Our PPC Policy:
- Although PPC Affiliates are welcome to apply to the program, Samsung operates a closed PPC policy and any such approved Affiliates would need to adhere to the following terms:
- Affiliates are requested to not direct traffic directly to any Samsung brand website
- No Samsung or associated brand terms can appear in your Display URL, Title or description. This includes upper and lower case terms
- Affiliates shall not purchase any domains that include any variation or misspell of the Samsung brand terms.
- Affiliates are not allowed to display their ads when Samsung or variations Samsung, including misspellings, are entered as search keywords. No brand bidding at all is allowed and where possible brand terms should be added as negative matches
- Unless permission has been given by Samsung, Affiliates should avoid bidding on brand name + generic terms - this includes brand + voucher.
- Samsung reserves the right to suspend any Affiliates from the programme immediately if they are found to be in breach of the above terms and conditions. If you are not sure about what you can and cannot do, please contact the program’s account manager prior to undertaking any activity.
Our Voucher Policy:
- Voucher Codes Affiliates are permitted to promote any generic coupons or promotional codes that are provided through the Awin Affiliate program or otherwise available to the public.
- Transactions whereby a code not intended for the Affiliate channel has been used will be paid out at 0% commission.
Other:
- Social Media Affiliates are permitted to promote Samsung through social media.
- Sub-network Affiliates are permitted on the Samsung program however this must be disclosed to the Account Manager during application.
- Email Affiliates who wish to promote Samsung via email must have the permission of Samsung or the Account Manager before any such activity is conducted.
- Affiliates promoting Samsung offers must adhere to the copy provided in the weekly communications email sent out to all Affiliates by the Samsung Awin Affiliate team. This copy has been signed off by the Samsung legal team and must not be altered. Any alteration to copy will result in Samsung having no liability whatsoever for such copy and relevant Affiliate fully and unconditionally indemnifying Samsung for any damage caused this way to any party. Affiliates promoting incorrect or altered offers could be at risk of suspension or having commissions reversed.
- All Affiliates must ensure their own relevant regulatory compliance.
- In accordance with the applicable personal data protection regulations, in order to (i) send out commercial communication to natural persons customers and (ii) place any cookies or similar trackers on visitors’ machines, Affiliates will obtain the prior, freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous and revocable consent of any Visitors to such files served by AWIN on the Visitor as a result of a click.
- Affiliates must only use materials containing the Samsung brand that have been provided by Samsung or the Samsung Awin Affiliate team. If Affiliates wish to use materials that have not been provided by the Advertiser, on which the Affiliate brand is proposed to be used, they must submit these materials for Samsung’s written approval. Samsung may in its absolute discretion withhold such approval or grant it on conditions as it thinks fit.
- All booked tenancy / exposure placements require approval from the Samsung Affiliate team prior to go live. Please submit a review of the placement to your contact for the team to review and approve.
- Affiliates promoting Samsung offers must adhere to the copy provided by Samsung or the Samsung Awin Affiliate Team. This copy cannot be altered.
Samsung reserves the right to suspend any Affiliates from the programme immediately if they are found to be in breach of the terms and conditions agreed. If you are not sure about what you can and cannot do, please contact the program’s account manager prior to undertaking any activity.
Our regulatory compliance policy
- All Affiliates must ensure the relevant regulatory compliance.
- In accordance with Data Regulation, Affiliates will obtain the prior, freely given, specific informed, unambiguous and revocable consent of any Visitors to any cookies served by AWIN on the Visitor as a result of a Click.
Our brand compliance policy
- Affiliates must only use materials containing the Samsung brand, that have been provided by Samsung or the Samsung Awin Affiliate team. If Affiliates wish to use materials that have not been provided by the Advertiser, on which the Affiliate brand is proposed to be used, they must submit these materials for Samsung’s Witten approval. Samsung may in its absolute discretion withhold such approval or grant it on conditions as it thinks fit.
- All booked tenancy / exposure placements require approval from the Samsung affiliate team prior to go live. Please submit a review of the placement to Inesa.soghoyan@awin.com and the team will be able to review and approve.
- Affiliates promoting Samsung offers must adhere to the copy provided by Samsung or the Samsung Awin Affiliate Team. This copy cannot be altered.
Non compliance
- Samsung reserves the right to suspend any affiliates from the programme immediately if they are found to be in breach of the above terms and conditions. If you are not sure about what you can and cannot do, please contact the program’s account manager prior to undertaking any activity.
Confidentiality
- The publisher undertakes to maintain the confidentiality of all information constituting Samsung's trade secret within the meaning of Art. 11 (2) of the Act of April 16, 1993 on Combating Unfair Competition, that is, in particular, information about Samsung products and planned Samsung advertising campaigns or other Samsung activities that have not yet been made public by Samsung, that is:
- Information about products before their official premiere,
- Information about planned marketing, advertising, promotional activities of Samsung or Samsung's brand prior to their commencement;
- Marketing material, including press releases, prior to its publication by Samsung or Samsung's consent to its publication.
- Samsung's confidential information may only be disclosed after the secrecy period or with the express consent of Samsung.
