Hi,
I wanted to inform you of Commission Junction’s position on Spyware and our recent actions relating to this issue.
We view Spyware as a very serious issue with far reaching consequences. To address these issues Commission Junction created a Code of Conduct in December 2002 to guide practises and maintain standards for online advertising. Commission Junction suspended 180 Solutions from the UK network in May 2004 due to them contravening the Code of Conduct.
Since the release of the original Code of Conduct technology and techniques used by publishers have continuously evolved. Consequently, Commission Junction updated the Code of Conduct (25 July 2004) to reflect current practises, clarify our position and provide guidelines.
We have now suspended Claria and WhenU from the European network due to them contravening the new Code of Conduct (Update 25 July 2004). The fundamental philosophy behind the Code of Conduct is that any publisher distributing and benefiting from technology driven solutions must provide recognisable value to the End User and the Advertisers.
Here is a link to the new Code of Conduct (Update 25 July 2004):
www.cj.com/pub_conduct.jsp
Should you have any questions, please contact me on the following email address.
Regards,
Stuart Bartram
Publisher Manager
Commission Junction
sbartram@cj.com