Bausch + Lomb “See it all” Contest
Official Rules
CONTEST PERIOD
The Bausch + Lomb “See it all” Contest (the "Contest") begins on February 8, 2010, 12:01 am EST. Contest ends on December 31, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST., or when the last of the 75 prizes is awarded, whichever is earlier (“Contest Period”). If contest closes before December 31 a notice to the effect will be posted on the Web site. Any prizes not awarded during the Contest Period, will remain the possession of the contest sponsor. The sole determinant of time for this Contest will be the Sponsor’s computer servers.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
During the Contest Period, (1) go to the See it all Contest page at http://contest.goodbyereaders.ca and complete the participant form with your full name, full mailing address, daytime telephone number, day, month and year of birth, and a valid and actively monitored email address. (2) read and accept these Official Rules; (3) select no if you wish to opt- out of communications with Bausch + Lomb Canada Inc.; (4) click the “submit” button and you will be redirected to the “Game Play” screen.; (5) at the Game Play screen, click on any 3 of the 10 eyeglass icons so that an image of a contact lens replaces each of the selected icons, then click the “confirm” button to confirm initial selections; (6) initial selections will then appear on the Game Play screen, and participant will be given an opportunity to make changes; (8) once final 3 selections are made, click “confirm’ to lock-in final selections and each selection will be revealed. If the 3 selections match, participant is a “Prize Claimant” and potential winner, and may make a “Prize Claim”. Prize Claims are subject to winner confirmation, including correctly answering a skill-testing question as part of the Game Play, without assistance of any kind. See “Winner Confirmation” below for requirements to be confirmed a winner.
HOW TO RECEIVE UP ONE EXTRA GAME PLAY BY REFERRING YOUR FRIENDS TO THE CONTEST.
One additional chance to win will be awarded for using the “send to a friend” feature to refer a friend to the contest. A maximum of 1 additional chance to win may be awarded from using the “send to a friend” feature. To use the “send to a friend” feature, you must abide by our “Send to a Friend” Policy, and enter a friend’s email address on the contest page at http://contest.goodbyereaders.ca .
SEND TO A FRIEND POLICY.
"Friends" are those with whom you have a personal/professional relationship and who are eligible to participate in the Contest. Names and email addresses of referred friends will be used to send an email using the referring participant’s email address from Sponsor's server notifying them of the Contest, but, thereafter, will not be retained by Sponsor unless the referred friend chooses to enter the Contest and/or opts-in to receiving communications from us. Prior to using the Send to a Friend feature, you must have the permission to use your friend's email address for the purpose of referring your friend to this Contest. You must not use the Send to a Friend feature for any use other than to refer friends to the Contest. Without limiting the forgoing sentence, you must not use the feature to send emails: (i) to strangers; (ii) multiple referrals to the same friend; (iii) unsolicited email; and (iv) "spam". You must not ask or otherwise encourage referred friends to enter the Contest.
ELIGIBILITY
Participants must be residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence at the time of participation. Participants must provide their own unique, valid and actively monitored email address to enter the Contest, and otherwise complete the Participant Form, and read and agree to abide and be bound by these Office Rules. Employees, officers and directors (and members of their immediate families and/or the same household) of Bausch + Lomb Canada ("Sponsor"), its respective affiliates (including, without limitation, its parent, sister and subsidiary companies), and its advertising and promotional agencies are not eligible to participate in the Contest. For these Official Rules, "immediate family" means mother, father, sister, brother, son and daughter and spouse, including common law spouse, regardless of where they reside. Groups, clubs, organizations, businesses and commercial and non-commercial entities cannot participate.
LIMIT: Only one prize per person and per household. Participants may only enter using one email address. Participants who attempt to enter the contest more than once will be disqualified (there is an exception for the additional game play, which may be received via the Send to a Friend feature as above). The Sponsor’s computers will be the sole determinant of who wins the Contest; screenshots, computer printouts, do not constitute proof of outcome. Tampering with or altering material/data in relation to the Contest is prohibited and participants who do so will be disqualified, including, without limitation, if a participant participates by automated means. Participant Forms and Prize Claims that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, contain false information, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular, that have been submitted through illicit means or do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions set out in the Official Rules will be disqualified. All Participant Forms and Prize Claims become the property of the Sponsor.
Eyecare Professionals, their staff and their immediate family are not eligible to participate in this contest.
PRIZES
At the start of the Contest, there are 75 prizes available to be won. Prizes will diminish as they are awarded. Estimated odds of winning, based on 50,000 contest participants, are as follows (actual odds will vary based on total number of participants):
Number of Prizes |
Prize Description |
Prize Value (CDN) |
Approx. Odds of Winning |
75 |
75 prizes of $250.00 Spa Day certificates from WaySpa |
$250 |
1/666 |
Prize Claims are subject to winner confirmation, and prizes will only be awarded to confirmed winners. By submitting a Prize Claim, you are deemed to declare that you have fully complied with these Official Rules. Prize Claimants assume all risk of loss, damage, destruction, delay and misdirection of Way Spa.com $250 Spa Day certificates.
Prizes are not transferable and must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions in cash or otherwise, except at Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and for any reason whatsoever, to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, without liability. No correspondence will be entered into except with Prize Claimants.
WINNER CONFIRMATION:
To be confirmed a winner, Prize Claimants will be required to:
- as part of the game play, correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise
- reply to the Email Notification regarding being a potential winner of the Contest (details below) within seven (7) days of it being sent;
- be in full compliance with these Official Rules; and,
- complete an online declaration of compliance with these Official Rules, and Publicity Release form (“Online Declaration and Release Form”).
Email Notification. If Prize Claimant correctly answers the skill-testing question, he/she will receive an “Email Notification” from the contest administrator regarding the potential prize, and details for the completion of the online Declaration and Release form and the delivery/redemption details. As above, Prize Claimants are required to respond to this Email Notification to be confirmed a winner, and redeem a prize. The email will include a link to the Online Declaration and Release Form.
RELEASES, ETC.
By completing and returning the Online Declaration and Release Form, and accepting the Prize, the Winner:
(i) releases and holds harmless, Sponsor, its advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of the Prize and/or materials related to the Contest, independent judging organization the affiliates of the foregoing (including, without limitation, parent, sister and subsidiary companies), and all of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Releasees") from any damage, loss or liability arising from, related or connected to the Contest or a prize, including as set out below in the LIMITATION OF LIABILITY section; (ii) confirms compliance with the Official Rules;
(iii) acknowledges that the Prize must be accepted as awarded and cannot be substituted or transferred, except in the Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion;
(iv) consents to the use of his/her name, address (city and province), photographs, image, statements regarding the Contest or the Prize and/or voice, without further remuneration, in connection with any publicity carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor with respect to the Contest in any media whatsoever.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Releasees do not assume any responsibility and the participant releases the Releasees from any and all claims, actions, damages, demands and liabilities of whatever nature or kind arising out of, or in connection with participation or attempted participation in the Contest, including, without limitation in relation to the game play, Prize Claims or winner confirmation, the administration of the Contest and the arranging, awarding and use of the Prize. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Releasees are not responsible for (i) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of participant information; (ii) late, lost, stolen, illegible, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete Participant Forms. game play or Email Notifications, or Participant Forms or game play that are altered or otherwise irregular, contain false information, have been submitted through illicit means or do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions of the Official Rules, whether caused by the Sponsor, participant, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or howsoever else arising; (iii) any loss, damage, or claims caused by, or in any way related to the awarded prize or the Contest itself; (iv) any failure of the website during the Contest Period, including, without limitation, any problems, human or technical, printing errors, lost, delayed, garbled data or transmissions, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects or failures of any telephone or computer lines, technical malfunctions of any computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, hardware, software, servers, providers, failure of any e-mail or webpage to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including, without limitation, any injury or damage to a participant’s or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any material connected to the Contest, all of which may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest; (v) any limits on a participant’s ability to participate in the Contest, including, without limitation, downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest; (vi) any errors, omissions, incorrect or inaccurate information in any Contest-related materials, including, without limitation, printing or advertising errors or the failure of or problems with any equipment or programming associated with or used in the Contest howsoever caused; (vii) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third party computer "hackers" or otherwise or (viii) any claims regarding the accepting, arranging, awarding or use of a prize.
CONTEST RULES AND SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
By participating in the Contest, participants acknowledge and agree: (a) to read and abide by these Official Rules and all decisions of the Sponsor; (b) to not undermine or attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or engaging in any other un-sportsmanlike or unfair practices or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass Sponsor, Sponsor's agencies and representatives, or other participants in the Contest; (c) that all decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest; and (d) if they are selected as a potential winner, to have their names, addresses (city and province) and likenesses published at Sponsor's sole discretion, without further compensation. Participants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to prohibit an individual from participating in the Contest or claiming a prize if it finds or believes such individual is not in full compliance with these Official Rules, including this section.
TERMINATION OF CONTEST
Subject to obtaining the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for Quebec, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or modify this Contest, in whole or in part, at any time, without notice and without liability, should any factor interfere with its proper conduct as contemplated by these Rules. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if through fraud, unauthorized human intervention, computer virus, bugs, tampering, human or technical failures, error in production or distribution, programming or any other cause whatsoever result in more than the stated number of prizes being claimed than intended by these Contest Rules, in such event, the prizes not yet awarded may, at Sponsor's sole discretion, be awarded in a random drawing amongst all participants who completed a Participant Form on or before the date the Contest was terminated.
DISPUTE REGARDING IDENTITY OF PARTICIPANT
In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person participating in the contest, the participant will be deemed to be the "authorized account holder" of the e-mail address at the time of participation, provided that individual meets all eligibility criteria set forth in the Eligibility section of these Official Rules. "Authorized account holder" shall mean the natural person assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domains associated with the submitted e-mail address. If the name of the authorized account holder does not accord with the full name on the Participant Form, the participant may be disqualified at the Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion.
PRIVACY
All personally identifiable information collected on the Participant Form is referred to as "Personal Information". By entering the Contest, you consent and agree to the collection and use of your Personal Information for the purposes of administering the Contest. With your consent, obtained on the Participant Form, Sponsor may retain your Personal Contact Information (name, mailing address, email address and telephone number) and use it to send you information, newsletters and offers from Sponsor and its affiliated companies. If at any time you wish to stop receiving such information, please Contact the Bausch + Lomb privacy officer and ask your name to be removed from our contact list. For more information about our privacy practices, please click here: Sponsor's Privacy Policy.
QUEBEC RESIDENTS
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
WINNERS' LIST
To receive a list of winners or a copy of the Official Rules by mail, send a self-addressed envelope bearing sufficient postage to Bausch+Lomb Contest, 300 Coxwell Ave. P.O. Box 22563, Toronto Ontario M4L 3W7. Official Rules will be posted on-line during the Contest Period at http://contest.goodbyereaders.ca. The list of winners will be posted on-line once winners have been verified.
RULES GOVERN
In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest related materials, including, but not limited to, the Participant Form and the Contest website, the Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
TRADE MARKS
® denote trademarks of Bausch + Lomb Incorporated. Other product / brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
GENERAL
Contest is void where prohibited and subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws.