2.1 Prohibited Marketing Activities (Spam, Self-Exclusions & General Consent)
- Spam: Any engagement in spamming activities will lead to an immediate termination of this agreement.
- Marketing Communications Consent: You must obtain our prior written consent before sending any marketing communications related to WSB and/or its affiliate program.
- POPIA Compliance: Furthermore, you are required to ensure that all approved communications or campaigns targeting WSB traffic comply with the rules and regulations set forth in POPIA. Failure to comply with POPIA will result in your suspension from the Affiliate program, and any outstanding payments will be considered forfeited.
- Self-Excluded Customers: You are prohibited from actively targeting or communicating with self-excluded customers.
- Costs Incurred: In the event that WSB incurs any expenses related to spam or unauthorized electronic marketing sent by you or any representatives acting on your behalf, these costs will be deducted from any Referral Commission owed to you under this Agreement. If our costs are not fully covered by the Referral Commission owed to you, we reserve the right to offset the remaining amount from future Referral Commission payments or pursue alternative means of obtaining payment from you.
2.2 Customers Unsuitable for Affiliation and Fraudulent Activity
WSB maintains the discretion to reject potential new customers and, when deemed essential in accordance with WSB's terms and conditions, to implement measures on any customer's account. Furthermore, WSB possesses the authority to assess and respond to any activity within an affiliate's customer base in cases where fraudulent activities are identified.
2.3 Incentivized Traffic
By entering into this agreement, the affiliate commits not to encourage customers to register at WSB by offering them a share of the referral commission at any point.
2.4 Domain and Brand Name Registration, and Keyword Bidding
You consent not to register (or seek registration for) any domain or company name that closely resembles those owned by the WSB Group. Similarly, you commit not to acquire or register any keywords or search terms that are identical or bear a significant similarity to those utilized by the WSB Group in their naming conventions and intellectual property, including meta-tag keywords.
2.5 Application Approval
Upon approving your application for enrollment in the Affiliate program, we provide you with a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to direct Customers to any of the WSB Website(s) in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement. It's important to note that this Agreement does not confer upon you any exclusive rights or privileges. We reserve the right to engage and collaborate with others, at our discretion, to provide services of a similar nature. Consequently, you are not entitled to claim Referral Commission or any other form of compensation for business acquired through individuals or entities other than yourself and those associated with your affiliate code/link/tag.
2.6 Approved Material
Affiliates may only used approved promotional material and may not alter such material. Further to this, affiliates are not able to create their own affiliate accounts.
2.7 Account Opening
Affiliates are not allowed to open accounts on behalf of their customers. All accounts opened are subject to World Sports Betting's standard terms and conditions.
2.8 License for Use of Marks
We hereby grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license, valid for the duration of this Agreement, to utilize our trade name, trademarks, service marks, logos, and any other approved designations ("Marks") solely in connection with the display of the Approved Promotional Material on your website. This license is not eligible for sub-licensing, assignment, or any other form of transfer by you. Your usage rights for the Marks are exclusively derived from this Agreement. Apart from the rights explicitly provided herein, no rights, titles, or interests of any kind are conferred upon you with regard to the Marks or any of our other intellectual property, whether implied, by estoppel, reliance, or any other means. In this context, you acknowledge that all use of the Marks shall be for our benefit.
All rights pertaining to the Marks or any of our other intellectual property rights that are not specifically granted herein are reserved by us. You are prohibited from asserting, or aiding a third party in asserting, the invalidity, unenforceability, or contesting the ownership of the Marks in any legal action or proceeding, regardless of its nature. Furthermore, you must not take any action, or fail to take any action, that may harm our rights in the Marks or any of our other intellectual property, make them generic, or otherwise diminish their validity or associated goodwill and reputation.
You also agree to indemnify WSB from any claims and liabilities of any nature arising from your use of the Marks. It is your responsibility to promptly notify us if you become aware of any third-party misuse of the Marks or any of our other intellectual property.
2.9 Confidential Information
Any information to which an affiliate gains access concerning WSB and its operational procedures must be treated as confidential and may not be disclosed to any third parties or external entities without obtaining prior written consent. This duty of confidentiality remains in effect even after the termination of this agreement.
2.10 Data Protection
You are required to ensure strict adherence to all applicable laws and regulations governing the handling of personal information, whether performed by you, your personnel, or third parties acting on your behalf as part of your obligations under this Agreement. This includes compliance with POPIA, even if it is not in effect when you join the Affiliate Program. Your responsibility extends to the management of your website (as described in clause 2.11) and the presentation of privacy notices on your website. We strongly advise you to take measures to inform your website users that:
(i) Your website contains links to affiliate or third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications.
(ii) Clicking on these links or enabling these connections may enable third parties to process the user's information.
(iii) Users are encouraged to review the privacy notices of the websites they visit.
You hereby agree to indemnify and protect WSB, along with our directors, employees, and representatives, against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and associated costs (including legal fees) arising directly or indirectly from your failure to comply with the provisions of this clause 2.16.
2.11 Consumer Protection
You recognize that the promotional and advertising material you employ may serve the interests of consumers, as defined in the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 ("CPA"). You are committed to adhering to all relevant obligations outlined in the CPA within the scope of this agreement. In addition, you agree to indemnify us against any losses resulting from your non-compliance with this clause and your obligations under the CPA.
2.12 Adherence to Legal Requirements
You are responsible for ensuring full compliance with all relevant laws, which encompass, but are not limited to, all pertinent legislation concerning bribery and anti-corruption.
2.13 Breach
This agreement will be terminated without recourse should there be any breach in the terms and conditions contained within this agreement.