Power to Protect Contest from Duracell®
CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
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There is no purchase necessary to enter or win the “Power to Protect” Contest from Duracell® (“Contest”) sponsored by Procter & Gamble (“Sponsor”). This contest is only open to Canadian residents and is governed by Canadian law. Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. is not responsible for this contest.
- Deadlines for Entry: The contest begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) September 28, 2009, and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET November 29, 2009 (the “Contest Period”).
- How to Enter: To enter the contest, visit www.getmoreofwhatyoulove.ca and click on the contest link. Complete the contest entry form and click the submit button before the end of the Contest Period (“Entry”). As a condition of contest entry, potential entrants must provide a valid e-mail address. One entry per person. Entry will only be accepted online. No entries will be accepted by any other means, including but not limited to regular postal mail. No mechanically or electronically reproduced entries will be accepted. All entries must be submitted from a valid e-mail account. By entering this contest, entrants agree to the collection, Use and disclosure of Personal Information by P&G and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (“Costco”) in accordance with the use of personal information detailed in the paragraph below. No acknowledgement of receipt will be sent. Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the holder of the e-mail account. Multiple Entries by the same person using one or more e-mail accounts shall result in disqualification. Entry in this contest constitutes acceptance of these Contest Rules.
- The Prize[s]: There are Eleven (11) prizes available to be won in the contest:
Grand Prize: There will be One (1) Grand Prize awarded consisting of an entertainment package including one (1) 42” plasma HD Television, one (1) 8 piece HDTV Cable Kit, one (1) game system console and one (1) video game for game system console (approximate retail value of package is CDN $1,482); an at-home deluxe fire safety kit that includes two (2) packages of 36 AA Duracell® batteries, two (2) packages of 24 AAA Duracell® batteries, one (1) fire extinguisher, one (1) all around first aid kit , one (1) Waterproof Security Chest and one (1) Duracell® duffel bag (approximate retail value of package is CDN $246). Approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is CDN $ 1,728. - Second Prize: There will be Five (5) Second Prizes awarded each consisting of an at home fire safety kit that includes one (1) package of 36 AA Duracell® batteries, one (1) fire extinguisher, one (1) all around first aid kit, two (2) packages of 2 smoke detectors, one (1) Carbon Monoxide sensor, one (1) Waterproof Security Chest and one (1) Duracell® duffel bag. Approximate retail value is CDN $216 each.
- Third Prize: There will be Five (5) Third Prizes awarded each consisting of an on-the-go fire safety kit that includes one (1) package of 36 AA Duracell® batteries, one (1) fire extinguisher, one (1) all around first aid kit, one (1) 2-Way radios and one (1) Duracell® duffel bag. Approximate retail value is CDN $170 each. All other costs and expenses not expressly listed as part of a prize, including taxes and any fees, if applicable, are the sole responsibility of the winner. All Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash. Sponsor reserves the right; in its sole discretion to substitute a Prize for another prize of equal or greater value should the Prize be unavailable for any reason due to circumstances beyond their control. Any Prize represented in promotional materials is for illustration purposes only and may not be the exact item(s) offered as a prize.
- Who can Participate: You do not have to be a Costco member to participate. Participants must be legal residents of Canada and must have reached the age of majority in their province or territory at the time entry. Participants must also have Internet access. Participants may be required to provide evidence of their identity and eligibility (e.g. address and date of birth), and/or proof that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with their entry. Failure to provide such proof within a reasonable period of time could result in disqualification. Employees, officers and directors of the Sponsor and Costco, and their parent corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, representatives and agents and immediate family members or persons domiciled with any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the contest. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to Sponsor for the purpose of this contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry or entrant in its sole discretion, should any entry or entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.
- How Winner[s] Selected: On Friday, December 11, 2009, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at approximately 11:30 a.m. ET, 11 potential winners (“Potential Winners”) and 22 alternate potential winners (“Alternate Potential Winners), winners will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries submitted online during the Contest Period. The Potential Winner of the First Prize will be drawn first followed by the two “Alternate Potential Winner”, then by the drawing of the five (5) Second Prize Potential Winners followed by the ten (10) Second Prize “Alternate Potential Winner”; and finally the five (5) Third Prize Potential Winners will be drawn, followed by the ten (10) Third Prize “Alternate Potential Winner”.
- How Winner[s] Notified: The Potential Winners (or alternate Potential Winner if applicable)
will be notified by e-mail by the Sponsor within 10 days after their name has been selected (“Prize Notification”).
The Potential Winners will receive with the Prize Notification a mathematical skill-testing question and a declaration
and release form (“Release”). In order to claim a prize, each Potential Winner must correctly answer, unaided, the
mathematical skill-testing question, and complete, sign and return the Release to the Sponsor, using the address or
fax number provided within the Prize Notification. The Release must be returned to the Sponsor within 10 days from
the date of the Prize Notification. Each Potential Winner will forfeit their prize if: (1) the Prize Notification
is returned to the Sponsor as undeliverable; (2) the Release is not returned or is returned unsigned; (3) the skill-testing
question is incorrectly answered; or (4) the Release and answer to the skill-testing question are not received by
the Sponsor within the 10-day time limit. The Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate Potential Winner by
random draw, for a prize that has been forfeited or that remains unclaimed past the set time limit the winner was
allocated to return the Release form. In the Release form, the Winner will be required to confirm: (i) eligibility
for the contest and compliance with these Contest Rules; (ii) acceptance of the Prize as offered; and (iii) release
of Sponsor and Costco and their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their employees, directors, officers,
suppliers and agents, from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation
in this contest, participation in any contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any Prize including
without limitation, 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) grant to Costco the unrestricted right, in Costco’s sole discretion, to publish without any
further compensation the name, picture, portrait, likeness, of the Winner for advertising and promotional purposes.
Any claim for a Prize made out of time will be null and void. Sponsor is not responsible for the failure, for any reason, of a Potential Winner to receive Prize Notification or for Sponsor’s failure to receive the response of a Potential Winner. If all required conditions are met and each Potential Winner has complied with all Contest Rules, each Potential Winner will be declared a winner (“Winner”) of the Prize. The Sponsor will deliver all prizes to the Winners by courier. - What are the Odds: Odds of winning a prize will depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
- Miscellaneous Conditions: By participating, each Entrant agrees (1) that they have read and understood these Contest Rules and are bound by them, (2) that they are bound by any decision of Sponsor or their agents regarding the awarding of the Prizes, (3) to accept any Prize won in the form in which it is awarded, (4) that no trades, substitutions or exchanges will be allowed and that the Prize is not redeemable for cash. By accepting the Prize, the Winner agrees: (1) to hold harmless Sponsor and Costco, their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents (“Sponsor, Costco and Affiliates”), from all liability, including but not limited to injuries or damages of any sort connected with the receipt, use or misuse or possession of the Prize, or connected in any way whatsoever with the contest; and (2) that Sponsor, Costco and Affiliates have not offered any guarantee, express or implied, in connection with the Prize. Subject to the jurisdiction of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux in Quebec, Sponsor reserves the right to amend or terminate all or any portion of this contest at any time for any reason without prior notice, including the right to cancel or suspend the e-mail portion of this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. In the event of early termination of the contest, a notice will be posted online and a random drawing to award all prizes will be conducted from among all eligible entries received prior to the time of termination. This contest is intended to be conducted in Canada only and shall only be construed and evaluated according to Canadian law. This contest is null and void where prohibited by law or otherwise. These are official Contest Rules. This contest is subject to federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. These 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 Sponsor.
- Limitation of Liability: All entries/prize claims become the property of the Sponsor, and the Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries/prize claims or for any failure of the website during the Contest Period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.
- Use of Personal Information: By entering the contest, an Entrant agrees: (1) to the collection, use and disclosure by Sponsor of the Entrant’s personal information for the purposes of administering the contest and awarding the Prize, if any, including but not limited to releasing the name of a Winner to those who request such information in accordance with the section entitled “Contest Winner List” below; and (2) if Entrant has opted in to the collection, use and disclosure by Costco of the Entrant’s personal information for the purpose of receiving information about promotions, products and services from Costco and the Costco Affiliates electronically in accordance with Costco’s Customer Privacy Statement which can be found at: www.costco.ca. Entrant further understands and agrees that his/her personal information submitted may be stored on servers in the United States of America, and therefore may be subject to U.S. law, and/or disclosure to or access by U.S. authorities in accordance with or as required by U.S. law or courts, and (3) if Entrant opts in, to the collection, use and disclosure by Sponsor of the Entrant’s personal information for the purposes of receiving marketing communications, such as newsletters and special offers, from Duracell®. Please see Procter & Gamble Canada’s Privacy Policy for information on its policy towards maintaining the privacy and security of user information.
- Contest Winner List: The Winners’ names can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: The “Power to Protect” contest from Duracell®, Attn: contest Winner List, 420 Rue McGill suite 400, Montréal, Québec, H2Y 2G1, after January 4, 2010.
- For Quebec Residents: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
