Disclaimer & Rules

RULES

ENTRY DATES: Contest start date & time and end date & time as outlined in website posting or Social Media Post (“Entry Period”)

WHO MAY ENTER: The contest is only open to Persons with legal capacity at least 18 years old with a valid email address. Entrants are subject to all notices posted online, including but not limited to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. 

CONTEST OBJECTIVE: The objective of the Contest as outlined in website blog posting.

CONTEST ENTRY: To enter, follow the directions as outlined in the website posting. Instructions for emailing and/or registering are included on the website. All entries must be received by the date and time outlined in website posting. The term “receipt” in these Official Rules refers to when the Entry information resulting from contestants’ entry is recorded by Sponsor’s servers in the inbox and/or Comments area. It is important to note that any automated computer receipt, such as an email delivery confirmation, is not considered proof of actual receipt by the Sponsor for these Official Rules.

Entry must be the contestant’s original work, may not have been previously published, may not have won previous awards, or must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other property rights of any person and must not violate any law.

Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entry for any reason, in its sole and absolute discretion.

Odds of winning depend upon number of entries received.

JUDGING: All Entries will be judged based on judges’ determination of cleverness, wittiness, and humour, or they may be picked randomly. The top scoring or randomly picked Entry will be declared the Contest winner (“Winner”)

TIES: In the event of a tie, the Winner will be determined based on the judge’s discretion.

RAUMs decisions are final and binding.

WINNER NOTIFICATION:After the Contest’s end date, the winner(s) will be selected and notified in the manner described or yet to be determined. The winner(s) must provide a mailing or email address to receive the prize. The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify the winner(s) at their discretion for any of the following reasons: if the winner(s) have been charged with or convicted of a felony or misdemeanour, do not meet the eligibility requirements outlined above, or are delinquent on a government-ordered payment, such as child support, spousal support, alimony, tax payments, etc. If it is discovered that the winner(s) did not comply with these Official Rules, failed to return required documents within the specified timeframe, made false statements, or if the prize notification is returned as undeliverable, then the winner(s) will be disqualified. At the Sponsor’s discretion, the entry with the next highest score may be declared the alternate winner.

PRIZE & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”): Number of winners, prize and ARV as outlined in a website posting. The winner is solely responsible for all expenses, costs or fees associated with transportation and acceptance and/or use of the prize not specified herein as being awarded, including, without limitation, any taxes (if any). The winner is not a prize recipient until s/he has been verified as the Winner by the Sponsor or judges. Upon fulfilling the prize, Sponsor will be deemed to have awarded the prize to the Winner, and such Winner assumes full responsibility for the prize. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.

Just so you know, entrants acknowledge that transportation, if applicable, is not included in the prize and that any events are beyond the control of the Sponsor and are subject to being rescheduled, modified or cancelled. In that event, the Sponsor reserves the right to, at its discretion, reschedule the Contest, entry and/or end dates, modify the entry procedures, cancel the Contest, or cancel the awarding of ticket(s). Prize(s) are not redeemable for cash.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winning the Contest grants permission (unless prohibited by law) for the Sponsor to use the winner’s name, images, hometown, likeness, prize won, and photograph (all at Sponsor’s discretion) for future advertising and publicity purposes in any media, now or hereafter devised, throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification, or permission. The Contest Parties, including their officers, directors, agents, representatives, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”), are not responsible for voided Entries due to lost, late, misdirected, damaged, stolen, altered, garbled, incorrect, incomplete, or delayed submissions. Released Parties are also not responsible for technical malfunctions, including electronic equipment, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, traffic congestion on the internet or website, or other technical problems that may limit a contestant’s ability to participate in the Contest. Additionally, Released Parties are not liable for any other errors or malfunctions of any kind, whether network, printing, typographical, human or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Contest. Mass entries generated by scripts, macros, or automated devices will be disqualified. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Contest in the event of a computer virus or technical impairment. The Sponsor may also cancel or suspend the Contest entirely in the event of tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes that may corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper play of the Contest.

ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS:  By submitting an Entry, the Contestant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may obtain many submissions under this Contest and that such entries may be similar or identical in theme, idea, format or other respects to others submitted under this Contest and/or other contests staged and/or sponsored by the Sponsor, and waive any and all claims contestant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, that any composition, design, video and/or other works accepted, reviewed and/or used by the Sponsor (or its respective designees) may be similar to his/her Entry. Contestant acknowledges and agrees that the Sponsor does not have now, nor shall any of them have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to contestant’s Entry. In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users with the same email account, the authorised subscriber of the email account at the time of entry will be deemed the contestant and must comply with the Official Rules. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual and void their Entries if they find that the individual is tampering with the Entry process or the operation of the Contest or website, intending to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other contestant, Sponsor, or any of its representatives or is otherwise acting in violation of the Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately damage the website or undermine the legitimate operations of the Contest may result in criminal and civil violations. The Sponsor may seek damages from such contestants to the fullest extent permitted by law and disqualify them from the Contest.

MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS: Not adhering to these Official Rules can lead to exclusion from the Contest. Sponsor has the discretion to disqualify permanently anyone who they think has deliberately breached these Official Rules. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Contest is invalid where prohibited by law.

RELEASES: By entering this Contest, contestants agree to the Sponsor’s use of their personal information for online and offline direct marketing purposes. For details and to opt out, visit Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at https://www.raum.app/privacy-policy/.

ARBITRATION & CHOICE OF LAW:Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Contest, Contestant agrees that (1) any disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the German law.
Under no circumstances will the contestant be permitted to obtain awards for, and the contestant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than the contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Contest), and contestant (or, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of contestants and Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive German laws.

WINNERS LIST: A website / social media posting will announce the winner (s).

SPONSOR: RAUM virtual collaboration GmbH