Terms & Conditions 1 Million Facebook Fans Giveaway
Quest Nutrition LLC
- Sponsorship and Eligibility
This sweepstakes is sponsored by Quest Nutrition, LLC, 2233 El Segundo Boulevard, El Segundo, CA 90245 (“Quest”). There is no purchase necessary to enter or win. This sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the fifty United States and Washington, DC, as well as legal residents of the United Kingdom, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry; however, the sweepstakes is void where prohibited by law. Employees of Quest and its affiliates, licensees, franchisees, advertising and promotional agencies and the immediate family members are not eligible. Immediate family members are a person’s parents, siblings and children.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES.
- Qualification Period
The period for submitting entries for the prize drawings of the sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time-California) on January 10, 2015 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time-California) on January 13, 2015. This time period is called the “qualification period” or the “entry period.”
Entry Procedures
Fans of Quest’s Facebook page may enter the sweepstakes by liking and commenting on a specific post from the Quest Facebook page directing them to do so. What a fan says in her comment will have no effect on whether she is a winner. This is a sweepstakes drawing and winners are chosen by a random drawing from all of the eligible entries. Each person may enter only once. Persons entering more than once will be disqualified
- Duties of Participants; Limitation of Liability; Disputes
By entering, participants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of Quest which shall be final. All federal, state, and local laws apply. Quest and the employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and representatives of Quest and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising, promotion and legal advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware, or software program, network, Internet, web site, social media platform or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties; (iii) errors in transmission or reception; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Quest that may cause the sweepstakes to be disrupted or interrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by a prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of a prize, or from participation in the sweepstakes; (vi) errors in these official rules or their interpretation or enforcement; or (vii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the sweepstakes. By participating in the sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Quest and the employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and representatives of Quest and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising, promotion and legal advisors (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, or cause of action for any damages (including, without limitation, all consequential, punitive, and incidental damages), liability, loss, cost, fees (including attorneys’ fees), including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize, and for claims based on publicity rights and intellectual property rights, defamation or invasion of privacy. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these official rules or this sweepstakes shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service. The place of any arbitration shall be Los Angeles, California.
- Violation of Sweepstakes Rules
Quest reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to (a) void any and all entries of an entrant who Quest believes has attempted to tamper with or impair the administration, security, or fairness of the sweepstakes, and/or (b) disqualify any participant or winner who, in its sole determination, tampers with the entry process, submits more than a single entry or violates these official rules.
- Selection of Winners; Chances of Winning
Prizes will be awarded in a random drawing held after the Qualification Period on January 13, 2015 from among all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the total number of entries received. There will ten (10) winners randomly selected to win the Prize (described below), and one (1) winner of those ten (10) winners will be randomly selected to win the Grand Prize (defined below).
- Description of Prizes
Quest will select at random from the eligible entries ten (10) Prize Winners. The drawing will be for the following Prize: USD $50 worth of credit per month for a total of 12 months in Quest’s online store. Winners will be able to use this credit to purchase whichever Quest products they choose. Redemption period for winner’s prize begins February 1, 2015 and ends February 1, 2016.
- Notification of Winners; Substitution of Prizes
Prize Winners will be notified in the comments section of the Facebook post they commented on and liked on January 13, 2015 that they are winners. Quest reserves the right to use additional means to contact winners, at its sole discretion. If a Prize Winner does not respond to notification as a winner by January 15, 2015, then the prize will be forfeited and an alternate Prize winner will be selected at random from the remaining eligible entries. If the alternate Prize winner does not respond to notification as a winner by January 17, 2015, then the prize will be forfeited and Quest shall have the option of either (a) selecting an additional alternate Prize winner at random from the remaining eligible entries, or (b) not selecting an alternate Prize winner and allowing the prize to remain forfeited.
Winners may not substitute or transfer prizes. Quest reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event a prize is unavailable. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. All taxes on prize are winners’ responsibility. Limit: one prize per household.
- Permissions
Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use winners’ names, hometown cities and states, voices and likenesses for online posting, and/or any advertising and publicity in any form without additional compensation. Winners may also be required to sign and return a release of liability, declaration of eligibility and, where lawful, a publicity consent agreement, as conditions of receiving a prize. Failure to comply with the aforementioned conditions shall be grounds for forfeiture of a prize. In such a case, an alternate winner will be selected at random from the eligible entries.
- General Conditions
In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Sweepstakes is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, bug, worm, unauthorized human intervention or other technical problem, or in the event the Sweepstakes is unable to run as planned for any other reason, as determined by Quest in its sole discretion, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Sweepstakes to address the impairment and then resume the Sweepstakes in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) terminate the Sweepstakes and, in the event of termination, award the prize at random from among the eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to damage the website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Quest reserves the right to seek damages (including attorneys’ fees) and any other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by Quest to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- Release and Limitations of Liability
By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and hold harmless Quest, and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, other companies associated with Sweepstakes, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, representatives, and agents (the Released Parties) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto), including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors associated with the Sweepstakes, including lost, interrupted or unavailable Internet Service Provider (ISP), network, server, wireless service provider, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cellular tower or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes; (c) mechanical, network, electronic, computer, human, printing or typographical errors; (d) application downloads, (e) any other errors or problems in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes, the announcement of the winner, the cancellation or postponement of the event and/or the flyover, if applicable, the incorrect downloading of the application the processing of entries application downloads or in any Sweepstakes-related materials; or (f) injury, death, losses or damages of any kind, to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrants participation in the Sweepstakes or acceptance, receipt or misuse of the prize (including any travel or activity related thereto). Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes, and in no event shall the entrant be entitled to receive attorneys’ fees. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
- Permissions
Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use winners’ names, hometown cities and states, voices and likenesses for online posting, and/or any advertising and publicity in any form without additional compensation. Winners may also be required to sign and return a release of liability, declaration of eligibility and, where lawful, a publicity consent agreement, as conditions of receiving a prize. Failure to comply with the aforementioned conditions shall be grounds for forfeiture of a prize. In such a case, an alternate winner will be selected at random from the eligible entries.
- Disputes
Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in California. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrants rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than California.
- Privacy
By submitting to the Sweepstakes, entrant waives any privacy expectations that entrant may have with respect to submissions.
Entrants agree and acknowledge that personal data submitted with an entry, including name, mailing address, phone number, and email address may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used by Sponsor and its affiliates for the purposes of conducting and administering the Sweepstakes. All personal information that is collected from Entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, located at: http://www.questnutrition.
End of Official Sweepstakes Rules
