W E B S A W A R D S R E M O V A L R E G U L A T I O N S
As in all things there are ' negatives' and WebsAwards have developed a set
of regulations which if infringed upon may result in an award program, rating
and / or a provisional membership being removed. WebsAwards has always sought
to be more than fair to all applicants for our ratings but it has become obvious
that due to our policy of transparency we have left ourselves open to instances
of negative behavior from a minority of persons and rather than break our promise
of transparency to our membership it has been decided to provide a few regulations,
for such behavior will no longer be accepted. Each regulation infringement will
be assessed on an individual basis to determine the timeframe of any award program
or rating removal and whether the removal is to be permanent. Evidence of any
infringement will always be provided to award program owners.
- Copyright infringement and / or plagiarism - Copyright
infringement and / or plagiarism of another award programs protected property,
content, format of display or image - any of these being available for public
view without the appropriate permissions. ( Permission for all copied material,
if given, must be displayed onsite. ) Infraction of this regulation will result
in proof of the infraction being provided to the award program owner and the
immediate removal of the award program listing and the rating held. Any re-application
to WebsAwards in such an instance will be at the discretion of WebsAwards
Management.
- Refusal to accept our rating and / or incorrect display of the WebsAwards Rating and / or Provisional Membership Badges - Refusal to accept
our rating and / or incorrect display of the WebsAwards rating and / or provisional
members badges and / or incorrect or non linking to WebsAwards will result
in an award program owner being notified by email that compliance must be met in seven ( 7 ) days. You will receive one ( 1 ) email notification only.. If no response is received and / or no compliance is forthcoming within the stated timeframe, the relevant award program listing will be removed from WebsAwards and the award program owner will be notified of the removal. Award program owners will then be required to re-apply at a later date meeting our re-application timeframe. Repeated infractions will incur an immediate removal from WebsAwards for a minimum period of one ( 1 ) year with any re-application to WebsAwards being at the discretion of WebsAwards Management.
- Illegal activity - The displaying of sponsorship, supporting,
practicing and / or encouraging of illegal activities within any award program
including linking to web sites of an illegal nature will result in immediate
removal from WebsAwards. Re-application to WebsAwards will be at the discretion
of WebsAwards Management.
- Inappropriate behavior - Inappropriate behavior by WebsAwards
Rated and / or Provisional Members in the form of abuse, insulting and / or
vulgar language, hate mail or any other form of like occurrences directed
towards other parties will be met with removal from WebsAwards after our investigations
are completed and any such instance has been proven to be factual. Removal
from WebsAwards will be for a minimum period of one ( 1 ) year and will not
be enforced until all the processes within our Complaints Guide have been
met. Any re-application to WebsAwards in such an instance will be at the discretion
of WebsAwards Management.
- Threats, coercion and / or abuse directed at WebsAwards Staff and
/ or Management - Any form of threat, coercion and / or abuse directed
at any person within WebsAwards Staff and / or Management due to any award
owners anticipated rating and / or rating upgrade not being met will result
in the immediate removal of the award program from WebsAwards without any
further consideration. Notification will be sent from WebsAwards to the award
program owner that the relevant award program is now deemed ineligible for
WebsAwards membership for a period of not less than one ( 1 ) year, however
removal from WebsAwards will not be enforced until all the processes within
our Complaints Guide have been met. Any re-application to WebsAwards in such
an instance will be at the discretion of WebsAwards Management.
- Applicant request for an award program removal - Any appliant
request for an award program to be removed from WebsAwards this being due
to the award program owner being dissatisfied with the rating level issued
will be met with a removal of the award program for a minimum timeframe of
one ( 1 ) year and any re-application to WebsAwards in such an instance will
be at the discretion of WebsAwards Management.
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