Rules & Regulations
1. No purchase necessary.
2. Entries may be made:
a. Online by filling out the delegate registration form on CUTC 2008’s web page at www.cutc.ca/2008. To qualify for the draw the registration form must be filled out in its entirety, including name, email address, phone number, and postal code. A valid email address must be provided.
3. Only one entry per person. Participants making multiple entries will be disqualified. Entries that are fraudulent are not permitted and will be declared invalid. All entries become the property of CUTC and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Who Can Enter
4. The Contest is open to attending delegates of CUTC 2008 only who have reached the age of majority in the province they reside, on the contest closing date of December 25th 2007.
5. There are two (2) prizes available:
(2) two Xbox 360 Consoles (approx. retail value = $400).
Each prize is non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and non-refundable.
6. The Contest will run from November 18th, 2007 at 12AM (Eastern Standard Time) to December 25th , 2007 at 11:59PM (Eastern Standard Time). The Contest winner will be drawn from eligible entries in a draw to be held on or about January 12, 2008 at CUTC 2008.
7. Following the draw, the selected entrant must be present in order to claim their prize. If the selected entrant is not present, the selected entrant will be disqualified and a new selection will be made.
8. In order to be declared a winner, the selected entrant must:
a. have registered for CUTC 2008 prior to the end of the early-bird registration period (ending December 25th 2007);
b. be in attendance at CUTC 2008 during the Contest draw
c. correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question; and
d. sign a declaration stating that he/she:
i. has read, understands and complies with the Contest Rules;
ii. releases and discharges CUTC, Microsoft, the Contest organizers and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates; and
iii. consents to the announcement of the winner's name and the use by or on behalf of CUTC of the winner's name, address, photograph, likeness, voice or statements for advertising and promotional purposes without any further compensation to the winner. Should the selected entrant fail to comply with any of the requirements set out in paragraph 8, the prize will be automatically forfeited and another entrant will be selected by random draw.
9. The chances of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received.
10. by entering the Contest, participants consent to CUTC's collection, use and disclosure of the personal information provided in Contest entries for the administration of the Contest and in aggregated, non-personal form in order to create reports regarding Contest entrant demographics and consumer habits, which reports CUTC may disclose to others.
11. CUTC and Microsoft will not, under any circumstances, be responsible for, or liable to any Contest entrant or any other person for:
a. any erroneous, lost, damaged, late, incomplete, misdirected, deleted, defective, or altered Contest entries, regardless of the cause;
b. any damage or loss, including any loss of use, loss of production, loss of profits (anticipated or otherwise), loss of markets, economic loss, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage or punitive damages, whether in contract, tort or under any other theory of law or equity, arising from, connected with, or relating to the Contest or the submission of entries to the Contest or participation in the Contest or the Contest prize, or the use of the www.cutc.ca web site (including the downloading of any materials from that website) and regardless of the cause or any negligence by CUTC and Microsoft or anyone for whom CUTC and Microsoft is responsible, and notwithstanding that CUTC and Microsoft may have been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage being incurred.
12. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of being conducted as intended by CUTC, including due to computer viruses, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause that corrupts or interferes with the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, CUTC may, at its sole discretion, disqualify any entrant responsible for such misconduct and cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.
13. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND CUTC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND/OR OTHER RELIEF FROM ALL RESPONSIBLE PERSONS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
14. Decisions of Contest Judges in respect of any aspect of the Contest are final and binding on all entrants.
15. Participation in the Contest constitutes acceptance and agreement to these Contest Rules.
16. CUTC reserves the right, at their option, to publish the winner's name, address, photograph, likeness, voice or statements without any further compensation to the winner.
17. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and local laws and is void where prohibited by law. If any provision of these Rules is found by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, all other provisions will remain in full force and effect.
18. Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of this publicity Contest may be submitted by a resident of the Province of Quebec to the Régie des alcools, des et des for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted by a resident of the Province of Quebec to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
