LEGALESE

[COMMUNITY/CLIENT NAME] CHAT NAME Bot Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”)

Official Rules

This Sweepstakes is held and administered by Rival Technologies Inc. (the “Administrator”) and sponsored by [insert name]. It runs from [insert time and date] to [insert time and date] (the “Sweepstakes Period”) in accordance with these Official Rules. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase does not increase the chances of winning.

1.              Eligibility

The Sweepstakes is open to only legal residents of the United States (including Washington DC and excluding Puerto Rico) who are eighteen (18) years or older, or age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is older, as of the first day of the Sweepstakes Period. Employees of the Administrator or other companies associated with the promotion of the Sweepstakes, including Sweepstakes Sponsors, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies, as well as immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. This Sweepstakes is void in all U.S. Territories, all foreign territories not specifically included herein, and where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to federal, provincial and local laws and regulations.

2.              Agreement to Official Rules

Participation in this Sweepstakes constitutes the entrants full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Administrator, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent on being compliant with these Official Rules and fulfilling all requirements so forth herein. Entrants further agree that these Official Rules will be construed and evaluated according to the laws of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

3.              Administrator

This Sweepstakes is administered, managed, directed, controlled, run and overseen solely by Rival Technologies Inc., of 200 - 1360 Frances St. Vancouver, BC V5L 1Y9. Any and all advertisers, persons or entities in any way associated with this Sweepstakes, save for the Sweepstakes Sponsors, including but not limited to Facebook Inc., Visa Inc., Amazon.com.ca Inc., Amazon.com LLC, and any and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates, are not endorsing sponsoring, or otherwise affiliated with this Sweepstakes in any manner whatsoever. Facebook Inc., Amazon.com.ca Inc., Amazon.com LLC[JM1] , and any and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates, are each completely released of all liability by each entrant and participant in this Sweepstakes.

4.              Sweepstakes Sponsors

This Sweepstakes is sponsored by [insert details] (the “Sweepstakes Sponsor”).

5.              Sweepstakes Period

This Sweepstakes begins at [insert time and date] and ends on [insert time and date]. Entries that are submitted before or after the Sweepstakes Period will be disqualified and ineligible.

6.              How to Enter

No purchase is necessary or required to enter the Sweepstakes. A purchase does not increase an entrant’s chances of winning. 

The method of entry to participate in this Sweepstakes, entrants must:

a.             Click on the Sponsor’s promotion of the Sweepstakes as published and/or promoted, after which the entrant will be directed to the Sweepstakes where the entrant will be required to (i) confirm that the entrant has read, understood and agreed to abide by the Sweepstakes’s Official Rules; (ii) provide basic personal information, including but not limited to, the entrant’s age, gender and area of legal residence; (iii) provide an active personal email address; (iv) follow the instructions and complete the online survey to the Sponsor (together, the “Entry”, collectively “Entries”). 

Limit of one (1) Entry per Sweepstakes Period (i) per person (regardless of the number of email addresses or Facebook accounts), or (ii) per email address (regardless of whether more than one person uses the same email address). For greater clarity, and for the avoidance of doubt, should the Administrator discover that an entrant has entered the Sweepstakes on more than one occasion during the Sweepstakes Period, all further Entries, save for the first Entry, shall be disqualified and shall not be eligible.

7.              Prize

The winner of the Sweepstakes (the “Winner”) will, if legal resident in the United States (including Washington DC but excluding Puerto Rico), will be awarded a $[insert number] Amazon.com Gift Card [OR INSERT PRIZE TYPE] (each a “Gift Card”). The Winner shall have no option to elect which Gift Card it shall be awarded, which will be determined solely by the Winner’s legal residence.

Subject to the Winner’s legal residence, the prize has an approximate retail value of [insert number] US Dollars.

The Winner must have or will need to create, if legal resident in the United States (Including Washington DC but Excluding Puerto Rico) an Amazon.com account, in order to redeem the prize. The Gift Card may only be used for purchases of eligible goods in accordance with the Gift Card’s terms and condition in effect on the day of issuance of the Gift Card. The Gift Card cannot be redeemed for the purchase of gift cards. Except as required by law, the Gift Card cannot be reloaded, resold, transferred for value, redeemed for cash, or applied to any other account. Amazon, the Sweepstakes Sponsor and the Administrator are not responsible if any Gift Card is lost, stolen or destroyed or used without permission. If the Gift Card is lost or stolen, it will not be replaced by either Amazon, the Sweepstakes Sponsor or the Administrator. See www.amazon.com/gc-legal for complete terms and conditions depending on the Winner’s legal residence. The Gift Cards are issued by ACI Gift Cards Inc., a Delaware corporation for Gift Cards for use on Amazon.com.[JM2] 

The specifics of all the aforementioned elements of the prize are solely determined by the Administrator. No cash or prize substitution shall be permitted except at the Administrator’s sole discretion.

All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with any element of the prize not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the Winner. All federal, state and local taxes on the prize are the Winner’s sole responsibility.

8.              Odds

The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received.

9.              Winner Selection and Notification

The potential Winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible Entries by the Sponsor on [insert time and date].

The Administrator shall contact the potential Winner by email within twenty-four (24) hours following selection of the potential Winner. To be declared Winner and claim the prize, the potential Winner must:

a.             Sign a Declaration and Release form. The Declaration and Release requires the potential Winner to confirm, in writing, except where prohibited by law, acceptance of the prize as awarded, eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes and compliance with these Official Rules and to release the Administrator, the Sweepstakes Sponsor, and any third parties including but not limited to Facebook Inc., Amazon.com.ca Inc., Amazon.com LLC, their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, their advertising and promotional agency, sponsors, suppliers of prizes, materials or services related to this Sweepstakes, and all of their respective employees, directors, officers, shareholders, agents, successors and assigns (the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability and damage which could arise out of or in any way related to the Sweepstakes and from the awarding, receipt, possession and/or misuse of the prize.

The potential Winner will be required to return the Declaration and Release form, properly executed within forty-eight (48) hours of issuance of the potential Winner notification. Upon successful completion of the above, which is at the sole discretion of the Administrator, the potential Winner will be declared the Winner and thereafter be entitled to the prize to be delivered in a matter at the sole discretion of the Administrator.

The Administrator shall have no liability for the potential Winner’s failure to receive notices due to spam, junk email or other security settings or for the potential Winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information.

If the potential Winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within forty-eight (48) hours from the issuance of the potential Winner notification, incorrectly answers the mathematical skill-testing problem, or fails to timely return a completed and executed Declaration and Release form (in the form and format provided by the Administrator), the potential Winner’s prize will be immediately forfeited and an alternate Winner will be selected by the Administrator in a random drawing from all remaining eligible entries. A maximum of 3 alternate winners will be notified. Upon selection of an alternate potential Winner, the provisions outlined above shall apply until such time as a potential Winner is declared a Winner.

Receipt by the Winner of the prize offered in this Sweepstakes is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations.

ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY THE WINNER (AT THE ADMINISTRATOR’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN THE WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS THE WINNER OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES, AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS THE WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.

10.           General

The Administrator reserves the right to cancel, suspend, withdraw or amend this Sweepstakes in any way, without prior notice or obligation, in the event of an error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Administrator that interferes with the proper conduct of the Sweepstakes as contemplated by these Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of this Sweepstakes is a violence of criminal and civil law and should such an attempt be made, the Administrator reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

All entrants are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Administrator reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Administrator, including without limitation, government issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an entrants eligibility to participate in this Sweepstakes; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Entry entered for the purposes of this Sweepstakes; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Administrator deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Sweepstakes in accordance with these Official Rules. Failure by the entrant to provide such proof to the satisfaction of the Administrator in a timely manner may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrator.

Any attempt or suspected attempt to use robotic, automatic, programmed, or otherwise, illicit means to enter the Sweepstakes, or any other methods not authorized by these Official Rules, shall be deemed as tampering and will disqualify the entrant from entering, participating, winning prizes, and preclude the entrant from participating in future Sweepstakes and promotions, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrator. Entries that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, contain false information, are damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular or that do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions of these Official Rules will be deemed void.

By entering this Sweepstakes, the entrant expressly releases, discharges, and holds harmless the Released Parties from any and all liability and damage which could arise out of or in any way related to the Sweepstakes and from the awarding, receipt, possession and/or misuse of the prize, including but not limited to any failure of the website during the Sweepstakes; for a technical malfunction or other problem relating to the telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; for the failure of any Entry to be received by the Administrator; (iv) technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or website; or any combination of the above.

11.           Intellectual Property

All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Administrator and Sweepstakes Sponsor. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of the Administrator and Sweepstakes Sponsor is strictly prohibited.

12.           Privacy

This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations.

The personal information collected through this Sweepstakes is subject to Administrator’s Privacy Policy located at https://www.rivaltech.com/policies/privacy-policy.

By entering this Sweepstakes, the entrant agrees that the Administrator, its agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and/or representatives may collect, store and use the personal information the entrant submitted in this Sweepstakes for the purpose of administering this Sweepstakes. Furthermore, the entrant expressly acknowledges that the Administrator is in the business of performing statistical and other analysis on the personal information it collects (including but not limited to usage data, device data, referral data and question and response data and information) in order to measure user behaviour and trends, to understand how people use the Administrator’s and Sweepstakes Sponsor’s services, and to monitor, troubleshoot and improve the Administrator’s and Sweepstakes Sponsor’s services, including evaluating and devising new features. The entrant expressly consents that the Administrator, its agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and/or representatives may collect, store and use the personal information the entrant submitted in this Sweepstakes for the Administrator’s internal purposes designed to keep the Administrator’s services secure and operations, such as for troubleshooting and testing purposes, and for service improvement, marketing, research and development purposes.

All of the information that the entrant provides will be treated as confidential and will only be used for the abovementioned purposes. The Administrator, its agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and/or representatives will not sell, share or otherwise disclose personal information of entrants with third parties including Facebook, other than to third parties lawfully engaged by the Administrator, its agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and/or representatives to fulfil the abovementioned purposes or as permitted or required by law.

Where the entrant opts-in online, the entrant expressly consents to the Administrator, its agents, affiliates, subsidiaries and/or representatives use of the entrant’s personal information to be contract to (i) promote draws, interactive features and Sweepstakes similar to the Sweepstakes; and (ii) be notified about programs, special events and related products and services of the Administrator. The entrant may at any time elect to opt-out without revoking the entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or impairing the entrant’s chances of winning.

13.           Disputes

This Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of Canada and the Province of British Columbia, without respect to conflict of law doctrines. As a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, the entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved in the first instance between the parties, and causes of actions arising out of or in any way connected with this Sweepstakes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Vancouver, British Columbia having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall the entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, other that the entrant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes). The entrant further waives all rights and remedies to have damages multiplied or increased.

14.           Contact for Questions

In the event any entrant suspects that a technical error has occurred, believes their entry was not properly submitted, or has questions or complaints about this Sweepstakes or its administration, the entrant must contract the Administrator at contests@rivaltech.com and not the Sweepstakes Sponsor or any other third party, who have not sponsored, endorsed or administered, or are associated with this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to Facebook Inc., Visa Inc., Amazon.com.ca Inc., Amazon.com LLC, [JM3] and any and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates.

 [JM1]If we are using other platforms, we have to mention them here as well i.e. twitter or if the incentive comes from somewhere aside from amazon

replace with details of prize i.e. Visa gift card and legal if Visa [JM2]

add additional third parties as needed (recruiting platforms, incentive fulfillment i.e. Visa) [JM3]