Kwikset #12DaysOfKwikset SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
ELIGIBILITY
To enter Sweepstakes entrants must be 18 years or older at the time of entry and residents of and physically present in the United States including the District of Columbia. Employees (and their immediate family members or those living in the same household) of Sponsor (identified below) and its affiliated companies, subsidiaries, divisions, parent and related companies, promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Sweepstakes are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family member” includes spouses, grandparents, parents, siblings, children, and grandchildren.
HOW TO ENTER
To enter the Sweepstakes, participants must respond to a post from Kwikset on their individual Facebook page or Twitter account to enter using hashtag #12daysOf Kwikset in the caption. Kiwkset will issue 12 posts during the Sweepstakes Period defined below. You must have a valid email address and have an individual Facebook page or have a Twitter account to enter. Participants can enter once each week (defined as Monday at 12:01 AM PST until Sunday at 11:59 PM PST) during the Entry Period (defined below). Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, garbled, illegible or misdirected entries, or for any error, human, technical or otherwise, which occurs or may occur in responding to a post or processing of entries. The entry period for the Sweepstakes will commence on 12:01 A.M. on December 9, 2014 and end at 11:59:59 P.M. on December 31, 2014 (“Entry Period”). Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your online service or carrier will apply. It is your sole responsibility to notify Sponsor in writing if you change your Twitter account (“Account”). For purposes of these Official Rules all times and days are Pacific Time (either daylight savings time or standard).
START AND END DATES:
The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. PST on December 9, 2014 and ends 11:59:59 p.m. PST on December 31, 2014. Chances of winning depend on the number of eligible responses received.
HOW WINNERS ARE SELECTED:
Sponsor will randomly select one winning response per each post beginning on December 10, 2014and each day thereafter during the Entry Period, for a total of 12 winners during the Sweepstakes. The decisions of the judges and Sponsor are final and binding (without right of appeal) on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Sponsor will notify the winners by email or contact them by their Twitter handle and obtain contact information. Neglecting to respond to Sponsor and providing contact information within twenty four (24) hours of notification shall result in disqualification. In case of disqualification(s), the judges will select another winner. No responses will be eligible for consideration if submitted after the December 31, 2014. The Sweepstakes winners will be announced on www.kwikset.com and/or on Sponsor’s Facebook page each day during the Entry Period. Prizes will be delivered after January 1, 2015.
TERMS FOR RESPONDING TO THE SPONSOR’S POSTS:
All responses must be original and created by the entrant. Submissions may not contain any copyrighted or trademarked elements other than elements owned by the entrant. Use of any copyright or trademark elements owned by a third party will result in disqualification of a submission, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a submission depicts any third party, entrant must have permission from that third party.
Entrant’s Representations: By submitting the response(s) to the posts, entrant represents and warrant that (a) such responses is your own original work (and not the work of others) and you own all rights, title and interest in all aspects of the response, (b) the response does not infringe the rights of any third party, (c) the response has not previously been entered in any other contest, promotion or sweepstakes and (d) the response has not been previously published in any medium. Entrant agrees that he or she will not be entitled to any rights in, or compensation in connection with, any responses, application and/or ideas. Entrant acknowledges that he or she has submitted his or her responses voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. Entrant acknowledges that no confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between Entrant and Sponsor or any Judges and that no such relationship is established by Entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes.
Once an Entrant submits a response there will be no access to the original registration information and such participant will be unable to make any edits or changes. No response may be obscene, pornographic, violent, offensive in any manner, or in any other way not suitable to be published.
All responses become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged. By submitting a response, each Entrant hereby irrevocably grants, transfers, sells assigns and conveys to Sponsor, it successors and assigns, all present and future right, title and interest of every kind and nature whatsoever in and to the response for exploitation throughout the universe, in perpetuity, by means of any and all media and devices whether now known or hereafter devised. Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, or alter, the response for any purpose which Sponsor deems necessary or desirable and each Entrant irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have in their response.
Acceptance of prizes constitutes permission for Sponsor to use each Winner’s name, photo, hometown, likeness, photograph, address (i.e., city and state), biographical information and for purposes of advertising, online posting, promotion and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without additional compensation or consideration, unless prohibited by law. Except where prohibited by law, each Winner grants to Sponsor and its advertising agencies the right to use and publish each Winner’s photograph, proper name, likeness, opinion, biographical information and state in any media to promote Sponsor and the Sweepstakes without additional consideration or compensation.
By submitting a response to a post, you grant Sponsor the right, but not the obligation: (i) to publish any and all responses on its respective websites (and any other present or future media, including, without limitation electronic databases, print and in-store promotional materials), or other websites owned, operated by or affiliated with Sponsor without further compensation; and (ii) to modify, edit, adapt, and electronically alter responses without compensation or further notice to you.
Although Sponsor is granted the rights herein, Sponsor is not obligated to, nor does Sponsor represent or warrant that any responses submitted by you will be published on any website or otherwise, or that such publication will be free of technical errors, problems or compatibility issues and Sponsor shall have no liability related thereto. Entries generated by a script, macro, or other automated means will be disqualified. Entries that are incomplete, garbled, corrupted, illegible, or unintelligible for any reason, including, but not limited to, phone, computer or network malfunction or congestion, are void and will not be accepted. If there is a dispute as to the identity of the e-mail address, the Twitter account or the Facebook account that submitted a potentially winning response, Sponsor will deem that the response was made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address, Twitter account or Facebook account. The “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the: (a) e-mail address is assigned or (b) the Twitter or Facebook account is registered by the internet service provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for (a) assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address or (b) registering the accounts for Twitter or Instagram.
PRIZES:
A total of 12 Prizes will be awarded, 1 awarded each day during the sweepstakes period. Each Prize consists of each winner’s choice of 1 Kwikset product. The approximate retail value of each Prize will range between $150 and $350. The approximate total retail value for all the Prizes will be $3000 USD. No transfer, assignment, substitution, or cash equivalent for a Prize is permitted, except by Sponsor in its sole discretion. No cash alternative or substitution for a Prize is allowed, except Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a Prize of comparable value, if a Prize becomes unavailable for any reason. Each Prize winner is subject to verification and must execute and return to Sponsor in the time frame stated in Sponsor’s instructions all documents sent by Sponsor. Winners must select their prizes not later than January 31, 2015 or they will forfeit their prize. Each Prize winner is fully responsible for all federal, state and local taxes from winning a Prize. Winners understand and agree that they must give Sponsor their email addresses and their mailing addresses to be awarded and take delivery of a Prize.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
Sponsor reserves the right to amend the Official Rules at any time in its sole discretion at any time. Please check the Official Rules posted on Sponsor’s website for any changes/modifications. The Sponsor and its respective employees, agents and representatives are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription or loss or delay of entry or prize reply information, or for any technical or human errors associated with the Sweepstakes.
By entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, you agree: (i) to abide by and be bound to the Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (found at) http://www.spectrumbrands.com/Privacy.aspx.; (ii) Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and/or deem ineligible any individual it suspects to be in violation of, or to have failed to agree to, these Official Rules, any of the previously mentioned Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, or to be acting in a disruptive or dishonest manner; and (iii) Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes for any reason including but not limited to if fraud or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Sweepstakes as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. If, in Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if the integrity of the Sweepstakes is otherwise compromised, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void any submissions at issue (including disqualifying any individual who tampers with the submission process), and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. In the event of such cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right to award the Prizes in a random drawing from all eligible submissions received before the time of cancellation. Sponsor is not responsible for any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prizes.
You agree that submission of an entry in the Sweepstakes constitutes agreement to these Official Rules. You may not submit a response to the Sweepstakes and are not eligible to receive a Prize described in the Official Rules, unless you agree to the Official Rules. These official rules form a binding legal agreement between you and the Sponsor with respect to the Sweepstakes.
DISCLAIMER:
Sponsor and any agents acting for or on its behalf are not responsible for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of, or failure to receive entry information on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information or the failure to capture any such information. Sponsor is not responsible for any change in entrants’ e-mail addresses or mailing addresses. Further, Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to Entrants or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes or for any electronic mail that is late, lost, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, or illegible. If the Sweepstakes becomes technically corrupted or compromised due to any of the foregoing factors or non-authorized human intervention, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Sweepstakes in its entirety or to select potential Winners from all eligible submissions received prior to termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify any promotion not capable of completion as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY/GOVERNING LAW:
IN NO EVENT SHALL FACEBOOK, TWITTER, SPONSOR, OR THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND RELATED COMPANIES, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASEES”) BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DEMANDS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, DAMAGES, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING, ATTORNEYS’ FEES) OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF ENTRANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTIONS TAKEN BY ENTRANT AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON(S) TO GENERATE RESPONSES SUBMITTED IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES), THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, MISUSE, LOSS OR MISDIRECTION OF ANY PRIZE, PARTICIPATION IN ANY SWEEPSTAKES RELATED ACTIVITIES OR ACCESS TO AND USE OF ANY INTERNET SITE, AND ENTRANT AGREES TO RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, DISCHARGE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE RELEASEES FROM ANY SUCH CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DEMANDS, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, DAMAGES, COSTS AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION FROM ANY DAMAGE, INJURY, DEATH, LOSS OR OTHER LIABILITY EITHER AT LAW OR EQUITY WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ASSERTED OR NOT ASSERTED THAT MAY ARISE FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATE TO ENTRANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTIONS TAKEN BY ENTRANT AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON(S) TO GENERATE THE RESPONSES SUBMITTED IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES), OR THE AWARDING, ACCEPTANCE, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE SWEEPSTAKES AND THE PRIZE ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY ((EXCEPT FOR MANUFACTURERS’ WARRANTIES, IF ANY) OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
This Sweepstakes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of laws rules or provisions. Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in the Sweepstakes, participants agree that (a) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Sweepstakes shall be resolved without any form of class action, (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event will attorneys’ fees be awarded or recoverable; and (3) under no circumstances will Entrants be permitted to obtain any award for and Entrants hereby knowingly and expressly waive all rights to seek punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits (collectively “Special Damages”), or to have such Special Damages multiplied or increased.
Information collected from participants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy which can be found at http://www.spectrumbrands.com/Privacy.aspx. However, by entering you elect to receive occasional updates, special offers and other information from Sponsor and its affiliated and associated companies about their products and services and agree your e-mail address may be shared with those companies. On any notice you receive, you will have the opportunity to choose not to receive any subsequent notices.
WINNERS’ LIST
For a copy of the Winners’ list or a copy of these Official Rules, (please specify) email customercare@kwikset.com. All requests must be received by January 31, 2015.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT:
The Sponsor is the Home and Hardware division of Spectrum Brands, Inc., 19701 DaVinci, Lake Forest, CA 92610. Facebook and Twitter are not sponsors, administrators or endorsers of this Sweepstakes. These terms set forth the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating thereto, whether oral or written.
THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
WINNERS’ LIST:
Day 1- Dina Perrault, Facebook
Day 2- Zach Peterson, Facebook
Day 3- Tom Sides, Facebook
Day 4- Ralph Gonzales, Facebook
Day 5- Aaron Coley, Facebook
Day 6- Rlene McCurdy, Facebook
Day 7- Bethanny Ramsey, Facebook
Day 8- Judy Scoggins, Facebook
Day 9- Susan Carroll, Facebook
Day 10- Linda Finger, Facebook
Day 11- Pamela K Lloyd, Facebook
Day 12- Debbie Nigro-Meyers, Facebook
