Contest Giveaway Rules

Below is a general outline of all rules for participating CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYS found on Schnauzers-Rule.com. Each contest and/or giveaway in addition, will have its own entry rules & deadlines.

GIVEAWAYS: Prize giveaways are where the winners are chosen by luck.

CONTESTS: Prize Contests are where the winners are chosen by a judge(s) based on their submission per the contest instructions. Contest examples: funniest joke, best photo, tastiest dog treat, or some other type of skill required for entry.

Schnauzers-Rule.com Contest & Giveaway Rules

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase of a product or service from Schnauzers-Rule.com or any of its affiliated companies will not improve the chance of winning. Void where prohibited. Subject to all federal, state, and local laws. Participation requires Internet access.
2. PARTICIPATION: To participate in a Contest or Giveaway you must be 18 years or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States. note: Employees of Schnauzers-Rule.com, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, web site providers or other parties involved in any aspect with the creation, production, operation, execution and fulfillment of the Contest as well as, the immediate family members (parents, siblings, children and spouse) and/or those living in the same household (whether or not related) of each, are not eligible to win.
3. CONTEST PERIOD. Each individual contest and/or giveaway will provide beginning and ending dates (entry deadlines). Participants assume all risk of lost, late, misdirected, incomplete or illegible entries. All entries submitted become the sole property of the Schnauzers-Rule.com and/or the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
4. HOW TO ENTER: Each individual contest and/or giveaway provides further rules on entering. Submitting an entry constitutes agreeing to the terms of these Official Rules and any additional rules provided on the participating contest giveaway page(s). All decisions of the Sponsor and/or its designee are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry of information or for entries which are garbled, damaged, incompletely received, otherwise defective or lost due to any reason, all of which will be voided. Each submission of an Entry Form and an Entry Piece shall constitute an entry ("Entry").
5. ENTRY PIECE REQUIREMENTS. (a) Any language appearing on the Entry Piece must be in English. (b) Content for entry pieces must be family-oriented and must, in the sole and unfettered discretion of Schnauzers-rule.com and/or the Sponsor, must be suitable for a general audience and must not contain any nudity, sexually explicit, disparaging, libelous or other inappropriate content. (c) Entry Piece must not contain any commercial content that promotes any product or service other than the Sponsor's. (d) Entry Piece must not contain any trademarks, copyrighted works or other intellectual property (other than as owned by the Entrant). (e) Any elements appearing in an Entry Piece, must be the Entrant's own original work, created solely by the Entrant. Use of anything that is not the Entrant's own original work, may result in disqualification. (f) Sponsor reserves the right to reject any Entry that it deems, in its sole discretion, to violate any of these content related requirements. If the content of the Entry Piece does not meet the requirements listed above, the Entry Piece will not be posted to the Schnauzers-Rule.com web site.
6. ENTER ONLINE. Go to http:///www.Schnauzers-Rule.com and click on CONTESTS, for a list of current contests and/or giveaways. Further details of individual contests will be provided on such named corresponding page(s). Before submitting your Entry, you must certify that you have read and agree to these Official Rules, as well as any further instructions or rules provided on a particular contest or giveaway.
7. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ENTRIES. By submitting an entry (or accepting any prize), each Entrant understands and agrees that their Entry Piece and name may be posted online to Schnauzers-Rule.com, without further compensation or review, and will not be returned. Sponsor reserves the right to crop any entry in whole or in part or request submitters to do so, in order to be viewable online. Entrant further agrees to release Sponsor from any and all claims that any such use by Sponsor, including any commercial advertising presentation, web content or any other material subsequently produced, presented and/or prepared by or on behalf of Sponsor, infringes the Entrant's rights with regard to any elements, characters or ideas contained in its Entry.
8. PRIZES: See individual contest or giveaway for a list of physical prizes or any other type of prize like recognition to be awarded. Any physical prizes awarded will be mailed to the winner(s) within 72 hours of the announcement or at the Sponsor's discretion. Winners and/or winners' parents or legal guardians in the event winner is a minor under the laws of winner's state of residence are responsible for the reporting and payment of all federal, state and local taxes incurred by the acceptance of the prize. Prizes cannot be assigned, transferred, exchanged or otherwise redeemed. Sponsor is not responsible for any costs associated with accepting or otherwise using the prize. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to the Sponsor and its agents to use winner's name, likeness, and Entry Piece for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. 6. ALTERNATE WINNER: If a potential Prize Winner is unable to be reached within five (5) days of the third contact attempt, or refuses to accept the prize, the potential Prize Winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected. Each potential prize winner, and/or their parent or legal guardian if such winner is a minor, must sign and return any and all requested documents if any including an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release ("Prize Documents") within fourteen (14) days of receipt of Prize Documents. Sponsor shall have no liability or responsibility to award any prize where: (a) any required Prize Documents are not fully executed and received by Sponsor at the designated address by the due date specified in Prize Documents; or (b) if any mail addressed to the potential Winner is returned to Sponsor as undeliverable without a forwarding address or if potential Winner cannot be contacted for any reason; or (c) potential Winner is deemed ineligible or otherwise non-compliant with any aspect of these Official Rules. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY ANY WINNER (AT SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S DISQUALIFICATION AS A WINNER AND ALL PRIVILEGES DUE SUCH INDIVIDUAL WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED AND AN ALTERNATE PRIZE WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.
9. IDEA SUBMISSION. Each Entrant acknowledges and agrees that (a) Sponsor and other participants have access to and/or may create or have created media or other materials, ideas and concepts which may be similar or identical to the Entrant's Contest Entry in theme, idea, plot, format, characters and/or other respects; (b) Entrant shall not be entitled to any compensation or other consideration because of the use by Sponsor or any other participant of any such similar or identical material, ideas and/or concepts; and (c) Sponsor's or another participant's use of material containing elements similar to or identical with those contained in the Entrant's Contest Entry shall not obligate Sponsor to negotiate with nor entitle the Entrant to any compensation or other claim.
10. CONDUCT. By entering a Contest or Giveaway, each Entrant (and/or their parent or legal guardian) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules as well as the rules of the contest or giveaway they are entering, and by the decisions of the Sponsor and its judges and agents, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify and prohibit any Entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize who Sponsor suspects, in the sole discretion, of attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automatic quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse or threaten or harass any of the Sponsors' representatives or otherwise failing to comply with these Rules. NOTE: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPONSOR OR ITS AGENTS OR UNDERMINING THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND SPONSOR AND ITS AGENTS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
11. RELEASE OF LIABILITY. Each winner, by acceptance of the prize, agrees on behalf of him/herself, his/her heirs, executors, representatives, assigns, administrators and next of kin to indemnify, hold harmless and release the Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated businesses and each of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, assignees, agents, representatives and any other person or entity associated with site Contests & Giveaways from any and all liability claims or actions of any kind with respect to or in any way arising from this Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity; and/or delivery/misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of a prize, including, but not limited to, liability for personal injury, bodily injury (including wrongful death or disability), damage to property, and damage or loss of any other kind. Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in the Contest or by any technical or human error that might occur in the processing of Contest Entries. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; communications-line failure; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines; computer online systems, servers, or providers; computer equipment; software; or failure of e-mail or entry on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participant's or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest, downloading materials from Sponsor's Web site or emailing entries. Sponsor is not responsible for cheating or fraud by any participant. Any activities intended to disrupt or interfere with the proper play of the Contest or defraud Sponsor in any way will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Participants who engage in any of the foregoing activities will be disqualified and will forfeit any prizes won. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to, without limitation, infection by computer virus, worm, or bugs; tampering; unauthorized intervention; fraud; technical failures; or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the contest. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of these Official Rules or any materials associated with the administration of the Contest or the announcement of the prize. In all events, the sole maximum liability of Sponsor and its affiliates shall be limited to any of the prize(s) set forth herein.
12. CHOICE OF LAW. Except where prohibited by law, all issues and questions concerning the constitution, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and the Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia in the U.S., without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Georgia, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Georgia in the U.S.
13. PRIVACY. Information Entrants provide to Schnauzers-Rule.com or the Sponsor will be used to communicate with Entrants regarding the Contest and otherwise as set forth in these Official Rules, as well as to contact Entrants at a later date with respect to other products and services and product enhancements which the Sponsor believes may be of interest to them. By submitting an entry on-line to Sponsor, all Entrants acknowledge and agree that the personal information that they have provided will be maintained on Schnauzers Rule server in accordance with Schnauzers Rule Privacy Policy.
14. PUBLICITY CONSENT. By submitting an entry or accepting a prize, where permitted by law, each winner grants to Schnauzers-Rule.com and/or Sponsor (and agrees to confirm that grant in writing, if requested) and those acting pursuant to the authority of Sponsor the irrevocable right without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including, but not limited to, the World Wide Web, in perpetuity and throughout the universe, his/her Entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements about the Contest, and biographical information as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation.
15. WINNER'S IDENTITY & OFFICIAL RULES. Prize winner(s) name, state of residence and Entry Piece, as well as a version of these Official Rules, suitable for printing, may be posted on the Sponsor's web site and the Schnauzers-Rule.com page on Facebook, at Sponsor's discretion.
16. SPONSOR. See each individual contest or giveaway for Sponsor information. Sponsor providing prizes reserves the right to cancel the Contest at any time and substitute another promotion in its place.
    

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