Affiliate Agreement

SECTION 1 – PARTIES All references to “ATI” herein means and refers to All Things Interactive, LLC. All references to “You” and “Your” mean and refer to the person or entity who has executed this Agreement. ATI and You are each referred to herein as a “Party,” and collectively as the “Parties.” You agree to notify us in writing if the legal name of your business or account ownership changes within twenty-four (24) hours of such change and You certify that all such information is truthful and accurate. Notice of such changes should be sent to Hi@iDecide.com. 

SECTION 3 – CONSENT TO BE CONTACTED  You expressly consent to be contacted at the email address and the phone number You provide in Your application about Your application and the Affiliate program, including through automated dialing systems, texts and artificial or pre-recorded messages, whether by ATI or a third-party on behalf of ATI. This consent is a material condition of this Agreement and may not be revoked except in writing by both Parties.

SECTION 5 – TERM AND TERMINATION  The term of this Agreement will begin the earlier of (i) when You click “Sign Up” and submit; or (ii) Your participation in the Affiliate program is approved. Your participation in the myiDecide Affiliate program will continue month-to-month until terminated. Either Party may terminate this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by giving the other Party thirty (30) days’ written notice of termination. If, in our sole discretion, You fail, or we suspect that You have failed, to comply with any term or provision of the Agreement or the Terms of Service, or violated any law, whether in connection with Your use of myiDecide or otherwise, ATI may take any action that it deems necessary, including without limitation to terminating the Agreement or suspending Your access to the Affiliate website (“Website”) at any time without notice to You. In addition, if, based on our data, you have a dispute rate greater than 2%, we may terminate this Agreement or suspend your access to the Website at any time without notice to You. In such instances as described above, and in our sole discretion, we may terminate our relationship and suspend any accounts owned/controlled by You. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation for purposes of the foregoing, any violation of the required disclosure will be deemed a material breach of this Agreement. See Appendix A, Section 2, Disclosure. In the event this Agreement is canceled due to Your breach, You immediately forfeit all Commissions and Bonuses owed at that time. This Agreement will terminate automatically if You earn no (zero) Commissions over a 12 month period.

If this Agreement is terminated or canceled, then all provisions that, by their nature, should survive, will survive, including, but not necessarily limited to, all limitations of liability, disclaimers of warranties, indemnity obligations, mandatory arbitration and class action waiver provisions, and exceptions to arbitration. All representations and warranties undertaken by You shall also survive termination or cancellation of this Agreement and/or Your myiDecide account.

SECTION 7 – ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement, Appendix A below, along with ATI’s standard Terms of Service, represents the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any other written or oral agreement between the Parties as pertaining to Your Affiliate application and, if approved, Your rights and responsibilities as an Affiliate.

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Additional Terms of the Affiliate Agreement and Advertising Rules

These Advertising Rules apply to all activities of Affiliate:

1.     General Compliance. Affiliate shall publish or otherwise distribute advertisements in strict compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws prohibiting deceptive and misleading advertising and marketing, email marketing laws (including the federal CAN-SPAM Act (15 USC § 7701)), data protection laws (including but not limited to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, UK Data Protection Act, California Consumer Privacy Act, and Brazilian General Data Protection Regulation), laws governing testimonials (including the FTC’s Revised Endorsements and Testimonials Guides (16 CFR Part 255 of the Code of Federal Regulations)), and all guidelines issued by the FTC. Affiliate is solely responsible for ensuring Affiliate’s compliance with all laws. Affiliate is prohibited from publishing or otherwise distributing advertisements by telemarketing, fax, or text messaging in any form to any device. Affiliate shall not offer monetary incentives, such as rewards points, cash, or prizes to Prospects in return for their response to an advertisement. Affiliate may, however, offer Prospects information and materials of tangible value including, but not limited to, website templates, information about e-commerce, website design, and online marketing, for reduced or no charge, but only so long as Affiliate accurately describes and delivers such information and materials to the Prospect.

2.     Disclosure. On any website that Affiliate advertises any myiDecide service or product, Affiliate must plainly display ( ie , not in a link, or in small font) disclaimer language, such as:

Disclosure:  I am an independent MyiDecide Affiliate, not an employee, and receive referral payments from All Things Interactive, LLC. The opinions expressed here are my own and are not official statements of All Things Interactive, LLC.

3.     Non-Disparagement. Affiliate is not permitted to comment negatively about or disparage the products or services of ATI or any other person or entity, including without limitation the products or services of an ATI competitor. Affiliate is not permitted to engage in any unlawful or deceptive actions, including but not limited to, search engine optimization, using any technique that generates paid search results based on any trademarks of ATI or myiDecide, any brand name of ATI or myiDecide, or based on the trademarks or brand name of any competitor of ATI or myiDecide, or any other third party. Affiliate shall not direct link to a myiDecide sales page from any paid advertising. 

4.     Social Media. If Affiliate advertises on Instagram or YouTube, then each post must comply with all of the following:

·      Each post must contain @idecideinteractive or #iDecide.

·      Each post must contain #ad in a clear and conspicuous location before the text of the description and in all events before the “More” button.

·      Each Instagram post must use Instagram’s “Paid Partnership” tool.

·    Each YouTube post must contain the word “Ad,” “Advertisement,” “Promotion,” or “Paid Partnership” within the video itself in a font size that is clearly recognizable to the viewer and which appears persistently throughout the length of the video in. the top right hand portion of the video.

If Affiliate is advertising on other forms of written social media (eg , Facebook, Twitter), Affiliate must comply with the above disclosure restrictions as applicable to each form of social media. Affiliate must also comply with all rules of each social media platform that Affiliate uses.

5.     Income and Business Opportunity Claims. Affiliates are expressly prohibited from making any claims that use of myiDecide will guarantee that the user will make money. If Affiliate’s recruiting efforts include claims related to income Affiliate has made from using myiDecide or as an Affiliate, the following guidelines must be adhered to: 

(a) Affiliate’s statements must be completely true and accurate and supported by evidence of Affiliate’s experience; and

(b) Affiliate’s statements must be accompanied by the following disclaimer in clear and conspicuous font and placement: “These were my results. Your results will vary based on a variety of factors including your education, effort, and market factors. There is no guarantee You will make any money.”

Affiliate is also expressly prohibited from making any express or implied claims that the myiDecide Affiliate Program is or provides a business opportunity, franchise opportunity, a “business-in-a-box,” or an assisted marketing plan.

6.     ATI’s Trademarks. No logo, tagline, trademark, trade name, or trade dress (collectively, the “ATI Trademarks”) owned by ATI may be used, copied, or reproduced by any Affiliate except as set forth below. No ATI intellectual property (or any mark confusingly similar to any ATI intellectual property) is to be registered as a trademark in any country or registered as a domain name by Affiliate in any way in any country. 

Subject to the restrictions below, approved Affiliates are granted a limited, revocable, non-transferrable, and non-assignable license to use the “myiDecide, iDecide Assist, or iDecide Custom” trademarks, to advertise myiDecide online. Any time Affiliate uses the word “myiDecide” it must be immediately followed by “®”. Affiliate may not use ATI’s trademarks as part of any URL, domain or website name.

ATI retains exclusive ownership of all ATI’s Trademarks and other intellectual property and all of its rights therein. Affiliate shall not promote or provide services to any other business or person that is infringing any of ATI’s intellectual property.

7.     Complaint Notification.  Affiliate must notify Company of any complaint received by Affiliate regarding any advertisements within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving such complaint. Notice should be sent to Hi@iDecide.com.

8.     Independent Contractor. Affiliates are independent contractors of ATI. It is the express understanding and intention of the Parties that no relationship of master and servant, nor principal and agent shall exist between ATI and You by virtue of this Agreement. You have no right to act on behalf of or bind ATI in any way, nor share in the profits or losses of ATI. The only compensation available to You is set forth in this Agreement. You are solely and exclusively responsible and liable for all of Your acts or omissions.

9.     NO WARRANTY; NO LEADS. ATI does not promise, guarantee, or warrant Your business success, income, or sales. You understand and acknowledge that ATI will not at any time provide sales leads or referrals to You. You understand and agree further that this is not a business opportunity, a franchise opportunity, a “business-in-a-box,” or an assisted marketing plan. You are responsible for procuring and paying for any and all materials and resources necessary to operate as an Affiliate as You determine in Your sole discretion.

10.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY . EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE INAPPLICABLE OR PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ATI OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS, AND / OR AGENTS BEIRCIDENT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL, CONNECTAL, SPECIAL INDEX PUNITIVE, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, FEES, COSTS OR CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PRIVACY POLICY  , THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS, YOUR OR A THIRD PARTY’S USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SOFTWARE, SERVICE, OR PRODUCT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ATI HAS HAD NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, FEES, COSTS, OR CLAIMS. THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS, OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES. THIS APPLIES REGARDLESS OF THE MANNER IN WHICH DAMAGES ARE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY), WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE.

11. DISPUTE RESOLUTION BY MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION, CLASS ACTION WAIVER, & GOVERNING LAW.

As explained in ATI’s Terms of Service, any controversy or claim arising out of or related to this Agreement or Your relationship with us that cannot be resolved through negotiation within 120 days shall be resolved by binding, confidential arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), and judgment on the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Please review the Terms of Service for more information.

12.  Indemnity. You agree to protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless ATI, its officers, directors, employees, owner (s), and parent company (ies) and assigns from and against all claims, demands, and causes of action of every kind and character without limitation arising out of Your conduct, acts, or omissions related to Your application and / or performance of this Agreement including, but not limited to, any breach of this Agreement. Your indemnity obligation includes, but is not limited to, any third-party claim against ATI for liability or payments for damages caused by, or other liability relating to, You. This provision expressly survives the termination of this Agreement. 

13.  Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is inconsistent with or contrary to any applicable law, rule, or regulation, the provision shall be deemed to be modified to the extent required to comply with the law, rule, or regulation, and this Agreement and the Terms of Service, as so modified, shall continue in full force and effect. 

14.  Modification/Amendments. This Agreement and ATI’s standard Terms of Service  may be modified by ATI at any time, with or without prior notice to You. Amendments or modifications to this Agreement or the Terms of Service will be binding on You when they are sent to You via email or are posted in the affiliate center. No amendment to this Agreement or the Terms of Service shall be valid unless prepared or signed by ATI. Your continued acceptance of Commission or Bonus payments constitutes Your acceptance to any modifications or amendments to this Agreement and the Terms of Service.