Social Media Giveaway Terms

UPDATED 13 December 2023.


OFFICIAL RULES


NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The Ring UK November Sweepstake (the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Ring Inc., having an address of 1523 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (“Sponsor”).
Note that this Sweepstake is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.

ELIGIBILITY

Subject to these Official Rules, the Sweepstakes is open only to permanent legal residents of the United Kingdom who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry. Employees of Sponsor, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies and any other entity involved in the development or administration of this Sweepstakes, and their immediate family members or household members are not eligible to participate in or win the Sweepstakes. THE SWEEPSTAKES IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW OR WHERE BONDING, REGISTRATION, OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED BUT HAVE NOT BEEN MET, OR WHERE THE METHODS OF ENTRY SET FORTH BELOW WOULD BE DEEMED CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS APPLY.

ENTRY PERIOD

The Sweepstake begins at 12pm GMT Thursday 14th December 2023 and will end at 12pm GMT Thursday 21st December 2023 (“Entry Period”).

HOW TO ENTER

No purchase or payment is necessary to participate in the Sweepstake. During the Entry Period, visit the Sponsor’s Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/ringuk/ and comment on the Instagram Post from Thursday 14th December and/or Friday 15th December (the “Entry”) tagging one person who deserves to win the prize. You must also make sure that you are following the Sponsor’s Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/ringuk/) for your entry to be valid.

By entering the Sweepstake, you agree that any information or materials you provide in connection with your Submission and any other information provided by you or collected by Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstake may be used by Sponsor in accordance with these Official Rules and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and may be shared with Sponsor’s affiliated business entities. All information and submitted to Sponsor as part of your Submission becomes the property of the Sponsor.

PRIZES

Ten winners (the “Winners”) will each receive one (1) x Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus signed by East17 band members and one (1) x Ring Interchangeable Faceplate. Each entrant is eligible to win one (1) x signed Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus and one (1) x Ring Interchangeable Faceplate. Ring will share the prize directly with the winners. Total retail value of the prize is up to £174.98.

Decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Sweepstakes. In no event shall the Sponsor be obligated to award any prizes other than the Prizes specified in these Official Rules. The Prizes are non-transferable and no substitutions (including, without limitation, for cash) are permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater monetary value for any Prize if such Prize should become unavailable for any reason. The Winners shall be responsible and liable for all federal, state and local taxes on the value of such Winners’ Prizes. To receive the name of the Winners or a copy of the Official Rules, within six (6) months after the end of the Entry Period, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to _ Sweepstakes Winner’s List, 1523 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Attention: Legal.

The Winners should allow up to four (4) weeks for delivery of prizes.

PRIZE SELECTION

Five winners (the “Winners”) will be chosen at random by a third-party random winner generator. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the potential winner, the potential winner will be deemed to be the person in whose name the applicable email address is registered. Each entrant is eligible to win one (1) x Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus or one (1) x Ring Intercom.

The Sweepstake will be conducted under the supervision of the Sponsor. The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding in all matters relating to this Sweepstake. The winner will be notified by Instagram comment by Friday 5th January 2024; however, that Sponsor reserves the right to determine an alternate method of notification. The Winner must claim their Prize within five (5) days after the date of notification of such Prize. A Winner’s failure to respond to the Prize notification within the specified five (5) day period will be considered such Winner’s forfeiture of the prize and an alternate Winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. If an entrant is found to be ineligible, an alternate Winner may also be selected from the pool of eligible entries.

Sponsor will mail to the Winner the Ring Prize Package to Winner’s address of choice upon Winner claiming the Prize as set forth above.

GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RELEASES

By entering the Sweepstakes or accepting a Prize, you agree to conform to all local laws and regulations. When applicable, the Winner may be required to execute and return (and winning may be conditioned upon the Winner executing and returning) to Sponsor, within ten (10) business days, an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability and Publicity Release drafted by Sponsor to be eligible for the Prize or an alternate Winner will be selected. The Winner may be required in Sponsor’s sole discretion to complete relevant tax forms as a condition to the delivery of the applicable prize. Winner may also be required to furnish proof of identity, address and birth date in order to receive a Prize. 

An entrant or winner may be disqualified from the Sweepstakes if he or she fails to comply with each provision of these Official Rules, as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Participation in the Sweepstakes is at entrant’s own risk. Sponsor shall not be liable for: (1) failed, returned or misdirected notifications based on inaccurate information provided by the winner in connection with an entry; (2) entries and responses to winner notifications which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient in whole or in part or for computer or technical error of any kind; (3) any electronic miscommunications or failures, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the Sweepstakes; (4) any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on-line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile device related to or resulting from downloading the App or otherwise in connection with this Sweepstakes; or (5) any warranty with respect to any Prize or any component thereof.

THE PRIZES ARE AWARDED “AS IS” AND SPONSOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE PRIZES.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, SPONSOR. INSTAGRAM, AND/OR ITS VENDORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR OBLIGATED WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR (A) ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS), (B) DATA LOSS OR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, AND/OR (C) ANY MATTER BEYOND SUCH PARTIES’ REASONABLE CONTROL.

By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to and hereby do release and hold harmless Sponsor, Instagram, and each their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives from any damage, injury, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability (collectively, “Claims”) that may arise from your acceptance, possession and/or use of any Prize or your participation in this Sweepstakes, or from any misuse or malfunction of any Prize awarded, regardless of whether such Claims, or knowledge of the facts constituting such Claims, exist at the time of entry or arise at any time thereafter. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Sweepstakes may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Sponsor reserves the right to modify these Official Rules in any way or at any time. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Sweepstakes should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond their control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In the event of cancellation or suspension, Sponsor shall promptly post a notice on Sponsor’s website to such effect. This Sweepstakes shall be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions.

By participating in this Sweepstakes, you agree that any dispute arising out of or in connection with this contract, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the LCIA Rules, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat, or legal place, of arbitration shall be London, England. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The governing law of the contract shall be the substantive law of the United Kingdom. If any provision of these rules is held to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these rules otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

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