2015 Gerber® #GERBERLilStars2015 Instagram Contest Official Rules (the “Rules”)
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE CONTEST IS VALID IN CANADA ONLY (AND IS OPEN ONLY TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS, AS SPECIFIED IN THE RULES BELOW). VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED. DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram, LLC. Information is being provided to the Sponsor (defined below), not to Instagram, LLC. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to the Sponsor and not to Instagram, LLC. Your participation in this Contest must at all times comply with all applicable Instagram terms of service. In the event of any violation of such terms of service, the Sponsor may, in its sole and absolute discretion, disqualify you from the Contest.
Contest Period
1. The 2015 Gerber® Lil’ Stars Photo Contest (the “Contest”) commences at 12:00:00 PM EST on September 14, 2015 and ends at 11:59:59 PM EST on October 11, 2015 (the “Contest Period”). All entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM EST on October 11, 2015 (the “Contest Closing Time”). Entries submitted after the Contest Closing Time will not be accepted.
Eligible Persons
2. The Contest is only open to legal residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their Province or Territory of residence at the time of entry, excluding: (a) employees, directors, officers, representatives and agents of: (i) Nestlé Canada Inc. (the “Sponsor”); (ii) the independent contest management organization appointed by the Sponsor to administer the Contest (the “Contest Administrator”); (iii) any affiliates of the Sponsor or the Contest Administrator; (iv) any of the Sponsor’s advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies involved in the development or execution of the Contest in any way; and (v) any persons or entities involved in judging the Contest; and (b) all persons with whom those specified in (a) are domiciled or immediately related. The persons and entities specified in (a) and (b) are referred to collectively herein as the “Contest Entities”. For the purposes of these rules, two people are “immediately related” if one is the husband, wife, spouse, common-law partner, son, stepson, son-in-law, daughter, stepdaughter, daughter-in-law, sister, stepsister, sister-in-law, brother, stepbrother, brother-in-law, mother, stepmother, mother-in-law, father, stepfather or father-in-law of the other. For clarity, groups, clubs, organizations, businesses and commercial and non-commercial entities cannot enter the Contest.
3. In addition to the foregoing requirements, a person is only eligible to submit a Photo (defined below) and enter the Contest as described below if he or she is: (a) the parent or legal guardian of the child depicted in the Photo; or (b) a relative of the child depicted in the Photo who has the consent of the child’s parent or legal guardian to enter the Contest.
4. An entrant must meet the eligibility requirements set out in these Rules from the time of entry until the time he/she is confirmed a winner and/or if he/she becomes a winner.
How To Enter
5. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Purchase is not required to enter the Contest and will not improve your chances of winning. This Contest takes place on the application Instagram (“Instagram” or the “Application”), and requires you to have a valid user account with Instagram to enter. Registration on Instagram is free: download the Instagram app onto your smart phone or tablet device and follow the onscreen instructions to register.
6. Once you have your own personal Instagram account, ensure that your Instagram account is set to “Public”, and then follow @GERBER_ca.
7. Using the Application, upload a photograph of your child (who must be thirty-six (36) months of age or less at the end of the Contest Period) (a “Photo”) and use the hashtag #GERBERLilStars2015 for your chance to win one of the Contest prizes (the “Prizes”). Photos must be uploaded to Instagram during the Contest Period (“the Contest Period”).
8. If the Instagram account you use to follow @GERBER_ca is set to “Private” or is otherwise unavailable to the Sponsor, your entry may not be visible to the Sponsor. Any entry that is not visible to the Sponsor will not constitute an eligible entry in the Contest. To ensure your entry is visible to the Sponsor, set your Instagram account to “Public”. The Releasees shall bear no legal liability, express or implied, in relation to any entries that are not visible to the Sponsor.
9. Where you use a mobile device to access the Application, data rates may apply. Please consult with your mobile device service provider regarding rate plans.
10. Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter this Contest, and checking any opt-in boxes will not improve your chances of winning.
11. Limit one (1) entry per person per day of the Contest Period, regardless of the number of photos submitted per day, and regardless of the Instagram account or other information associated with the Instagram account used to enter this Contest.
12. All entries are subject to verification at any time. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility from any entrant, which proof shall be in the form required by the Sponsor. Failure to provide proof of identity and/or eligibility to the satisfaction of the Sponsor in a timely manner may result in disqualification.
Photo Restrictions
13. By participating in this Contest and posting a Photo to the Application, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Rules and further represents and warrants that:
(a) the child or children depicted in the Photo are appropriately covered and depicted in an appropriate manner. The Sponsor will not accept any entries that contain photos depicting a child or children who are undressed. The Sponsor and/or its moderator shall have sole discretion to determine the appropriateness of the Photo. The Sponsor reserves the right to remove the entry without informing the entrant if the Sponsor and/or its moderator deems the entry to be inappropriate;
(b) the Photo was taken no later than three (3) months prior to the date on which it is uploaded using the Application;
(c) he or she is the parent or legal guardian of the child depicted in the Photo or a relative of the child depicted in the Photo with the consent of the child’s parent or legal guardian to submit the Photo as part of the Contest;
(d) the child depicted in the Photo will be thirty-six (36) months of age or less at the end of the Contest Period;
(e) the Photo is original to him/her, it is not a duplicate or modified version of any other Photo previously entered in the Contest or in any other contest or promotion, it has never been previously exhibited publically outside of this Contest and he/she has all necessary rights in the Photo and all of its components to enter it in the Contest;
(f) at the time that it is provided, any information contained within the Photo is true, accurate, complete and not misleading;
(g) the Photo does not contain any viruses, bugs or other elements that could impair, slow down or otherwise cause damage to the Application, any other Sponsor property or the property of third parties;
(h) each of the winners will be required to send a Photo that is in .jpg, .tiff or .gif format, is no larger 5 megabytes, is of a good technical quality (resolution, clarity and lighting);
(i) the Photo is not obscene, indecent, threatening, harassing, abusive or otherwise inappropriate, including, without limitation, through the depiction of violent, humiliating, derogatory, racist, sexist, illegal, risky or vulgar scenes;
(j) the Photo does not contain any personal information, including, without limitation, personal names, email addresses, street addresses, other contact information or licence plate numbers;
(k) the Photo does not contain any commercial messages or URLs or links to other websites;
(l) the Photo does not, and will not, in any way, give rise to any claims of infringement or defamation, give rise to any claims for any payment whatsoever or breach the rights of any third parties, including, without limitation, any rights of privacy, personality, confidentiality, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property; and
(m) the Photo, entrant and entry information does not, and will not, in any way, harm, defame or impair the public image and goodwill of the Sponsor or of any of the Nestlé Gerber® brands.
14. BY POSTING A PHOTO, EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT THE PHOTO COMPLIES WITH ALL CONDITIONS STATED IN THESE RULES. THE SPONSOR AND THE RELEASEES (DEFINED BELOW) SHALL BEAR NO LEGAL LIABILITY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN RELATION TO ANY PHOTOS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN RELATION TO ANY USE MADE OF ANY SUCH STORIES OR PHOTOS BY THE RELEASEES.
15. Any Photos that the Sponsor deems, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be in violation of these Rules will be removed from the Application and will not constitute eligible entries in the Contest.
Use of Photos
16. By entering the Contest and uploading a Photo using the Application, each entrant:
(a) grants to the Sponsor and its agents and designees, in perpetuity, a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to publish, display, reproduce, modify, edit or otherwise use the Photo, in whole or in part, in its original form or as edited or modified in any way at the direction of Sponsor, anywhere in the world and in any and all forms of media whatsoever, in connection with this Contest or for any other advertising, promotional, commercial or other lawful purposes whatsoever in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor, including, without limitation, in association with the entrant’s first name;
(b) waives any and all moral rights the entrant may have in and to the Photo in favour of the Sponsor and its agents and designees, including, without limitation, any person authorized by the Sponsor to publish, display, reproduce, modify, edit or otherwise use the Photo;
(c) agrees to release, defend and indemnify the Releasees and Instagram LLC. from any and all liability, claims, losses, actions or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or consequential, arising out of or relating in any way to the Photo or the use of the Photo in any way by the Releasees or Instagram LLC., including, without limitation, any and all liability, claims, losses, actions and damages based upon rights of privacy, personality, confidentiality, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property;
all without any limitation of any kind, without any right of approval and without any obligation upon the Sponsor to make any payment of any other compensation or consideration of any kind to the entrant.
Prizes and Odds of Winning
Grand Prizes
17. There is a total of three (3) grand Prizes (each, a “Grand Prize”) available to be won at the outset of this Contest:
(a) One (1) primary Grand Prize (the “Primary Grand Prize”) consisting of a two thousand and five hundred Canadian dollar ($2,500.00 CAD) Registered Education Savings Plan registered in the name of the child depicted in the winning Photo. The child depicted in the Primary Grand Prize winning Photo will also be awarded the title of the Gerber® 2015 Lil’ Star and a member of the Sponsor’s promotional agency will contact the Primary Grand Prize winner to write a biography of the winning child. The Sponsor may request that the winner of the Primary Grand Prize provide additional photographs of the winning child to the Sponsor, in which case any such photographs provided to the Sponsor shall be subject to the provisions of Section 16 of these Rules. The approximate retail value of the Primary Grand Prize is two thousand and five hundred Canadian dollars ($2,500.00 CAD).
(b) One (1) secondary Grand Prize (the “Secondary Grand Prize”) consisting of a five hundred Canadian dollar ($500.00 CAD) Registered Education Savings Plan registered in the name of the child depicted in the winning Photo. The approximate retail value of the Secondary Grand Prize is five hundred Canadian dollars ($500.00 CAD).
(c) One (1) tertiary Grand Prize (the “Tertiary Grand Prize”) consisting of a two hundred and fifty Canadian dollar ($250.00 CAD) Registered Education Savings Plan registered in the name of the child depicted in the winning Photo. The approximate retail value of the Tertiary Grand Prize is two hundred and fifty Canadian dollars ($250.00 CAD).
The approximate odds of winning a Grand Prize depend on the total number and caliber of eligible entries received by the Contest Closing Time.
Finalist Prizes
18. There is also a total of forty (40) finalists Prizes (each, a “Finalist Prize”) available to be won at the outset of this Contest. Each Finalist Prize consists of one (1) Cetaphil & Gerber® Gift Pack. The approximate retail value of each Finalist Prize is approximately one hundred and fifty Canada dollars ($150.00 CAD). Ten (10) finalists will be selected in respect of each Weekly Period (defined below) as follows:
(a) Weekly Period 1 (September 14 2015 – September 20 2015).
(b) Weekly Period 2 (September 21 2015 – September 27 2015).
(c) Weekly Period 3 (September 28 2015 – October 4 2015).
(d) Weekly Period 4 (October 5 2015 – October 11 2015).
The approximate odds of winning a Finalist Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received prior to the end of the applicable Weekly Period.
Weekly Prizes
19. There is also a total of three (3) weekly Prizes (each, a “Weekly Prize”) available to be won at the outset of this Contest. One (1) Weekly Prize will be awarded in respect of each of the three (3) Weekly Periods (defined below) as follows:
(a) Weekly Period 2 (September 21 2015 – September 27 2015): One (1) Huggies Gift Pack, with an approximate retail value of two hundred and fifty Canadian dollars ($250.00 CAD).
(b) Weekly Period 3 (September 28 2015 – October 4 2015): One (1) $500.00 CAD Visa Gift Card, with an approximate retail value of five hundred Canadian dollars ($500.00 CAD).
(c) Weekly Period 4 (October 5 2015 – October 11 2015): One (1) Cetaphil Gift Pack, with an approximate retail value of two hundred and fifty Canadian dollars ($250.00 CAD).
The approximate odds of winning a Weekly Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received prior to the end of the applicable Weekly Period. The total number of Weekly Prizes available to be won will decrease throughout the Contest Period as Weekly Prizes are claimed.
General Prize Terms
20. Limit of one (1) Grand Prize, one (1) Finalist Prize and one (1) Weekly Prize per person.
21. All amounts and costs related to any Prizes, including but not limited to all income, sales, use and other taxes (and the reporting thereof) imposed as a result of the award of a Prize, which are not expressly covered by the Sponsor are the responsibility of the individual winner. It is the individual winner’s responsibility to understand and abide by any federal, provincial, territorial, local or foreign tax laws that may apply to receipt of a Prize.
22. A person eligible to win a Prize must accept the Prize as awarded and may not transfer such Prize or substitute or exchange for, or apply the Prize’s value towards, cash or a higher cost or alternative prize. All Prizes are non-refundable, cannot be replaced if lost or stolen and are provided on an “as is” basis, without any representation or warranty of any kind. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make substitutions of equivalent or greater kind or value in the event of the unavailability of all or part of a Prize or for any other reason whatsoever.
How Prizes are Awarded
Grand Prizes
23. At the conclusion of the Contest Period, a judging panel (the “Cuteness Council”) consisting of representatives of the Sponsor and/or its advertising agencies, the composition of which is to be determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion (the “Judging Panel”), will judge the Finalist Entries based on a combination of the following criteria: (a) visual appeal; (b) expressiveness; and (c) consistency with the Gerber® brand. The Judging Panel will carry out the judging process according to the foregoing criteria, evaluated in its sole and absolute discretion, between October 14, 2015 and October 28, 2015 and will, on October 29, 2015, select the three (3) potential winners of the Grand Prizes.
Finalist Prizes
24. At the end of each Weekly Period, ten (10) Semi-finalists will be selected through a combination of a random draw and the Cuteness Council Judging Panel. The Finalist Prize random draw (the “Finalist Prize Draw”) will be conducted by the Contest Administrator.
For clarity, each of the Weekly Periods are listed below as follows:
(a) Weekly Period 1 September 14, 2015 at midnight to September 20, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST;
(b) Weekly Period 2 September 21, 2015 at midnight to September 27, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST;
(c) Weekly Period 3 September 28, 2015 at midnight to October 4, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST;
(d) Weekly Period 4 October 5, 2015 at midnight to October 11, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST.
The Judging Panel will judge the entries based on a combination of the following criteria: (a) visual appeal; (b) expressiveness; and (c) consistency with the Gerber® brand. The Judging Panel will carry out the judging process according to the foregoing criteria, evaluated in its sole and absolute discretion. At the end of the Contest Period, forty (40) Semi-finalists will be selected to be considered as Finalists Entries. For clarity, the first Finalist Prize Draw will take place by September 22, 2015. Each Finalist Prize Draw will be conducted by the Contest Administrator.
Weekly Prizes
25. One (1) Weekly Prize will be available to be won in respect of the three (3) specific weeks defined during the Contest Period (each, a “Weekly Period”). For clarity, each of the Weekly Periods are listed below as follows:
(a) Weekly Period 2 September 21, 2015 at midnight to September 27, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST;
(b) Weekly Period 3 September 28, 2015 at midnight to October 4, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST;
(c) Weekly Period 4 October 5, 2015 at midnight to October 11, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST.
A random draw will occur at the end of each defined contest period (a “Weekly Prize Draw”) to award each Weekly Prize, subject to these Rules from all eligible Contest entries received prior to the end of the applicable Weekly Period. For clarity, the first Weekly Prize Draw will take place on September 29, 2015. Each Weekly Prize Draw will be conducted by the Contest Administrator.
Winner Notification
26. Within five (5) business days of the date on which his/her entry is selected as a potential winner, the potential winner of each Prize will be notified through Instagram’s direct image messaging feature originating from the @GERBER_ca Instagram account, requesting a response from the potential winner via direct message. If the potential winner fails to respond to such post within seventy-two (72) hours, then, at the Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion, that potential winner may be disqualified without liability to the Sponsor. In the event of such a disqualification, an alternate potential winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries, either through a process similar to the one that selected the original potential winner or through a random draw, the exact process to be determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to these Rules. After initial contact is made via Instagram, a potential winner must provide contact details including an email address, phone number and physical home address for purposes of administration of the required Contest documentation. The potential winner will then receive notification via email or phone from the Contest Administrators to complete the winner notification process. Through the winner notification process, the potential winner must confirm his/her eligibility and indicate his/her willingness to accept the applicable Prize. No communications will be entered into other than with the potential winners.
Declaration and Release and Skill-Testing Question
27. Before being confirmed as a winner of a Prize, each potential winner must complete and return, within 72 hours of receipt, a Declaration and Release Form (the “Declaration and Release”), which (among other things):
(a) confirms compliance with these Rules;
(b) acknowledges acceptance of the Prize as awarded;
(c) releases the Contest Entities and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability in connection with this Contest, the potential winner’s participation therein and the awarding and use/misuse of the Prize or any portion thereof; and
(d) confirms the potential winner’s consent to the publication, reproduction and/or other use of his/her name, address, voice, statements about the Contest and/or Photo and/or other likeness without further notice or compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor in any manner whatsoever, including, without limitation, print, broadcast or the internet.
28. Further, prior to being confirmed as a winner of a Prize, each potential winner must also correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question contained in the Declaration and Release, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical, electronic or otherwise.
29. If a potential winner fails to return the properly executed Declaration and Release within the specified time period, the Sponsor may, in its sole and absolute discretion, disqualify the potential winner, thereby forfeiting any and all rights the potential winner may have to the Prize. In the event of such a disqualification, an alternate potential winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries, either through a process similar to the one that selected the original potential winner or through a random draw, the exact process to be determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to these Rules.
30. If a selected potential winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, does not correctly answer the mathematical skill-testing question, does not complete and return the Declaration and Release, is unable or unwilling to accept the Prize as offered or elects to decline the Prize, he/she will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be selected from among the remaining eligible entries, either through a process similar to the one that selected the original potential winner or through a random draw, the exact process to be determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to these Rules. Any disqualified winner will not receive any alternate prize, substitution or compensation.
31. Upon satisfaction of all requirements of these Rules, including, without limitation, receipt of the completed Declaration and Release, winners will be contacted to make further Prize delivery arrangements.
Privacy
32. The Sponsor respects your right to privacy and works at all times to comply with all applicable data protection and privacy laws. Except as expressly set out in these Rules, in the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (available at www.madewithnestle.ca) or as otherwise agreed to by you, any personal information provided in connection with this Contest will only be collected, used and disclosed by the Sponsor and its third party partners and service providers for the purposes of administering and conducting this Contest, including, without limitation, verification of eligibility and identity and awarding and delivering Prizes. Please note that personal information provided as part of this Contest may be collected in, transferred to and processed and stored in jurisdictions outside of Canada. Such information will be subject to the general laws applicable within those jurisdictions, including, without limitation, possible access by regulatory authorities. The Sponsor will not sell, share or otherwise disclose personal information provided in connection with this Contest to or with third parties or agents, other than to third parties or agents engaged by the Sponsor to fulfill the above purposes or as permitted or required by the applicable laws.
Additional Rules and Restrictions
33. By participating in this Contest, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and the Contest Administrator, which shall be final and binding on all entrants in all matters relating to this Contest, subject to the jurisdiction of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, where applicable. In the event an entrant wins a Prize and is later found to be in violation of these Rules, he/she will be required to forfeit the Prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the Prize if such violation is discovered after winner has used the Prize. False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants ineligible for the Prize.
34. Proof of sending (regardless of method) is not proof of receipt by the Sponsor or Contest Administrator. Incomplete, altered, mutilated or garbled entries will be disqualified. The Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, garbled, stolen, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these Rules, or for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, the effects of hackers, the failure of any electronic equipment, computer transmissions and/or network connections or any other reason beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control; all of which will be disqualified. The Releasees are not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including, without limitation, failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, and any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest. Entrants are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment and internet access use in respect of the Contest.
35. The Releasees are not responsible for the cancellation or postponement of any component of this Contest or any associated programs and materials. The Releasees are not responsible for any other errors of any kind, whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Contest, The Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest, these Rules, administration or execution of the Contest, the conducting of the prize drawing, the cancellation of any element of a Prize, the processing of entries or in the selection or announcement of a Prize or Prize winner.
36. Each entrant must submit an entry and participate in the Contest on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual, on behalf of a group or organization, or using another person’s email address, name or other personal information will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any Prize.
37. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the specified number of entries by using (or attempting to use) multiple names, identities, email addresses, registrations or logins, or by any other means whatsoever, will entitle the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, to void that entrant’s entries and disqualify that entrant from the Contest. Entries by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Any entry that is determined by the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, to have failed to have been fully completed and submitted during the Contest Period will be rejected. Use (or attempted use) of any automated, macro, script, robotic or other systems or programs to enter or otherwise participate in, subvert or disrupt the Contest, and any other attempt to manipulate, tamper with or defraud any element of this Contest, is prohibited and is grounds for disqualification by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion.
38. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the social media account will be deemed to be the entrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned a social media account by the organization responsible for assigning social media accounts on Instagram. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged.
39. The sole determinant of the time of receipt of an entry for the purposes of determining the eligibility of that entry shall be the Sponsor or Contest Administrator's computer or server.
40. By participating in the Contest, except to the extent prohibited by applicable legislation, each entrant:
(a) consents to the publication, reproduction and/or other use of his/her name, address, voice, statements about the Contest and/or photograph and/or other likeness without further notice or compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor in any manner whatsoever, including, without limitation, print, broadcast and the internet;
(b) releases and agrees to defend and indemnify the Releasees and Instagram LLC. from and against any and all liability, claims, losses, actions or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses or expenses arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in this Contest, or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any Prize or participation in prize-related activities (including but not limited to activity related thereto);
(c) agrees not to make any claim against any of the Releasees, Instagram LLC. or against any third party that may result in a claim against any of the Releasees, in respect of any matter in any way relating to or arising in connection with the Contest; and
(d) acknowledges and agrees that the Releasees make no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning any Prize and disclaim any implied warranty.
41. The Releasees shall not be liable to Prize winners or any other person for failure to supply any Prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, any actions, regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment failure, terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labour dispute or strike, labour or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Releasees.
42. Sponsor reserves the right, subject only to the jurisdiction of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, where applicable, to cancel, modify, suspend or terminate the Contest and to modify these Rules at any time without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, if, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion:
(a) fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy or threaten the integrity of any portion of the Contest;
(b) a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Contest;
(c) there is any accident or printing, administrative or other error of any kind related to the Contest.
In the event of an early termination of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to determine the Prize winners in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
43. Subject only to the jurisdiction of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux where applicable, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, to adjust any of the dates and/or timeframes stipulated in these Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any entrant or entry with these Rules, or as a result of technical problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules.
44. The Sponsor may, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without notice, terminate the right of any entrant or user of the Application to participate in the Contest or use the Application.
45. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these English Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including, but not limited to, the entry, the French version of these Rules and/or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these English Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
46. Except where prohibited by law, by completing the act of entering the Contest, each entrant agrees that the Contest, and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules, shall be governed by the laws in force in the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (excluding any conflict of laws, rule or principle that might refer such interpretation to the laws of another jurisdiction). Each entrant irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario with respect to any matter related to this Contest.
47. If any provision of these Rules is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained herein.
48. Except where prohibited by law, by participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees that (a) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, and in no event will entrant be entitled to receive lawyers’ fees or other legal costs; and (b) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
49. For Quebec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the board only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
50. A copy of these Rules is available through www.madewithnestle.ca