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Survey Contest Official Rules
THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR
RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES ONLY (EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO) WHO ARE
LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCEPT PUERTO RICO) AT TIME OF
ENTRY.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR
CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED
1. Sponsors: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by ChristianityToday.com,
a service of Christianity Today International, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol
Stream, IL 60188 ("Sponsor").
- Eligibility: Entrant must be thirteen (13)
years old or older as of November 15, 2008, and a legal resident of the
50 United States or the District of Columbia. Employees of Sponsors, the
Sponsors' parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents and
the immediate family (defined as parents, spouse, children, siblings,
grandparents) and household members of each such employee are NOT
eligible. Subject to all United States federal, state, and local laws
and regulations. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited or restricted
by law.
- Timing: The Sweepstakes begins at midnight
Central Time on August 23, 2008, and ends at midnight Central Time on
November 15, 2008 (the "Sweepstakes Period"). Entries received prior to
or after the Sweepstakes Period will be disqualified.
- Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in
the Sweepstakes constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement
to and acceptance of these Official Rules. Winning a prize is contingent
upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
- How to Enter: Complete the
ChristianityToday.com survey entry form and click on "continue."
Individuals may enter this sweepstakes only once. More than one
entry from any person or e-mail address will void all entries from that
person or e-mail address.
- Drawing: On or about November 19, 2008, Sponsors
will select ten (10) Potential Winners in a random drawing from among
all qualified entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible
entries received. Decisions of Sponsor are final and binding.
- Notification of Potential Winner: Entrant who
is notified that his/her entry was selected in the random drawing is a
Potential Winner. Potential Winner is not a winner until he/she has
returned all required documentation and his/her eligibility has been
verified by Sponsors. Potential Winner must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements. Potential Winner will be notified by e-mail
("Prize Notification") on or about November 26, 2008. If a Potential
Winner cannot be contacted within ten (10) days after the first attempt
to contact him/her, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her
place at random from among all entries received. Except where
prohibited, the Potential Winner or, if the Potential Winner is a minor,
his/her parent or guardian, may be required to sign and return to
Sponsors, within fourteen (14) days of being notified, an affidavit of
eligibility and liability release (collectively, the "Release") in order
to claim his/her prize. If the Potential Winner (or his/her parent or
guardian) fails to sign and return the Release within the required time
period, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place at random
from among all entries received. Return of any Prize Notification or
Release will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate
winner. All entries become the property of Sponsors and will not be
returned.
- Prizes and Tax Information: Ten (10) Winners
will each receive a cash prize (check) in the amount of $50. No substitution,
transfer or assignment of prize permitted, except at Sponsors' sole
discretion. All applicable taxes on a prize are the sole responsibility
of the winner or winner's parent or legal guardian.
- Use of Entrant's Contact Information: Any
contact information collected from Sweepstakes Entrants, including those
Entrants under the age of eighteen (18), will be used by Sponsors only
for the purpose of Prize Notification to Potential Winners and delivery
of any prize. This information will not be shared with a third party for
any reason.
- Miscellaneous: In the event of a dispute,
entries made by Internet will be deemed made by the authorized account
holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. The
"authorized account holder" is deemed the natural person who is assigned
to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider or
other online organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. A
potential winner may be requested to provide Sponsors with proof that
the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail
address associated with the winning entry. If, in Sponsors' sole
opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or
non-electronic tampering with any portion of this Sweepstakes, any
violation of these Official Rules, or if technical difficulties
compromise the integrity of the Sweepstakes, Sponsors reserve the right
to modify, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes and conduct a random
drawing to award the prizes or none of them, using all entries received
as of the End Date. Any attempt to damage the content or operation of
this Sweepstakes may be unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsors
or its agents. Failure to enforce any provision of these Official Rules
shall not be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, provision.
- Release: By participation in the Sweepstakes
and receipt of a prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless
Sponsors and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents
from and against any cause of action, claims, demands, damages, losses
or liabilities of any nature whatsoever including, but not limited to,
any harm or loss of any nature whatsoever, caused by, contributed to,
arising out of or related to participation in the Sweepstakes, the
winning or receipt or use of any prize and each winner, or each winner's
parent and/or legal guardian, assumes all liabilities for the
same.
- Limitations of Liability: Sponsors are not
responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused
by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming
associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes or by any technical or
human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the
Sweepstakes. Sponsors do not assume responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or
transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or
unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Sponsors are not
responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone
network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers,
computer equipment, software or failure of email on account of technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or
combination thereof, including injury or damage to entrant's or to any
other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in
the Sweepstakes.
- Winners List: For a list of the winners, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to ChristianityToday.com, Attn: Market
Research, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188, between November
15, 2008 and December 15, 2008. Vermont residents may omit return
postage.
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