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This provision prohibits email spam as an affiliate promotion method. Associates who use third-party email service providers or purchased mailing lists to distribute Amazon affiliate links may be in violation of both this policy and applicable anti-spam law, creating compound compliance exposure.
Under this clause, Associates may not distribute Amazon affiliate links through unsolicited commercial email, restricting affiliate promotion to channels where recipients have consented to receive commercial communications.
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send, post, or transmit unsolicited commercial messages or promotional content to other users, or engage in advertising or solicitation through Anker's Services, without our express prior written consent
use the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes
Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation to, through, or with any assistance from, the Services.
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"You may not send any unsolicited commercial email (spam) that promotes our products or includes your Special Links.— Excerpt from Amazon Associates's Amazon Associates Program Policies
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This provision prohibits email spam as an affiliate promotion method. Associates who use third-party email service providers or purchased mailing lists to distribute Amazon affiliate links may be in violation of both this policy and applicable anti-spam law, creating compound compliance exposure.
Under this clause, Associates may not distribute Amazon affiliate links through unsolicited commercial email, restricting affiliate promotion to channels where recipients have consented to receive commercial communications.
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