The Littlest Penguins Terms Of Service

By signing up and actively using the The Littlest Penguins program you agree to all terms and conditions set forth in this agreement. The Littlest Penguins may, at any time, choose to edit, add and/or delete portions of this agreement and impose changes without prior notification of its affiliates. Affiliates will be informed of any and all changes to this policy via an e-mail to their primary contact e-mail address provided upon signing up with The Littlest Penguins. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this agreement. Your continued participation in the The Littlest Penguins 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 Affiliates:
You must be 18 years of age or older to participate in this program. Our program is open to affiliates from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom & United States and is void where prohibited by local governing laws.

You agree to and must use your own name and e-mail address in the sign-up process and may not assume a false identity. You may not sign-up multiple times with different e-mail addresses. Your computer must not be shared with another individual that has an existing The Littlest Penguins account.

You will use your e-mail 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 following the "User Info." link.
You are solely responsible for any and all use of your The Littlest Penguins 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 The Littlest Penguins be detected it may result in member termination and possible legal action. Any solicitation of advertisers for a confirmation e-mail for purposes of receiving credit in your account will be grounds for immediate termination.

You must maintain your e-mail account that you used when signing up with The Littlest Penguins. You agree to receive e-mail advertising from The Littlest Penguins limited to no more than 200 per day.

In the event your e-mail account on file becomes closed or blocked to messages from The Littlest Penguins, your account will be terminated. This especially applies to e-mail accounts returned for being Full. Any member sending us gibberish will result in automatic termination of account and Forfeiture of All earnings to date of termination. Auto-responses will also be deleted immediately.

Keywords/Interests:
We have several "Bad" keywords/interest, (I cheat, I don't understand english etc) this assists us in finding the members that can not understand english. If your account is found to have one of these keywords/interests selected your account will be suspended.
All members must select two keywords/interests otherwhise they won't receive any paid emails. Those keywords are "I agree with the terms" and "I read the terms".

Cheat Links:
Our advertisers are paying for you to read their ads that they have purchased. In order for us to have a good honest site and members, knowing they are reading there ads and emails, we must include Cheat Links. These are found in emails and on the site itself and have a negative value. You will have them say Don't click this link, Delete this ad, etc to be warned not to read these. This is to insure that we have members understanding english and NOT blind clicking. Once you are caught clicking the Cheat Links more than 3 times, your account will be Deleted. There are no second chances and you will lose all of your earnings and referrals.

Upgrades:
Affiliates may upgrade at anytime, but are not required to upgrade. We will not force affiliates to upgrade in order to get paid. When ever you choose to upgrade you understand that upgrades are non refundable, even if we decide to close the site or change the upgrades! Every upgrade has monthly ads and free referral rotation. Monthly ads will not be carried over to the next month! It is your own responsibility to submit your monthly ads on time!

Vacation Mode:
When you put your account on vacation you also need to take it off when you come back. Accounts that are on vacation or inactive do not get payouts requested or randomly. If you plan on being away over 30 days then you need to contact me and let me know so that your account will be flagged and it does not get deleted. Any account that has been set on vacation for 30 days will be deleted if it is not activated within 15 days after those 30 days have passed.

The Littlest Penguins Policy against Inactivity and Cheating:
If you not clicked a Paid link for more the 14 days, you will be considered inactive, paid Upgraded members have 30 days.
Inactive members will be deleted daily. Free and Upgraded!

If you selected one of the "bad" keywords/interests you will be suspended!

Any account with incomplete or false information will be deleted. This includes Country Cheaters!
Accounts that share a computer or ISP will be deleted!! Accounts with the same payment processor ID will be deleted!!! In short, All accounts that have anything shared with an other member of The Littlest Penguins will be deleted, This effects all accounts!! You are not allowed to have Multiple Accounts, this is Cheating!!

If you are caught using any kind of "Cheating" software or link grabbing software, you will be deleted!!
Clicking cheat links is Cheating, if you have clicked 3 cheat links you will be deleted!
We do not allow members to sell their accounts or upgraded ads. Members caught selling their accounts without permission will be deleted immediately.

Every member that is suspended, free and upgraded, have 30 days the time to contact me, if you don't contact me in that period, your account will be deleted and you will loss all your earnings, referrals, and Upgrade (if you had one) This can not be turned back!
The Littlest Penguins will not restore any account that is deleted for the above reasons!!

Relationship of the Parties:
You and The Littlest Penguins are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement creates any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative or employment relationship between you and The Littlest Penguins. You understand that you do not have authority to make or accept any offers or make any representations on behalf of The Littlest Penguins. 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:
The Littlest Penguins 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 The Littlest Penguins program, even if The Littlest Penguins has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Furthermore, The Littlest Penguins aggregate 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.

Payments:
Affiliates may earn by receiving paid-emails and visiting the advertiser websites after they have entered their member ID in the area on the website provided by The Littlest Penguins. Affiliates may earn by referring new affiliates to the The Littlest Penguins program. Affiliates will earn a percentage of advertising revenues collected by The Littlest Penguins.

The Littlest Penguins will pay affiliates when their balance reaches the minimum payout rate set by The Littlest Penguins. ($1.00) Once the member has reached payout they may request payment. Payments will be made within 30 days or a reasonable time after.
Members who have there account on ads only are not allowed to request payment, they need to contact me and tell me why they want to request payment and why they have set their account on ads only. If they request payout without a simple contact message the payout request will be considered as a donation.
Under no circumstances may your earnings exceed $10. Once you reach $10 in earnings you will be paid to the account on file. The Littlest Penguins is not a savings account and wants to keep site debt as low as possible.

You will only be paid once your account is in "good shape" meaning all fields are filled with real details, no abcd or ggggff in any field! The Littlest Penguins double check your account once you have requested payout, if your account is not in "good shape" you will not get paid. You have 7 days to change your info and request payment again. Otherwise your account will be suspended!

Your payout request will be cancelled if you have not selected the keywords/interests "I agree with the terms" and "I read the terms".

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 affiliateship with The Littlest Penguins and may result in legal prosecution. The Littlest Penguins 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. The Littlest Penguins may charge up to $5 per spam e-mail sent. Multiple sign-ups shall be grounds for immediate termination of all involved accounts. Signing up multiple times from the same computer also constitutes fraud. The Littlest Penguins will file charges for recovery of any earnings received from multiple sign-ups.