Contest Rule & Regulations
Nexera™ canola Gator Giveaway Contest 2010
Sponsor: Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
Contest: NexeraTM canola Gator Giveaway Contest 2010
Dates: Contest begins June 1 (00:00:01, PT) and ends October 31, 2010 (23:59:59, PT). Draw will be made on December 1, 2010
Prize: One prize will be awarded consisting of a 2010 John Deere Gator™ TS (standard equipment only). Approx. retail value $10,000.00. Prize must be picked up at the winner's expense at the John Deere dealership closest to the winner's farm. All licenses and other expenses associated with the John Deere Gator are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Winner selection: A random selection to determine the winner will be made on or about December 1, 2010 from among all eligible entries received. The odds of being selected will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. Winner will be notified of their having won by registered mail at the municipal mailing address stated on their entry form. If winner does not return their release received as part of the winner's notification within 30 days of it having been sent to the winner by sponsor that person will automatically forfeit their prize and nothing will be given to that person and the prize will then be re-awarded. If winner does not take delivery of their prize within two months of notification of their having won being sent to them, that person will automatically forfeit their prize and nothing will be awarded to them.
By accepting their Prize, the winner agrees to waive all recourse against the contest sponsor, and those associated with them no matter what the reason including if the contest sponsor has been negligent in any way in the conduct of the contest and without limiting the generality of the foregoing if any part of the prize or any services that form part of the prize, do not prove satisfactory, either in whole or in part.
Entry: No Purchase necessary. To enter, if you received an entry form in the mail, fully complete the entry form including answering the questionnaire appearing on the entry form and mail it back to sponsor (incomplete entry forms will not be entered; the questionnaire does not constitute the contest's skill testing question). If you did receive an entry form in the mail visit healthierfarming.ca, click on the Contest entry icon, and an entry form will appear; fully complete all information on the entry form and press submit and your entry will be entered. Only one entry per eligible farm owner per method of entering.
Restrictions: To enter, a person must be a resident of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and/or Manitoba who has reached the age of majority at the time of entry and who is the owner of a farm in their respective Province of residence that has a minimum of 40 acres (employees of such a farm will be eligible to enter in their own names but if they do so the entry will be deemed to be made in the name of the owner of the farm, which owner must meet all eligibility criteria noted in this paragraph and any prize resulting from that employee's entry will be awarded in the name of the owner of the farm.) Employees of the sponsor, , are not eligible to enter.
By entering, contestants agree: (i) to the contest rules (in the event of any conflict with anything contained in these Official Rules and promotion details contained in advertising and other promotion materials, the details of the promotion set forth in these Official Rules shall govern and prevail) (ii) to the use of the entrant's personal information for purposes of administering this contest and (iii) to the use without compensation of the entrant's photograph, filmed or recorded image, name and city of residence in all publicity campaigns related to the contest including on the sponsor's web site and including in any newsletter or publication published by sponsor (the "publicity usages").
Before being declared a winner, a selected entrant must: (i) have first correctly answerwithout mechanical or other assistance, sponsor's mathematical, skill-testing question, (ii) be in full compliance with these rules and (iii) sign and return sponsor's release within 30 days of it having been sent. Potential prize winners who do not or fail to comply fully with the contest rules will automatically forfeit their opportunity to win that prize and nothing else will be substituted or given to that potential winner and an alternate winner will be chosen in their place.
General rules: Contest is sponsored by Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. (the "sponsor") No correspondence will be entered into except with a potential winner. The decision of sponsor and their representatives in respect of any matter related to this contest (either before or following selection) is final and without appeal. Contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws.
All entries become the property of the sponsor. Entries will be rejected if not fully completed. Persons tampering with or abusing the entry policy will be disqualified. The sponsor, including its agents, representatives and those associated with them, are not responsible for any entry, a prize winning notification or the claim for prize, which fails to get entered, is lost, misdirected or which arrives late, as the case may be, whether or not due to the fault of the sponsor or of any other person or thing and whether or not due to an interrupted or unavailable browser or network server or malfunction, congestion, incompatibility, misconnection or miscommunication, failed or lost computer transmissions, or if the sponsor's Email/Web site portal is compromised by virus, bugs, unauthorized human or unauthorized non-human intervention, or for any technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on line systems, servers access providers, computer equipment, software failures, or failure of any entry to be received due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or sponsor's web site or other similar technical problems beyond the reasonable control of the sponsor (collectively, the "technical problems"). Proof of transmission (screenshots) does not constitute proof of delivery.
The sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend or suspend the on-line portion of the contest, in its sole discretion, if any of the foregoing technical problems prevents the fair or proper administration of the on-line portion of the contest and if sponsor does so, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, sponsor further reserves the right when terminating the on-line portion of the contest to conduct the drawing that includes both mailed-in entries and those valid on-line entries previously received during the contest period.
The Contest sponsor will have no liability whatsoever if for any reason the contest is not capable of running as planned due to technical problems, including due to computer virus, bugs, unauthorized tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes. The Contest sponsor reserves their right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or to be acting in violation of these rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Contest sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this contest or from downloading any material from the contest Website or elsewhere. Entries, no-purchase entry requests, etc. generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
Prize must be accepted as awarded, in the name of the winner (if the entry was submitted by an employee of an eligible farm, the prize will be awarded to and in the name of the owner of that farm), no cash value will be given for the prize and no substitution will be made for the prize (and without limiting the foregoing, prizes may not be sold or traded). The approximate retail values of a prize as stated in advertising or other promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, are subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, the passage of time between the date the respective approximate retail value is stated by the Sponsor and the date the respective prize is awarded or redeemed. If, at the time a prize is redeemed or awarded, the actual prevailing retail purchase price for the prize is less than the approximate retail value stated by the Sponsor in advertising and promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, the prize winner will not be entitled to the price difference. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, and for any reason, reserves the right to: (i) place reasonable restrictions on the availability or use of a prize or (ii) substitute a prize or aspect of a prize of equal or greater value for a prize or aspect stated in the rules and advertising and promotion materials as being offered to be awarded.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of the person who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account through which the entry was made. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be requested to provide the Contest sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the potentially winning entry.
By completing the entry form all entrants consent to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information by the Contest sponsor for the purposes of: (i) running the contest (ii) as permitted by these rules (for example, pursuant to these rules, all entrants who accept a prize consent to the use of their personal information for publicity usages) including as permitted by any release signed and (iii) unless the entrants opts out (by checking the opt out box on the entry form) to the receipt of marketing information from the Sponsor about the Sponsor's products and services. Personal information is defined as anything that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age, home address, email address, gender. Contest sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering the Contest. Learn more about sponsor's privacy policy by visiting www.dowagro.ca. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest sponsor should be addressed to the Contest sponsor at: Privacy Officer, Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc., 2100 - 450 1 St. SW, Calgary AB, T2P 5H1.