Integrating Your Community Toolbar with Your Software
The following guidelines (the "Guidelines") are aimed at publishers who wish to offer their community toolbar by integrating it into the installation process of the software they provide to their users (the "Software"). Please note that you may not integrate your community toolbar with the Software unless you have received written approval to do so by Conduit.
Benefits
You can now offer your users the convenience of installing your community toolbar and the Software in one package, thus avoiding the need for two separate installations. To add your community toolbar to the Software installation package, please follow the Guidelines below. The objective of these Guidelines is to ensure a safe and secure experience for users and to follow best practices of integration. Any failure to follow these Guidelines will be considered as a violation of the terms and conditions of the Conduit Publisher Agreement. Please note that Conduit will take all necessary measures to enforce its legal policies and Guidelines as listed in the Publisher Agreement, available at: http://www.conduit.com/legal/General.aspx.
- General Guidelines
- You may not start distributing or promoting your community toolbar as part of a software installation package without obtaining Conduit's prior written approval.
- You may not distribute or promote a community toolbar as part of a software installation package unless you own the Software or are legally licensed to do so.
- The name of your community toolbar must represent and reflect your website's name and materials and not relate to the Software unless Conduit expressly consents otherwise.
- " You will only distribute your community toolbar as part of a software installation package in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Publisher Agreement and these Guidelines, as may be amended by Conduit from time to time.
- Legal Guidelines
- One installation file: You must use one installation executable file (EXE) to handle the installation of your community toolbar and the Software (the "General Installation Process").
- Proper disclosure and choice: You must inform your users that they are installing your community toolbar in addition to the Software, and you must allow them to choose whether or not to install your community toolbar as part of the General Installation Process. A "silent" or "background" installation or any other installation without the user's informed consent is not allowed under any circumstances.
- Activity and content: You may not (1) engage in activity that violates any applicable law or regulation, or (2) use content which is related to pornography; explicit nudity; harassment of individuals or groups; or illegal, inappropriate, offensive or obscene content in connection with or relating to your community toolbar, the Software or the Software installation package.
- Uninstaller: As part of the integration or the package you must provide an uninstaller that enables the users to uninstall your community toolbar and the Software (together or separately) without undue effort or skill, using basic and transparent uninstall methods.
- EULA: As part of the General Installation Process, you must enable your users to review and accept the community toolbar's End User License Agreement (EULA) prior to installing the toolbar, via a link to the EULA or a scrollable text box that contains it. The most recent version of the EULA can be found here: http://conduit.ourtoolbar.com/eula. You may not modify the EULA or circumvent the acceptance of the EULA by the users as part of the General Installation Process.
- Privacy Policy: As part of the General Installation Process, you must enable your users to review and read the community toolbar's Privacy Policy, via a link to it. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy can be found here: http://conduit.ourtoolbar.com/privacy/. You may not modify the Privacy Policy or circumvent the review of the Privacy Policy by the users as part of the General Installation Process.
- Endorsement: If you opt to offer your community toolbar as part of the Software installation package, you must also offer your users the option of downloading and installing your community toolbar as a stand-alone application using a permanent banner ad or textual link placed on your website(s). Offering the toolbar as a stand-alone application is required in order to demonstrate that it is not a third-party component.
- Updated toolbar version: As part of the installation process, you must offer the latest version of your community toolbar as made available via the Conduit platform. On a monthly basis you must ensure that you are offering to users the latest version of your community toolbar.
- Toolbar web search: You will allow users to have the option NOT (1) to set the toolbar search as the default search in their browser, and NOT (2) to set the toolbar search as their browser's default home page.
- Compliance: Before starting to distribute your community toolbar as a part of your Software installation package, please contact Conduit's Compliance department (email: legal@conduit.com) to get written approval that your community toolbar is properly integrated and eligible for distribution.
- Recommended Setup
- Technical Resources
- Integration of Software Features on the Toolbar
To provide your users with a rich and unique experience, we recommend that you use Conduit's advanced APIs to integrate your Software onto your toolbar and offer your Software directly from the browser (via buttons on your toolbar that will activate your Software). To learn more about our APIs, please visit the Conduit Developer Center: http://www.conduit.com/Developers/Library/
- Contact Information