Global Weather School Contest Rules and Regulations
GLOBAL WEATHER SCHOOL (THE “CONTEST”) IS INTENDED TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA ONLY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAW. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. VOID IN WHOLE OR PART WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES (THE “CONTEST RULES”).
ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must:
(a) be a legal resident of the province of ALBERTA;
(b) be of the age of majority in his/her province or territory of residence or older at the time of entry;
(c) be the parent or legal guardian of a child age nine (9) to eleven (11) (the “Child”) and be entering
the Contest on behalf of their Child.
Employees of Shaw Television Limited Partnership (“Shaw”), its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, judges of the Contest and the household members of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest.
Shaw shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to Shaw for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Shaw reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.
CONTEST PERIOD.
The Contest entry period begins at 5:00am Mountain Daylight Time (“MDT”) on Sunday, February 1, 2015 and ends at 11:59 p.m. MDT on Friday, February 20, 2015 (the “Contest Period”) after which time the Contest Period will be closed and no further entries shall be accepted.
HOW TO ENTER.
There is no purchase necessary to enter the Contest. To register/enter, go to Globalnews.ca (Contest Website) click on your local market, then click on contest, then on the “Global Weather School” contest button and fill out and submit an entry form as instructed prior to entry deadline. No entries will be accepted by any other means.
Limit of one (1) entry per person per Contest. In the case of multiple entries, only the first entry will be considered and the remainder will be void.
All entries become the sole property of Shaw and will not be returned for any reason. Entries must be received prior to the deadline for entry for that Contest. Entries will be declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged, garbled or mechanically or electronically reproduced. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with those selected as a potential prize winner.
Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the entry. For the purpose of this Contest, “authorized account holder” of an e-mail address 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 responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Each selected entrant may be required to provide Global with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.
PRIZE.
There are a total of eight (8) prizes to be won – four (4) to take place in city of Edmonton and four (4) to take place in the city of Calgary. Each prize consists of the following:
A classrooms visit from one of our local Global Weather Specialist to occur before June 1, 2015. Each visit will be one (1) hour in length. The Weather specialist will work with the teacher in advance of his/her visit to discuss what they’ll be teaching the students. Each visit will be informative, fun and interactive that will leave a lasting impression on all the students.
At the end of the classroom visits the Global Weather Specialist will take a classroom photo that will be shared the next day on the Morning News weather segment.
FINALIST SELECTION
Winners shall be selected as follows:
Out of all the entries received, four (4) random entries will be selected on Monday, February 23, 2015 in each participating Global Market, Shaw and/or its designated agents (the “Judges”) will review each entry and eligibility and content (to ensure its compliance with the Contest Rules), the Judges shall select four (4) entrants as potential Winners from all eligible entries received.
Odds of being selected as a potential winner depend on the number of eligible entries received by Shaw.
Before being declared a winner, the selected potential prize winner shall be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered during a pre-arranged telephone call or by e-mail and to sign and return the Release (described below).
If the selected entrant does not respond within three (3) days of notification, they will be disqualified and another eligible entrant may be selected (in Global’s sole discretion) by random draw as a potential prize winner until such time as an entrant satisfies the terms set out herein and the prize is awarded.
If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing or any other aspect of the Contests, there are more selected entrants than contemplated in these Contest Rules, there will be a random draw amongst all eligible prize claimants to award the correct number of prizes.
The odds of being selected as a potential Winner are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received by Shaw. Before being declared a Winner, each selected entrant shall be required to comply with the Contest Rules and sign and return the Release (described below).
The Judges, in their absolute discretion, shall select the Winners based upon the above Criteria. The decisions of the Judges shall be final and binding and may not be challenged in any way.
EACH SELECTED ENTRANT WILL BE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE NO LATER THAN THE APPLICABLE DATE AND TIME AS SET OUT IN (A) ABOVE AND MUST RESPOND WITHIN THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS OF NOTIFICATION. Upon notification, the selected entrant must respond by telephone to the contact number provided in the notification, and the selected entrant’s response must be received by Shaw Media within Three (3) business days of such notification. If the selected entrant does not respond in accordance with the Contest Rules, he/she will be disqualified and will not receive a Prize and another entrant may be selected in the Shaw’s sole discretion until such time as an entrant satisfies the terms set out herein. Shaw is not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected entrant to receive notification or for Shaw to receive a selected entrant’s response.
RELEASE.
Before being declared a Winner, each selected entrant, on behalf of his/her Child, will each be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms Winners’ and his/her Child’s: (i) eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of the Prize as offered; (iii) release of Shaw and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and/or related companies and each of their employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, sponsors, administrators, licensees, representatives, advertising, media buying and promotional agencies (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation in the Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any Prize, including but not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising there from; and (iv) grants to Shaw the unrestricted right, in Shaw’s sole discretion, to produce, reproduce, publish, reproduce, convert, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, translate, adapt and otherwise use and re-use the Work and Winner’s and Child’s name, photograph, likeness, voice and biography in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in connection with the Contest and the promotion and exploitation thereof. The executed Releases must be returned within two (2) business days of the date indicated on the accompanying letter of notification or the verification as a Winner or the selected entrant will be disqualified and the Prize forfeited.
INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT.
By entering the Contest, entrant, and entrant on behalf of his/her Child, releases and holds Releases harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant, entrant’s Child or any other person, including personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any Prize, participation in the Contest, any breach of the Contest Rules, or in any Prize-related activity. The entrant, and the entrant on behalf of his/her Child, agrees to fully indemnify Releases from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.
RIGHTS CLEARANCE.
By providing the Work to Shaw in connection with the Contest, each entrant shall retain all right, title and interest (including copyright) in and to the Work, and shall grants to Shaw a worldwide, gratuitous, irrevocable, and exclusive license to copy, use, modify, reproduce, display, adapt and transmit the Work for use in all media now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity beginning on the date of entry, including, but not limited to, in connection with the administration, promotion and exploitation of the Contest. The entrant hereby confirms that the Work is an original work, solely created by the entrant, and that no third party participated as an author, co-author, photographer or otherwise in the creation of the Work or any part thereof. Shaw assumes no responsibility for any claims of infringement of rights to copyright, privacy and/or personality, and all such liability shall remain with the entrant. In addition, each entrant represents to Shaw that the Work does not infringe any copyright interest of any third party and that the Work is not defamatory or obscene and does not violate any laws relating to hate speech or otherwise. Shaw reserves the right to exclude any Work on the basis of concerns relating to the rights of third parties, including but not limited to privacy, copyright, defamation, rights of personality, obscenity or hate speech, as determined by Shaw in its sole discretion.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Shaw assumes no responsibility or liability for lost, late, unintelligible/illegible, falsified, damaged, misdirected or incomplete entries, notifications, responses, replies or any Release, or for any computer, online, software, telephone, hardware or technical malfunctions that may occur, including but not limited to malfunctions that may affect the transmission or non-transmission of an entry. Shaw is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest. Shaw assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Shaw is not responsible for any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, e-mail, players, or browsers, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any website, or on account of any combination of the foregoing or otherwise. Shaw is not responsible for any injury or damage to entrant or to any computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest. Entrant assumes liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any Prize. Shaw assumes no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the control of Shaw, such as infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, and/or the Contest Website (as defined below).
CONDUCT.
By participating in the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules, which will be posted at the Contest Website and made available throughout the Contest Period. Entrant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Judges and Shaw, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Shaw reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant found to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest and/or the Contest Website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Shaw Media Inc. property or service; and/or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST WEBSITE OR ANY RELATED WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SHAW RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. Each Winner and/or his/her Child must at all times behave appropriately when taking part in the Prize and observe the Contest Rules and any other rules or regulations in force at the Studio. Shaw reserves the right to remove from the Studio any Winner and/or his/her Child who breaks such rules and/or fails to behave appropriately and to disqualify such Winner and/or his/her Child.
PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
(a) By participating in the Contest, each entrant: (i) acknowledges and agrees that if selected as a Winner, his/her Child will be photographed and filmed as part of live, on air broadcast(s) of the Program and grants consent on behalf of their Child to participate in such live taping(s) of the Program; (ii) grants to Shaw the right to use his/her name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address (“Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Winners; (iii) grants to Shaw the right, on behalf of his/her Child, to use his/her Child’s name and/or likeness for the purpose of administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing the Winners; (iv) grants to Shaw the right to use his/her Personal Information and his/her Child’s name and likeness for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Contest, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without further compensation unless prohibited by law; and (v) acknowledges that Shaw may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party agents and service providers of Shaw in connection with any of the activities listed in (i) and (ii)above.
(b) Shaw will use the entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes, and protect the entrant’s Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with Shaw’s Privacy Policy at: www.shawmedia.ca/privacy.asp.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by Shaw and/or its affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited. SHAW MEDIA is a trade-mark of Shaw Cablesystems G.P., used under licence.
TERMINATION.
Shaw reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend the Contest, and/or the Contest Rules in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior notice.
LAW.
These are the official Contest Rules. The Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. The Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over Shaw. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Contest Rules or the rights and obligations as between the entrant and Shaw in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario including procedural provisions without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws.
LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY.
In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control.