The agreement assigns to Associates sole responsibility for compliance with all applicable laws governing endorsement disclosures, data protection, privacy, and electronic marketing, including the FTC Guides, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CAN-SPAM Act, and Telephone Consumer Protection Act. For marketing communications containing Special Links, the Associate is designated as the legal 'Sender' under applicable marketing laws.
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This provision allocates regulatory compliance obligations for FTC endorsement disclosure, GDPR data processing, ePrivacy cookie requirements, and CAN-SPAM and TCPA marketing law to the Associate rather than Amazon. The explicit designation of the Associate as 'Sender' under CAN-SPAM and TCPA establishes the Associate's direct legal exposure for violations in marketing communications containing Special Links.
Under this clause, Associates bear full legal responsibility for ensuring their sites and communications comply with FTC disclosure rules, GDPR, ePrivacy requirements, and applicable email and SMS marketing laws. Associates who send marketing communications containing Special Links are designated as the legal 'Sender' under CAN-SPAM and TCPA, and face direct regulatory exposure for violations of those frameworks.
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Compare across platforms →"displaying Special Links and Program Content on your Site in compliance with the Agreement, all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, licenses, permits, guidelines, codes of practice, industry standards, self-regulatory rules, judgments, decisions, or other requirements of any applicable governmental authority, including those related to disclosures (for example, if applicable, the U.S. FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising) and electronic marketing, data protection and privacy (for example, if applicable, the Directive 2002/58/EC (Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive), and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679)... for the purposes of applicable marketing laws (for example, if applicable, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 and any similar or successor legislation), you are the 'Sender' of each communication containing any Special LinksExcerpt from Amazon Associates's Program Policies
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages the FTC (enforcement of endorsement disclosure guidelines and CAN-SPAM), the Federal Communications Commission (TCPA enforcement), EU data protection authorities (GDPR and ePrivacy Directive), and potentially state attorneys general …
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This provision allocates regulatory compliance obligations for FTC endorsement disclosure, GDPR data processing, ePrivacy cookie requirements, and CAN-SPAM and TCPA marketing law to the Associate rather than Amazon. The explicit designation of the Associate as 'Sender' under CAN-SPAM and TCPA establishes the Associate's direct legal exposure for violations in marketing communications containing Special Links.
Under this clause, Associates bear full legal responsibility for ensuring their sites and communications comply with FTC disclosure rules, GDPR, ePrivacy requirements, and applicable email and SMS marketing laws. Associates who send marketing communications containing Special Links are designated as the legal 'Sender' under CAN-SPAM and TCPA, and face direct regulatory exposure for violations of those frameworks.
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