1. Eligibility Requirements: OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE U.S WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND ARE LOCATED IN U.S. AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. AND WHERE PROHIBITED.Employees, contractors, directors and officers of the Bay Area News Group (“Sponsor”) and each of their respective parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, retailers, distributors, manufacturers, web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and sweepstakes agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Sweepstakes (collectively, “Sweepstakes Parties”), and the immediate family members of each (spouse, parent, child, sibling, or grandparent) and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Sweepstakes) are not eligible to participate.
2. Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 am Pacific Time ("PT") on December 15, 2018. Sponsor’s time clock is the official clock for this Sweepstakes. To Enter: Via the Internet: Log on sweepstakes.convertly.io (“Web Site”) during the Sweepstakes Period and follow the on-screen directions to properly complete and submit an online entry.. For your entry to be valid, you must complete all required information and click the “Submit” button on the entry page. No purchase is necessary. Limit one (1) entry per person, email address, account, and/or household throughout the Sweepstakes Period, regardless of method of entry. Automated methods of entry and the use of third-party software or web site to enter are prohibited. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries using multiple/different e-mail addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void such entries and that entrant may be disqualified by Sponsor. All received entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
3. Winner(s) (“Winner” or “Winners”) will be selected in a random drawing on or about February 10, 2019 from all eligible entries received. Sponsor’s decisions shall be final and binding on all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Sweepstakes if Sponsor does not receive more than 20 eligible entries.
4. Two Winners will be awarded the Grand Prize of a website and digital marketing package. One Grand Prize Winner to be an eCommerce website (“eCommerce Website”) with up to 10 pages, excluding products pages. The eCommerce Website will be hosted for free for three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement, after which a $30 monthly maintenance fee applies. This Grand Prize Winner will also be eligible for a programmatic display advertising campaign, retargeting campaign, and a social campaign (collectively, the “First Grand Prize Digital Ad Campaign”) The First Grand Prize Digital Ad Campaign will be provided for free for a duration of up to three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement.
The second Grand Prize Winner to be a non-eCommerce website (“Non-eCommerce Website”) with up to 10 pages, excluding products pages. The Non-eCommerce Website will be hosted for free for three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement, after which a $30 monthly maintenance fee applies.This Grand Prize Winner will also be eligible for a connected TV, social campaign, and a programmatic display advertising campaign (collectively, the “Second Grand Prize Digital Ad Campaign”). The Second Grand Prize Digital Ad Campaign will be provided for free for a duration of up to three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement.
The digital marketing packages for the two Grand Prize Winners are valued at $12,000 each.
Two additional Runner Up Winners will be awarded a secondary prize of a website and discounted digital marketing package. The first Runner Up Winner will receive an eCommerce Website, with up to 5 pages, excluding products pages. The eCommerce Website will be hosted for free for three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement, after which a $30 monthly maintenance fee applies. The Sponsor will also match up to $15,000 total for any expenditure by the Winner towards a programmatic display advertising campaign, retargeting campaign, and a social campaign (collectively, the “First Runner Up Digital Ad Campaign”) from the Sponsor. The First Runner Up Digital Ad Campaign will be provided for free for a duration of up to three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement.
The second Runner Up Winner will be awarded a non-eCommerce Website with up to 5 pages, excluding products pages. The Non-eCommerce Website will be hosted for free for three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement, after which a $30 monthly maintenance fee applies. The Sponsor will also match up to $15,000 total for any expenditure by the Winner towards connected TV, social campaign, and a programmatic display advertising campaign (collectively, the “Second Runner Up Digital Ad Campaign”) from the Sponsor.The Second Runner Up Digital Ad Campaign will be provided for free for a duration of up to three months from the execution date of a Services Agreement.
Properly claimed prizes will be awarded, but in no event will Sponsor award more prizes than are provided for in these Official Rules. Provision of the services comprising the prizes awarded by the Sponsor is subject to the Winner signing Sponsor’s standard services agreement for such services.Winner is responsible for all taxes on prizes.
5. No cash equivalent or substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. No transfer of prize. By participating, entrants agree to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (found at http://www.digitalfirstmedia.com/privacy-policy/) which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor will attempt to notify potential Winner by email or phone. Potential Winner will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and Publicity Release within ten (10) days of attempted notification or prize may be forfeited. If any prize or prize correspondence is returned as non-deliverable, prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or lesser value. This Sweepstakes is offered only in California and is governed by the laws of the state of California, and all claims must be resolved in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California.
6. Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, inaccurate, lost, late, illegible, or misdirected entries. No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Sweepstakes Parties resulting from user's participation in or attempt to participate in the Sweepstakes. No responsibility or liability is assumed by the Sponsor or Sweepstakes Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences, without limitation, that may affect the operation of the Sweepstakes: hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, wireless or Internet connectivity or other online communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Sweepstakes, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bug, worm; or destruction of any aspect of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, cancel or suspend the Sweepstakes if, for any reason, the Internet portion of the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned. In the event Sponsor terminates the Sweepstakes, Sponsor shall post notice thereof on all web site on which participants can enter and will pick the Winners in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received as of the Sweepstakes termination. By participating in the Sweepstakes, the entrant thereby releases Sponsor and the Sweepstakes Parties from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes. By accepting the prize, recipient agrees that the Sponsor, Sweepstakes Parties and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by Winner against, any liability for injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Sweepstakes; from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize. By accepting prize, Winner grants permission for Sponsor and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes, in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without additional compensation.
7. For the names of the Winner(s), or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope specifying “Official Rules” or “Winner List”, postmarked by January 31, 2019 and received by February 10, 2019 to: Bay Area News Group Survey Sweepstakes “Official Rules” or “Winner List” Request, Attn: Marketing Department, 4 N 2nd St., Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95113.
8. If you do not wish to receive promotional mailings from The Mercury News or East Bay Times in the future, please send an email with your name, address, and email address marcom@bayareanewsgroup.com and write “Do Not Mail” in the subject line.
9. SPONSOR: Bay Area News Group, 4 N 2nd St., Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95113.
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