Trojan 2023 Social “Closer Together, Far Away” Contest (“Contest”): Official Rules
1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A
PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED BY LAW OR REGULATION. The Contest begins on February 6th at 9:00:00
a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on February 20th at 11:59:59p.m. ET (“Entry
Period”).
2. ACCEPTANCE OF
RULES: Entry in the Contest does not constitute entry into any other
contests. Each Entrant (as defined below) who submits an entry in the Contest,
unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official
Rules and the decisions of Church & Dwight Canada Corp., 635 Secretariat
Ct, Mississauga, ON L5S 0A5 (the “Sponsor”), whose decisions shall be final and
legally binding in all respects. This Contest will be run in accordance with
these Rules, subject to amendment by the Sponsor.
3. ELIGIBILITY: Participants
must be a legal resident of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the age
of majority in their province or territory of residence at the time of entry
(“Entrant”). Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, administrator, and
each of their affiliated companies, subsidiaries, licensees, franchisees,
distributors, dealers, sales representatives, their advertising and Contest
agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Contest
(collectively, the “Contest Entities”), and each of their immediate family
members and/or people living in the same household are not eligible to
participate. Eligibility is subject to
all federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations.
4. HOW TO ENTER: No
purchase necessary. At the start of the Entry Period, the Sponsor will post a
Contest-related post (“Contest Post”) on its Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/trojancanada/
(“@trojancanada”) and its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TrojanCanada/
(“Trojan Facebook Page”).
There are two
methods to enter into the contest:
Instagram:
Entrants must: (i) log into
their personal Instagram account, (ii) follow @trojancanada, (iii) like the
Contest Post, and (iv) tag one (1) friend in the comment section of the Contest
Post. The completion of all foregoing
criteria during the Entry Period will result in one (1) entry into the Contest.
Facebook:
Entrants must: (i) log into
their personal Facebook account, (ii) like the Contest Post, (iii) tag one (1)
friend in the comment section of the Contest Post. The completion of all
foregoing criteria during the Entry Period will result in one (1) entry into
the Contest.
Limit one (1)
entry per Entrant, regardless of entry method.
To participate in the Contest, you must have a valid
Facebook or Instagram account that is in good standing. If you do not have a
Facebook or Instagram account, visit www.facebook.com or www.instagram.com and
register in accordance with the enrollment instructions for a free
account. The terms
and conditions for creating and maintaining a Facebook or Instagram account are
at the sole discretion of Facebook and Instagram, and can be found on the
Facebook or Instagram website. The Contest is open to existing Facebook or
Instagram account holders as well as new account holders.
Entries from Facebook or Instagram users with “protected”
updates (i.e., user has set their account so that only people the user has
approved can view their updates) cannot be accepted for entry into the Contest.
In case of a dispute over the identity of an Entrant, the
authorized account holder of the Facebook or Instagram profile used for a
particular entry will be deemed to be the Entrant. "Authorized account holder" is
defined as the natural person who is assigned to an Instagram profile by www.instagram.com
or a Facebook profile by www.facebook.com. Potential winners may be
required to show valid proof of being authorized account holder of the Facebook
or Instagram profile associated with their potentially winning entry.
Although it is
free to enter the Contest, if you opt to access the Contest via your wireless
mobile device, data rates may apply according to the terms and conditions of
your service agreement with your wireless carrier. Other charges may apply
(such as normal airtime and carrier charges as well as charges for wireless
Internet access) and may appear on your mobile phone bill or be deducted from
your prepaid account balance. Wireless carriers' rate plans may vary, and you
should contact your wireless carrier for more information on messaging rate
plans and charges relating to your participation in this Contest. Mobile device
service may not be available in all areas. Check your phone's capabilities for
specific instructions. Sponsor is not responsible for any charges.
5. ENTRY CRITERIA:
An entry may not contain any content: (i) that is
unlawful, hateful, offensive or obscene, (ii) which incites, solicits,
promotes, or provides information about illegal or criminal activities, (iii)
that abuses, threatens, promotes, or instigates physical harm or death to
others, or the Entrant themselves, (iv) that promotes and/or contains the
addresses of other websites, (v) that victimizes, harasses, degrades, or
intimidates an individual or group of
individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race,
ethnicity, age, or disability; (vi) that
infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of
publicity, or other intellectual
property right of any party, (vii) that constitutes unauthorized or
unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk
e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, pyramid
schemes, the promotion of particular
stocks of shares and other financial products and services, or any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or
any form of lottery or gambling, (viii) that contains software viruses or any other computer code,
files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of
any software, hardware, or telecommunications
equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or
other information of any third party;
(ix) that impersonates any person or entity, including any of the Sponsor’s employees, dealers, or representatives, (x)
that solicits personal information from another user, (xi) that, in any other manner, is deemed by
the Sponsor to be inappropriate to the well-being of others, (xii) that communicates and/or
exchanges a message of any kind, third party phone numbers, mobile numbers, e-mails or home
addresses and any other personal details; (xiii) which is inconsistent with the positive
messaging which the Sponsor wishes to communicate; (xiv) disparages any persons or organizations,
especially those associated with the Sponsor; or (xv) invades the privacy or other rights of
any person, firm, or entity, all of which is to be evaluated by the Sponsor in
its sole and absolute discretion (collectively the “Entry Criteria”). The
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual
and entry found: (i) to be tampering with the entry
process or the operation of the Contest; (ii) to be acting in violation of the
Rules; (iii) to be acting in an un-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner; (iv) to
be in violation of any of the Entry Criteria specified above; or (v) to be
engaging in any other offensive conduct that jeopardizes the integrity and/or
administration of the Contest, which shall be determined at the Sponsor’s sole
discretion.
6. PRIZES: There
is one (1) grand prize available to be won in Canada, excluding Quebec.
Grand Prize: There
is one (1) Grand Prize available to be won consisting of approximately $6,000.00
(CDN) total value issued in the form of one (1) Travel voucher. Travel voucher
includes: 2 x round-trip flights and accommodation for one week at an all-inclusive
resort, to be determined once the winners are selected. Additionally, associated
Church & Dwight product over and above the $6,000.00 (CDN) retail value comprising
the items listed as part of the Grand Prize. Only one (1) Grand Prize will be
awarded.
Limit of one (1) Grand Prize for the winning Entrant.
The Sponsor will not be held to award more prizes than as
set out in these Official Rules. The chances of winning are solely dependent on
the total number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period.
Any prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable,
non-refundable, has no cash-surrender value, and must be accepted as awarded
with no substitutions. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to substitute and/or modify any prize with (a) prize(s) of equal or greater
value for any reason.
7. WINNER
SELECTION: The Grand Prize Contest
winner will be drawn via a random draw on February 21st at approximately
12:00 p.m. ET, one (1) entry will be selected randomly from among all eligible
entries received during the Entry Period by the Sponsor. The entry selected
will be deemed the potential winner of the Grand Prize.
8. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Each prize winner
will be notified through direct message on Facebook or Instagram, depending on
the platform the selected entry was submitted, within one (1) business day of
the random draw (“Winner Notification”). If a selected Entrant cannot be
contacted within one (1) business day of the first attempt to contact
(including failing to response to the Winner Notification), or, if contacted,
does not claim their prize, or does not meet all of the Contest conditions
outlined in these Official Rules, the selected Entrant will be disqualified and
forfeits their prize, and another Entrant may be randomly drawn from among all
remaining eligible entries whom a representative of the Sponsor will attempt to
contact, and who will be subject to the same qualification as set out in these
Official Rules. This process will continue until contact is made with a
selected Entrant who meets Contest requirements or until there are no more
eligible entries, whichever comes first. Sponsor shall have no liability for
any potential prize-winning notification that is lost, intercepted or not
received by any potential Contest winner for any reason. Upon prize forfeiture,
no compensation will be given.
9. WINNER
CONDITIONS: To be declared a winner, a selected Entrant must first: (i) have complied with, be in compliance with, and continue
to comply with these Official Rules; (ii) correctly answer, unaided, a
time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question to be administered via email
within one (1) business day; and (iii) sign and return a Declaration of
Eligibility and Release form within a specified period of time of one (1)
business day.
10. PRIZE
DISTRIBUTION: The prize winner (which, for clarity, includes only the
winning Entrant) will receive their voucher via email. No responsibility is
assumed by the Sponsor or any affiliated companies for the prize after it has
been delivered. The Sponsor and all affiliated companies make no
representations or warranties of any kind concerning the prizes. Unclaimed
prizes will not be awarded. Failure to redeem a prize (or prize portion) will
result in forfeiture of the prize and unused portions of the prize have no cash
value. Prize winners are responsible for any applicable taxes related to any
prize received. Winner bears all risk of loss or damages to prizes after
delivery.
11. DISQUALIFICATION:
Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any
individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation
of the Contest, to be acting in violation
of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsman-like
or disruptive manner, or with the intent
to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, or to disparage, annoy, abuse, threaten or harass
any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any
such person to the fullest extent permitted by
law. No incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated
multiple entries will be accepted. Sponsor takes no responsibility for lost, delayed,
damaged, late or destroyed entries, typographical or other production errors,
or any errors or omissions in printing or advertising related to this Contest.
Any attempt by any Entrant to obtain more than the stated maximum number of
entries by using multiple/different names, e-mail addresses, identities,
registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that Entrant’s entries
and eligibility to win any prize and that Entrant will be disqualified from the
Contest and, at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, any of the Sponsor’s other
promotions. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar
entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, contest entry services)
will void all entries by that Entrant.
12. SEVERABILITY: The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event
that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or
illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be
construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision
were not contained herein.
13. MODIFICATION/TERMINATION:
Subject to applicable law, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion and without liability, to terminate or suspend the Contest in whole
or in part, or modify the Official Rules of the Contest at any time without
notice, if fraud, technical failures including any network server or hardware
failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or communications or any other
errors or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor that corrupts the administration, integrity or
security of the Contest or if any other factor interferes with the conduct of this Contest as
contemplated by these Official Rules, or for any other reason at the sole
discretion of the Sponsor. In such event, the Sponsor may, in its sole
discretion, choose to select the winners via random drawing from among all
eligible entries received up until the time of cancellation, termination,
modification, or suspension.
14. PRIVACY: The
Sponsor is collecting personal data about Entrants for the purpose of
administering this Contest. Entrant’s personal information will not be used for
any further informational or marketing communications.
15. PUBLICITY: By
accepting a prize, the winner agrees that the Sponsor and its respective
designees may use their name, photographs, videos, likeness, city of residence,
biographical information, prize information and/or statements about this
Contest for advertising and/or publicity purposes in any and all media (now or
hereafter known) throughout the world, in perpetuity without compensation,
notification, or permission, unless otherwise prohibited by law. Because the
tagged individual is not technically an entrant to the contest, no information
should be collected about such individual and separate consent shall be sought
if the Sponsor will be taking and using any information, including their
likeness about the contest.
16. LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY: Sponsor and the Contest Entities are not responsible for, and Entrant hereby releases Sponsor and the
Contest Entities from any claims arising from: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but
not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii)
the unavailability or inaccessibility of any
transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human
intervention in any part of the entry
process or the Contest; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in
the administration of the Contest or the
processing of entries; (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to
Entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or
in part, from Entrant's participation in the Contest and (vi) use of any prize.
17. DISPUTES: All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
Entrants and the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario without
giving effect to its conflict of law rules and provisions. All Entrants consent
to the jurisdiction and venue of the Province of Ontario. All Entrants
expressly agree that the Ontario courts shall have sole jurisdiction over any
dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and agree to
submit to the laws of and the jurisdiction of the federal courts of Canada and
provincial courts of the Province of Ontario, and hereby waive the jurisdiction
of any other court that now or in the future could be considered competent for
any reason. The venue shall only be Toronto, Ontario.
18. SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM: This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by,
or associated with Facebook or Instagram. You understand that you are providing
your information to the Sponsor and not to Facebook or Instagram. Facebook or
Instagram are completely released of any and all liability by each Entrant in
this Contest. Any questions, comments or concerns about the Contest must be
directed to the Sponsor and not Facebook or Instagram.
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reserved. The use of any prize manufacturer, name or trademark in connection
with any of the prizes is solely for the purpose of describing such prize, and
is not intended to suggest any affiliation or sponsorship.
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