Unacceptable Conduct:

A. Posting a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of newsgroups (i.e., more than 20) or continued posting of articles which are off-topic according to the newsgroup charter, or which provoke complaints from the regular readers of the newsgroup for being inappropriate).

B. Sending unsolicited mass E-mailings (i.e., to more than 25 users) that provoke complaints from the recipients.

C. Engaging in either (1) or (2) from a provider other than CCBill to draw attention to a website housed within CCBill’s networks or covered by CCBill’s agreement with the client.

D. Engaging in abuse or harassment of other individuals on the Internet after being asked to stop by those individuals and/or by CCBill.

E. Mail bombing, i.e., sending large volumes of unsolicited E-mail to individuals or to individual business accounts.

F. Impersonating another user or otherwise falsifying one's user name in E-mail, Usenet postings, on Internet Relay Chat (IRC), or with any other Internet service. (This does not preclude the use of nicknames in IRC or the use of anonymous retailer services.)

A. Attempts, whether successful or not, to gain access to any other system or users' private data without express consent of the user.

B. Attempts to interfere with the regular workings of CCBill’s systems or network connections or which adversely affect the ability of other people or systems to use CCBill’s services or the Internet.

C. Any unauthorized attempts by a user to gain access to any account not belonging to that user on this or any other of CCBill’s systems.

D. Any activity, which violates any local, state, U.S., or international law or regulation.

E. Repeated submissions of transactions to CCBill utilizing the same or similar IPs with varying identification information.

A. Attempts to offer for sale any item that is tangible in nature including land, or item that must be shipped to the customer via mail or courier.

B. Any attempt to bypass or remove CCBill’s name, logo, or customer support link from the signup page.

C. Failure to fulfill access or services sold to customer in either a trial transaction, regular transaction, or recurring transaction.

D. The posting, display, or advertising of any image using a model or models under the age of 18 years anywhere on the site whether the models are clothed or unclothed.

E. Marketing the site utilizing content including “Kids”, "Lolita", "Pedo", "Peta”, “Peto”, Pre-teen", ”Pedophile”, “Underage”, “Child” or any other words, images, or descriptions that would lead someone to believe that the models are less than 18 years of age is not permitted anywhere on venue including the URL and meta tags.

F. The posting or display of any image or wording depicting or related to extreme violence, incest, snuff, scat or the elimination of any bodily waste on another person, mutilation, or rape anywhere on the site, including the URL and meta tags.

G. The posting or display of any image or wording depicting or related to bestiality anywhere on the site. including the URL and meta tags.

H. The posting or display of any image or wording related to any website running, participating, or advertising acts allowing the subscriber to bet or gamble on an uncertain outcome, or to play a game of chance for stakes.

I. Any attempt to display, sell, or transfer materials that violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, right of publicity, patent, statutory, common law or proprietary rights of others, or contain anything obscene, libelous or threatening.

NOTE: Previously accepted ”Celebrity sites” must either follow an acceptable “news” format, such as “movie review”, e-magazine, or tabloid formats, or you must have and produce upon our request written documentation of your right to use the material on your website. That documentation must be: (1) a license of the rights; (2) consent from the rights holder or their agent; or (3) a written statement from your attorney explaining your claim to have a lawful right, or a legal defense, to display the material. CCBill may at its sole discretion accept or reject your site.

J. Reproduction or transmission of any material in violation of any local, state, U.S., or international law or regulation is prohibited. CCBill makes every attempt in such cases to work with both U.S. and foreign law enforcement agencies to provide information about the providers and purchasers of such material. This includes the posting or display of any image or wording instructing users how to make or perform devices or situations that may violate any state, federal, or international law.

K. Websites must comply with the 18 U.S.C. 2257. Clients must determine their legal responsibility to and method of complying with 18 U.S.C. 2257 where required to do so.

L. Any material uploaded to a CCBill subscription page, (aka “join page”) must be non-sexual in nature, and may only include non-nude individuals. CCBill reserves the right to review and reject any material for any reason.

M. MasterCard specifically prohibits the use of MasterCard’s registered marks including the word “MasterCard” and/or their logo on any site without their written permission.

N. Any attempt to mislead the consumer as to the site’s content or actual initial or recurring pricing of the venue.

O. Failure to place a clear disclosure of trial periods and recurring charges conspicuously on the website.

P. Using any wording relating to credit card use for age verification purposes.

Q. Use of blind links to ccbill.cgi. Users should have a reasonable expectation of getting a signup form when they click the link.

R. No part of the venue may be hosted on a free web host or anywhere, which violates the host’s AUP policy.

S. The members’ area of the venue may not be inaccessible to users for more than a 24-hour period at a time, and not more than one 24-hour period in a 30-day period.

T. If client chooses to utilize the rebilling option for sites containing members’ areas, the members’ area must be updated in a time frame that is equal to or less than the rebilling cycle. For example, if the client bills every thirty days, they must update their members’ area at least every thirty days.

U. CCBill will not process transactions for venues offering shell accounts. CCBill may cancel any accounts whose primary use can be determined as supporting the use of bots such as Eggdrop or any other programs executed on a server through a Telnet or a dial-up account.

V. CCBill will not process for sites advertising or selling the following:

1) buyers clubs or membership clubs;
2) credit counseling or credit repair services;
3) direct marketing or non-internet type subscription merchants;
4) infomercial merchants;
5) multi-level marketing businesses;
6) outbound telemarketers;
7) prepaid phone cards or prepaid phone services;
8) rebate-based businesses;
9) "Up-Sale" merchants;
10) free grants or grant giveaways;
11) cash, money-making opportunities, or making money at home opportunities;
12) "cash for opinions";
13) grant/cash money making schemes;
14) Pharmaceutical Informational Sites or any site that offer information and/or services in relation to the purchasing of Pharmaceutical drugs; or
15) any website that is in violation of the card associations rules.

W. CCBill will only process for escort sites if the site is acting in a directory (ie: phone book) capacity. CCBill will not process for websites selling escort services.

X. Using a sub-account and its signup form for a site that has been approved to process for another URL that is not registered to that sub-account and approved by a card association.

Y. “Posting in” or any other violation of card associations’ rules. Violations of card association rules may result in the immediate termination of all services by CCBill including recurring billing. CCBill will hold all funds until such time as all card association fines, chargebacks, and refunds have been satisfied.