2015 Global Citizen Festival Contest - “Hide and Tweet” September 18th, 2015
Terms and Conditions
The 2015 Global Citizen Festival - “Hide and Tweet” Contest begins at 11AM EDT on 18 September 2015 (the “Contest Start Date”) and ends at 1PM EDT on 18 September 2015 (the “Contest End Date”) (such period referred to herein as the “Contest Period”).
OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO RESIDE WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE (75) MILES OF THE ENTRY LOCATION (DEFINED BELOW). ENTRANTS MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OLD AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
The Contest is sponsored by Global Poverty Project, Inc (the “Sponsor”).
NO PAYMENT, ENTRY FEE OR PURCHASE REQUIRED.
To enter the Contest, become a “follower” of Global Citizen (@glblctzn) on Twitter. During the Contest Period, the Sponsor will send one or more Tweets, on the Global Citizen Twitter account with clues notifying you where to find the “Entry Location.” The Entry Location will be within the Manhattan, New York City metro area. Selected winners will be required to provide proof of identification, including residency. All entrants must bring to the Entry Location a current form of identification that includes the entrant’s current address.
1.SELECTION OF WINNERS: The first four people to reach the Entry Location will be deemed the winners (the “Contest Winners”). Sponsor’s (or its designee’s) decisions are final and binding on all aspects of this Contest and not subject to appeal. The Winners may be required to complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and, where legal, a Publicity Release, and any other documentation that Sponsor may require. In all cases, Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of residency and age and a winner will be deemed to have forfeited the prize if Sponsor, in its sole discretion, finds that the proof is unsatisfactory.
If a potential winner does not timely return requisite documents, or in the event of non-compliance with any of the requirements of these Official Rules, the prize will be forfeited and the next person to arrive at the Entry Location will be deemed the winner and confirmed in accordance with these Official Rules.
2. PRIZES: The four Contest Winners and one guest per Contest Winner will win a VIP3 ticket, plus a meet and greet with Coldplay, to the 2015 Global Citizen Festival, taking place in New York City, on 26 September 2015 (ARV: $2,400) (the “Contest Prize”).All expenses, travel, and costs for the Contest Prize are the sole responsibility of winners. Restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. Sponsor is not responsible if the Contest Winner does not use the Contest Prize.
Each Contest winner is responsible for reporting and paying all taxes associated with his/her receipt of the prize. Sponsor will withhold and/or report taxes as required by the applicable law of Sponsor’s jurisdiction and winner’s jurisdiction. The winners will not receive the difference between the actual retail value and approximate retail value. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted, and prizes cannot be redeemed for cash. Sponsor is responsible only for prize delivery and not prize utility.
3.ELIGIBILITY:
Contest open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) States of the United States and the District of Columbia who reside within seventy-five (75) miles of the Entry Location, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers or directors of the Sponsor, and its subsidiaries, affiliates (i.e., entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with, any of the foregoing entities), promotion and advertising agencies and anyone involved in the Contest’s development or execution, the immediate family members (meaning spouses, parents, siblings, children and their respective spouses) of such employees, officers and directors and members of the households of such employees, officers and directors are not eligible. By taking part in this Contest, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to permanently disqualify from this Contest any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules. Contest subject to all federal, state and local laws. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
4.CONDITIONS:
Sponsor and their respective agents, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, insurers, servants, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, predecessors, successors, representatives, advertising, Contest, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors (the “Released Entities”), are not responsible for, shall not be liable for, and hereby disclaim all liability arising from or relating to: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, misaddressed, incomplete, or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, computer or other malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, whether human or technical; (iii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer or e-mail transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, or acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, or from participation in the Contest; or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest; or (vii) the failure of any artist listed in the Contest Prize to participate herein for any reason or no reason whatsoever. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify or cancel the Contest should any unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In the event that proper administration of the Contest is prevented by such causes as contemplated above, Sponsor will pick the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such action. By participating in the Contest, participants and winners agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Entities, and all others associated with the development and execution of the Contest, from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising out of or relating to the Contest, participation in the Contest, any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, and/or acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, or any portion thereof that may have been awarded, including but not limited to statutory and common law claims for misappropriation or participant’s right of publicity. This Contest shall be governed by the law of the State of New York. By participating in this Contest, participants agree that the courts of New York State shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and that venue shall be only in the State of New York. If the winner is unable for whatever reason to attend the prize experience then Sponsor may select another winner using the random number generator.
5.WINNERS LIST:
The first name, last initial, city and state of the winner and a copy of these Official Rules will be available on the Contest Website shortly following the Drawing Date and for ninety (90) days thereafter.
6.SPONSOR:
Sponsor: Global Poverty Project, Inc 594 Broadway, Suite 207 New York NY 10012
Prize Provider and Beneficiary: Global Poverty Project, Inc 594 Broadway, Suite 207 New York NY 10012
7.NOTICE: Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute and seek damages against any individual who attempts to deliberately undermine the proper operation of the Contest in violation of these Official Rules and/or criminal and/or civil law.
8.Copyright 2015 Global Poverty Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Global Poverty Project, Inc and the associated logos are trademarks of Global Poverty Project, Inc. Any other trademarks in these Official Rules are used for prize identification purposes ONLY and are the properties of their respective owners.