RBC | FLICK OFF Campus Challenge

Official Contest Rules and Regulations 

CONTEST DESCRIPTION 

1.         The “RBC | FLICK OFF Campus Challenge” (the “Contest”) commences at 9:00 a.m. (ET) September 16, 2008, and concludes at 5:00 p.m. (ET) October 5, 2008.  The Contest is brought to you by Royal Bank of Canada. (“RBC” or “Contest Sponsor”). 

ELIGIBILITY

2.         The Contest is open to all legal residents of Ontario who are eighteen (18) years of age or older and residing in Ontario as of the first day of the Contest Period.  

 

3.         Notwithstanding this, the Contest is not open to the employees, agents or representatives of the Program Partners (including their respective divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising or promotional agencies) and suppliers providing prizes or other materials or services in connection with this Contest (collectively, the "Excluded Individuals"). This Contest is also not open to the immediate family members of the Excluded Individuals, and all other persons with whom the Excluded Individuals reside.

 

PRIZES

4.         GRAND PRIZE:  There will be a total of four (4) Grand Prizes available to be won.  The Grand Prize consists of: (a) standard hotel accommodations in Kingston, Ontario on the evening of October 17th for winner and 2 guest, (b) 3 (three) seats on the FLICK OFF Express VIA train car from Kingston to Ottawa, (c) meeting with David Suzuki at the FLICK OFF Rally in Ottawa,  (d) $1000 cash to be awarded upon arrival in Kingston, Ontario, (e) And a “Featured Friend” on MySpace Canada (www.myspace.com/aplaceforcanadians).  Total value of the prize is approximately $1,500.  Note: Winners are required to organize their own travel to Kingston and home from Ottawa.  Complementary VIA Rail Travel for winners may be coordinated on October 18th only from Ottawa along the WindsorQuebec City Corridor if required.

 

5.         SECONDARY PRIZES:  There are a total of 4 (four) Secondary Prizes available to be won. The secondary prizes are (a) $1,000 in VIA Rail Travel Credits, (b) $1,000 Pre-Paid VISA Card provided by RBC (c) $1,000 Roots Gift Card, or (d) $1,000 Virgin Mobile Pre-Paid Cell Phone Plan.

 

HOW TO ENTER

6.         No purchase is required to enter. To enter the contest go to www.flickoff.org, click on the “RBC | FLICK OFF Campus Challenge” link and follow the directions indicated.  For each “Flick Off” commitment you make you will receive 1 (one) additional ballot in the draw.  For each email address that is validated you will receive 1 (one) additional ballot in the draw. 

7.         If a potential winner is not in compliance with the Official Contest Rules and Regulations, the Contest Judges shall disqualify such entrant from the Contest. 

DRAW

8.         The official Grand Prize draw will be executed on or around October 6th, 2008. A total of 8 (eight) names will be pulled out of all eligible electronic entries submitted through the RBC | FLICK OFF Campus Challenge website by legal residents of Ontario entered into the draw by the close of the contest.  The first 4 names will be eligible to win the Grand Prize.  Contestants 5 – 8 will be eligible to win a secondary prize. The potential winners will be contacted via email address. Potential winners must comply with the terms and conditions of Section 9 in order to be declared a winner. 

9.         In order to be declared a winner by the Contest Judges who are employees/representatives of RBC (“Contest Judges”), a potential winner must be in compliance with these Official Contest Rules and Regulations and, in particular, the following:

9.1        Comply with the Contest entry procedures in Section 6 above, as applicable.

9.2        A Contest Judge must reach the potential winner by email within two (2) business days of the date on which the potential winner's entry was selected.

9.3        The potential winner must correctly answer, unaided and within a set timeframe, a mathematical skill-testing question administered by a Contest Judge by telephone.

9.4        The potential winner must also complete, sign and return a standard form declaration and release prepared by RBC within eight (4) business days from the date on which the form is sent to the potential winner (“Release Documentation”). The selected winner, by signing the Release Documentation, releases and indemnifies the Releasees (as defined in the Release Documentation), under the terms and conditions of the Release Documentation, from any liability in connection with the prize or the Contest. If the Release Documentation, which will include a consent, waiver and release, is not returned within the specified time period, the prize will be forfeited.

9.5        In the event of any dispute regarding the identity of the party submitting an electronic entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the holder of the e-mail account.

10.        If a potential winner is not in compliance with the Official Contest Rules and Regulations, the Contest Judges shall disqualify such entrant from the contest and randomly select further entrants from the remaining eligible entries until a winner is finally declared.

11.        Entrants will not be individually contacted, except for selected entrant winners, who will be contacted by email.

By entering this Contest, you permit the Sponsor and its agents and/or representatives to collect the information submitted with your entry and to use it to administer the Contest. You also permit us to use and share this information with other RBC companies to promote to you products and services that may be of interest to you, unless prohibited by law. We and RBC companies may communicate with you through various channels, including telephone, computer or mail, using the contact information you have provided. You acknowledge that as a result of such sharing they may advise us of those products or services provided. We will respect your preferences otherwise recorded with us. For additional information , please see our Privacy Policy located at www.rbc.com.

If you have opted to receive further information about FLICK OFF, you also consent to RBC disclosing to Key Gordon Communications information as recorded in the contest ballot and to receive email communication about FLICK OFF from Key Gordon Communications.

GENERAL

12.        All entries become the sole property of, and are subject to verification by, RBC. Any entry that is illegible, incomplete, altered, or contains false information, is invalid.   

13.        Any attempt to tamper with the entry process, interfere with these Official Contest Rules and Regulations, deliberately damage any website or undermine the administration, security or legitimate operation of the Contest, (collectively referred to as “Prohibited Acts”), is a violation of law, and the Contest Sponsors reserve the right to seek damages and/or other relief from all persons responsible for such acts to the fullest extent permitted by law, which may include banning or disqualifying entrants from this and future RBC contests.  For further clarity, Prohibited Acts include, without limitation:

(i)                   Use of automated equipment - the use of any automated equipment to participate in this contest is prohibited.   

(ii)                 Playing multiple instances of any game or interactive element – users are not permitted to play multiple instances of any game or interactive element at the same time in order to manipulate any point accumulation.

14.        The Contest Sponsors assume no responsibility for: entries lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected, or for the failure, interruption, technical malfunction or delay of any email or other communication to be received, for any reason; any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by contest website users or by an equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of entries in the contest; problems with the function of any website or website feature howsoever caused; the malfunction of, or damage caused to, any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, data or software, online systems, servers or access providers; any functionality lost due to not having cookies enabled; traffic congestion on the Internet; the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks; or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third party computer "hackers".

15.        The Contest Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to substitute any component of a prize for its cash value or a prize of approximately the same retail value or to cancel any portion of the prize.  Prizes are non-transferable, must be accepted as awarded by RBC and cannot be exchanged by a declared winner for cash or other substitutes. The refusal by an entrant to accept any prize releases and forever discharges the Contest Sponsors and their agents of all obligations related to the prize, including delivery.  The potential prize winner must sign the Release Documentation as specified in Section 9.4.

16.        RBC reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without prior notice, to amend, cancel, close, suspend or reinstate this Contest at any time and for any reason whatsoever.

17.        By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to abide by these Official Contest Rules and Regulations, which are subject to change without notice to Contest entrants individually, and each entrant releases the Contest Sponsors, their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents and advertising and promotional agencies, from any damage, loss or liability suffered as a result of or arising from the entrant’s participation in Contest or the use of any prize.

18.        The Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.

19.        The Contest and these Official Contest Rules and Regulations shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario.  Any dispute shall be adjudicated in the courts sitting in Toronto, Ontario.