Sunday, September 18, 2011

Avon Tiny Tillia Baby Photo Search Contest Official Rules

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
Avon Tiny Tillia Baby Photo Search Contest ("Contest") starts on September 15, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on October 17, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET ("Contest Period").

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older, including authorized Avon Representatives. Employees of Avon Products, Inc. ("Sponsor"), Trymark Consulting Group, L.L.C., and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, promotion and advertising agencies, and members of their immediate family (spouse and parent, children and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons living in the same household, whether or not related, of such employees, are not eligible to enter or win. Void where prohibited by law. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. Previous winners of the Tiny Tillia by Avon Baby Photo Search Contest are not eligible to enter or win a prize.

HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, visit www.tinytillia.com, and follow the directions provided to complete the entry form and upload a photo of your baby (or babies if baby is a twin, triplet, etc.) ("Entry"), and submit. Note: You must be the parent, grandparent, or legal guardian of the baby (or babies) in the photo to submit it in connection with this Contest. Photo should only include the baby (or babies) and cannot have been taken by a professional photographer. Photo can not have been taken more than three (3) months prior to date of submission. The baby (or babies) pictured in the photo can be no older than two (2) years of age as of September 15, 2011. Photos must be in a 3:2 aspect ratio, submitted in .jpg, .gif or .png file type, must not exceed 5MB in size and may not be edited, manipulated or photo-shopped in any way other than for cropping. All Entries must be received no later than October 17, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET to be considered. Any photo deemed to be unlawful, indecent, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, offensive, indecent, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or not in compliance with these Official Rules (including with the requirements set forth below) will be removed and the accompanying Entry voided. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or by any means which subvert the entry process are void. Limit one (1) Entry per person/email address. Entries received from any person/email address in excess of the limitation will be void. All Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. {PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR ENTRIES AND I WILL SUBMIT IT majestickreationz@gmail.com }

REQUIREMENTS OF ENTRIES: Entry may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any content that:
  • Is in bad taste, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion;
  • is sexually explicit or suggestive; violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
  • promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message;
  • is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group;
  • appears to duplicate any other submitted Entries;
  • defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products or services, other people or companies;
  • contains trademarks, logos, or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, without permission; contains any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
  • contains copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media), without permission;
  • contains materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices, or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without permission;
  • contains look-alikes of celebrities or other public or private figures, living or dead;
  • communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which we wish to associate; and/or
  • violates any law.
Entry must be the original work of the entrant, may not have been previously published, may not have won previous awards, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.

By submitting an Entry, entrant hereby grants permission for the Entry to be posted on www.tinytillia.com and other Sponsor websites. Entrant agrees that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting of any Entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify, take down and/or not post an Entry if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.

JUDGING: All eligible Entries received by Sponsor will be judged by a panel of qualified judges, designated by Sponsor, on or about October 28, 2011, based equally on the following criteria: overall appeal of baby (or babies) in photo and quality of photo. In the event of a tie, the Entries involved will be re-judged by an additional "tie-breaking" judge who will serve as a tiebreaker and who will evaluate such tied Entries according to the judging criteria set forth above. Sponsor reserves the right not to award all prizes if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Entries. Prize awards are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. Judges' and Sponsor's decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest.

WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified on or about November 7, 2011 by telephone and/or email and may be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law) and any other documents required by Sponsor, which must be returned within ten (10) days of date appearing on prize notification. If an Avon Representative is determined to be a potential winner, her/his account must be in good standing (as solely determined by Sponsor) as of date of prize award or prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, awarded to a runner-up. Return of a prize or prize notification as undeliverable, failure to sign and return requested documentation within the specified time period or noncompliance with these Official Rules by a potential winner will result in disqualification and, at Sponsor's sole discretion, the prize may be awarded to a runner-up. If any potential winner is contacted by phone, Sponsor will make one (1) attempt to leave one (1) message. If any e-mail to a potential winner is undeliverable, any phone number provided by a potential winner is incorrect or no longer in service, a response to any given e-mail or phone call is not received within three (3) business days of its issuance, the prize may be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, awarded to the next runner-up. If any potential winner is at least 18 but still considered a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein.

PRIZES: Grand Prize (1): Baby (or babies) in winning photo will have the opportunity to appear in a Tiny Tillia Storybook and winner will receive a $5,000.00 U.S. Savings Bond. A professional photo shoot will be arranged in winner's hometown in order to obtain photographs of the baby (or babies) for the Storybook . All details of photo shoot will be determined and arranged by Sponsor, including photographer, location, time and duration. In addition to the photographs taken by the photographer during the photo shoot, the photo shoot itself may be photographed, filmed or otherwise recorded by Sponsor (collectively, "Materials"). The Materials will be owned by Sponsor and Sponsor and its designees will have the right to post, modify, edit, distribute, create derivatives works of and otherwise use the Materials and all elements embodied therein, including, without limitation, any names and likenesses, in any and all media now or hereafter devised (including, but not limited to, in Sponsor's brochures and on Sponsor's websites), worldwide in perpetuity, without additional compensation or notification to, or permission from, winner or any third party. Winner must be present with his/her child(ren) at all times during the photo shoot. Actual photograph(s) used in the Storybook, if any, will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Winner will receive select photos from the photo shoot (valued at up to $500.00). Winner may only use photos for personal use. If winner or winner's child(ren) is unavailable for photo shoot on date specified by Sponsor, the entire prize package will be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, awarded to the next runner-up. Child(ren)'s appearance in a Tiny Tillia Storybook is not guaranteed. If, for whatever reason, the appearance of winner's child(ren) does not take place in a Tiny Tillia Storybook, no compensation or substitution will be provided, however remainder of prize package will be awarded and Sponsor shall have no further obligation to such winner. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of Grand Prize: $3,000.00.

First Prizes (10): Winners will receive an assortment of Tiny Tillia products selected by Sponsor. ARV: $300.00.

Second Prizes (25): Winners will receive an assortment of Tiny Tillia products selected by Sponsor. ARV: $75.00.

Avon Representative Prizes:
Grand Prize (1): The authorized Avon Representative ("Representative") (if any) identified by Grand Prize Winner on her/his entry form will also receive a $5,000.00 U.S. Savings Bond. ARV: $2,500.00.

First (10) and Second (25) Prizes: The Representative (if any) identified by First and Second Prize Winners on her/his entry form will also receive First and Second Prizes as described above.
Maximum ARV of all prizes combined is $15,250.00.

Avon Representative Prizes will only be awarded under the following conditions: (a) the Avon Representative information provided by the winner at time of entry is complete and accurate, such that Sponsor can make a clear determination as to the actual identity of the Avon Representative; (b) the Avon Representative's account is in good standing (as solely determined by Sponsor) as of the date of prize award; and (c) the Avon Representative is not the same person as the winner, is not an immediate family member of the winner and does not reside in the same household as the winner.

Note: If a Representative is determined to be a winner or a winner does not identify a Representative on her/his entry form, then no Representative prize will be awarded.

Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. Prizes are non-transferable. Winner(s) may not transfer or exchange prize or redeem a non-cash prize for cash. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All local, state and federal taxes associated with prize acceptance and use as well as all other costs and expenses not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of individual winner(s). All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. Limit: one (1) prize per household.

USE OF ENTRIES: By submitting an Entry, each entrant understands that he/she shall retain ownership of the Entry; however, entrant also understands and agrees Sponsor shall have a nonexclusive, unlimited, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to the Entry submitted (including all rights embodied therein) and that it and its designees may exploit, edit, modify, post, and distribute the Entry and all elements of such Entry, including, without limitation, the names and likenesses of any persons or locations embodied therein, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including, without limitation, on Sponsor's website(s) and in Sponsor's brochures, without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party. Sponsor is under no obligation to make use of any of the rights granted herein.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: By participating, each entrant agrees: (a) to abide by these Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor and judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects relating to this Contest; (b) to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, Trymark Consulting Group, L.L.C., and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives of the forgoing (collectively, "Released Parties") from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant's participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any awarded prize (including any travel/activity related thereto); and (c) to the use of his/her name, voice, performance, photograph/video, image and/or likeness for programming, advertising, publicity and promotional purposes in any and all media, now or hereafter known, worldwide and on the Internet, and in perpetuity by Sponsor and its designees, without compensation (unless prohibited by law) or additional consents from entrant or any third party and without prior notice, approval or inspection, and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so. By participating, entrant also agrees not to release any publicity or other materials on his/her own or through someone else regarding his/her participation in the Contest without the prior consent of the Sponsor, which it may withhold in its sole discretion.

MISCELLANEOUS: Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered or garbled Entries; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing and judging of Entries, the announcement of the prizes, the incorrect uploading of the photo or in any Contest-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or website, who act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated Entries will be void. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of Entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winner from all eligible, non-suspect Entries received prior to action taken using the judging procedure outlined above. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

Request for Winners' List: The names of the winners (available after December 15, 2011) and/or a copy of these Official Rules may be obtained by mailing a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to: Avon Tiny Tillia Baby Photo Search Contest - Winners/Rules (please specify which), P.O. Box 295, Gainesville, VA 20156, for receipt no later than February 29, 2012. VT residents omit return postage on rules requests.

Sponsor: Avon Products, Inc., 777 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

Promoter: Trymark Consulting Group, L.L.C., P.O. Box 295, Gainesville, VA 20156.

No comments:

Post a Comment