you feel that you've been abused, please contact our abuse department immediately with the complete email that you received. It is critical that you forward us the complete email that you received so that we can properly evaluate the contents, sender's identity, and which tracking URL was used.
• Each complaint will be taken seriously and will be fully investigated. Within 24 hours of submission of your complaint, you'll receive notification as to our findings and action taken.
• Again, our abuse department is abuse@southbeachbingo.com.

Thank you for you interest and cooperation in this matter.