BY entering the Promotion, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (these Terms and Conditions).
Completion and submission of an entry form or e-mail will also be deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
Promotional materials relating to the Promotion, including all information on how to enter the Promotion published in publications of the Promoter (defined below) (including social media if applicable) or on the Promoter’s websites, also form part of these Terms and Conditions.
In the event of any conflict between any terms referred to in such promotional materials and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions take precedence.
All information submitted in connection with this Promotion will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy accessible at http://www.newsprivacy.co.uk/ and Brightkin’s privacy
policy which can be found at https://www.brightkins.co.uk The promoter of this Promotion is News Group Newspapers Ltd (publishers of The Sun and The Sun on Sunday) of 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF (the Promoter).
Participation in the Promotion
- The Promotion is only open to residents of the United Kingdom only. The following individuals are not eligible to enter the Promotion:
- employees and agents of the Promoter, News Corp UK & Ireland Limited or other group companies;
- employees and agents of any organisation directly connected with the operation or fulfilment of the Promotion (including third party promotional partners) and their
respective associated, affiliated or subsidiary companies;
- the immediate families and household members of all such employees and agents referred to in (a) and (b); and
- individuals under 18 years of age.
- The Promotion starts at 00.01AM (UK time) on 28 July 2024 and closes at 23.59PM (UK time) on August 11 2024 (the Promotion Period). Any entries received outside the
Promotion Period will be void.
- Participants may make a maximum of one entry per person during the Promotion Period. Bulk, automatically generated or third party entries are void.
- To enter you must send an email headed WORDS containing your name, email address, postal address and telephone number to sundaypets@the-sun.co.uk during the Promotion Period only.
- The Promoter reserves the right to remove or temporarily suspend from the
Promotion any entries submitted if, in its reasonable opinion, it suspects any breach of these Terms and Conditions or if it receives any complaint from a third party
relating to such entry.
- Entries received which are not submitted via the official entry method will not be accepted. Use of script, macro or any automated system to enter the Promotion is
prohibited and entries made (or which appear to have been made) using any such system may be treated as void. Any illegible, incomplete or fraudulent entries will be
rejected. No purchase of any product or service is required to enter into this Promotion. Participants should be aware that they may be subject to data charges at
the usual rate depending on their own individual arrangements for Internet access if they enter the Promotion online or by email.
Winners and Prizes
- There will be 4 (four) winners. One prize per winner
- The winner will be selected at random from all valid entries for this Promotion received during the Promotion Period by a computer process that produces verifiably random results. The winner will be the first valid entry selected at random by the
Promoter. There will be no prizes for any other entrants.
- The prize is one Hunger For Words range of pet communication buttons and resources
worth £77. (Seventy seven pounds only).
- The prize is subject to the terms and conditions of Brightkins which can be found at www.brightkins.co.uk and their privacy policy will apply to the processing
of your personal information.
- Prizes are as stated and are non-exchangeable and non-transferable. There is no cash or other alternative to the prize in whole or in part.
- The winner is responsible for paying all associated costs that are not specifically stated in any Promotional materials or these Terms and Conditions, including (where
applicable) transport, accommodation, meal costs, spending money, insurance and all other incidentals. Winners are also personally responsible for any personal or incidental expenses and any VAT, national and/or local tax liabilities incurred in
claiming or using the prize. By participating in the Promotion, participants agree that
the prize is awarded on an “as is” basis, and that neither the Promoter nor any of its
subsidiary or affiliated companies, make any guarantees, representations or warranties of any nature with respect to the prize.
- In the event that, for reasons beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control, the Promoter is unable to award the prize as described in these Terms and Conditions, the
Promoter reserves the right to award a prize of a similar nature and an equivalent value, or at its sole discretion, the cash value of the prize. The Promoter also reserves
the right to award a prize of a similar nature and an equivalent value, or at its sole discretion, the cash value of the prize if in its reasonable discretion it is appropriate to do so.
- The Promoter may amend or withdraw any element of a competition, prize draw, vote or poll for reasons beyond their reasonable control, including but not limited to the
unavailability of the vote, poll, competition or prize draw entry platform before the closing date, or for strike, lock-out, labour dispute, illness, act of God, natural disaster, adverse weather conditions, war, riot, civil commotion, accident, public health concern in relation to potential infection, epidemic or pandemic, malicious damage, fire, flood and/or storm, compliance with law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, breakdown of plant, machinery or transportation. The Promotor is not responsible for any loss or damage caused to you as a result of any of these occurrences. Therefore the Promoter shall not be responsible if [a participant/winner] is unable to [redeem their tickets/prize] for any time period as a result of government guidelines or restrictions resulting from COVID-19. No [alternative booking dates or] compensation will be made available in these circumstances.
Winner Announcement and claiming of prize
- Winners will be notified by email or using the other contact details provided to the Promoter within 14 days after the end of the Promotion Period. All reasonable endeavours will be made to contact the winner during the specified time. If a winner cannot be contacted or is not available, the Promoter reserves the right to re-draw another winner from the valid/correct entries that were received during the
Promotion Period. Winners may be required to submit valid identification before
receiving their prize.
- Winner will be required to confirm acceptance of the applicable prize within 14 days of having been notified. If the winner has not claimed their prize by the date specified,
the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to another participant.
- The prize will be delivered within a reasonable time and by no later than 28 days after the prize has been accepted.
- The Promoter proposes to make available a list of winners, subject to any objections from the relevant individuals. For a copy of the list, please send a stamped self-addressed envelope by no later than 28 days after the end of the Promotion Period to News UK, Promotions Department, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF stating
for which Promotion you would like winners’ details. If a winner objects to this information being made available, they should inform the Promoter at the earliest opportunity using email help@thsun.co.uk/. Winners acknowledge that the Promoter may still be required to share their details with the Advertising Standards Authority or
other regulators.
Data Protection and Publicity
- The Promoter will collect and process participants’ personal information in accordance with the privacy policy at http://www.newsprivacy.co.uk/. The
information provided may be shared with the Promoter’s agents, affiliates and, if
applicable, any third party prize provider (including those outside the UK/European
Economic Area) who will process such information in accordance with their own
privacy policy. Information provided by participants will be used for the purpose of
conducting this Promotion (including for prizes to be delivered) and other purposes as
may be specified and/or consented to at the time of entry or on promotional
materials. If participants do not provide any of the mandatory information requested
when participating in the Promotion, their entry will be void.
- The Promoter is required to either publish or make available information that
indicates a valid award took place. As such, the Promoter will send the surname and
county of major prize winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to
anyone that contacts the Promoter at the address given above by no later than 28
days after the end of the Promotion Period.
- If a winner objects to any or all of their surname, county and winning entry being
published or made available, they should contact the Promoter at the address given
above. In such circumstances, the Promoter must still provide the information and
winning entry to competent authorities, including the Advertising Standard Authority,
on request.
- The winner and any guests will also be required to participate in reasonable publicity
relating to this Competition including being photographed and interviewed as
promotion of the winning prize.
General
- The Promoter’s decision is final and binding on the entrants. No correspondence will
be entered into.
- The Promoter reserves the right to require the participants to prove that they are
eligible. If a winner is found to be ineligible, the Promoter reserves the right to award
their prize to another participant and to require the return of any prize already
awarded.
- The provision of the prize does not imply endorsement by the Promoter of Brightkins
and any third parties concerned in any way with the Promotion. Any complaints or
queries relating to the use of the prize should be directed to
https://www.brightkins.co.uk
- Unless otherwise stated in the promotional materials, this Promotion is in no way
sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, the manufacturer or
service provider of the relevant prize. You are providing your information to the
Promoter and not to the manufacturer or service provider of the relevant prize
(although, if you win, your details may be disclosed to the prize provider in order to
provide you with the prize).
- Entrants must not do anything illegal and/or dangerous and/or that would put
themselves or others at any risk. Save where it has been negligent, the Promoter will
not be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from participants’ entry
into the Promotion or their acceptance and/or use of the prize, or for technical,
hardware or software failures, lost, faulty or unavailable network connections or
difficulties of any kind that may limit or prohibit participant’s ability to participate in
the Promotion. The Promoter will not be responsible for any lost, damaged, defaced,
incomplete, illegible or otherwise unreadable entries. Proof of posting is not proof of
receipt by the Promoter of any entries. Without prejudice to an entrant’s statutory
rights and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Promoter, its agents or
distributors will not be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any
liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking
up a prize. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall in any way limit or exclude the
Promoter’s liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other matter where liability may not be limited as a matter of law.
- The Promoter reserves the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the
Promotion (including altering prizes) if, in its reasonable discretion, it becomes
necessary to do so. In the event of a printing or other error resulting in there being
more winners than prizes for the Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right to (a)
declare as void any claims or entries resulting from such printing or other error;
and/or (b) allocate the available prize(s) through a further draw or to divide the
prize(s) or the value of the prize(s) between the winners of the Promotion.
- Any participant who enters or attempts to enter the Promotion in a manner, which in
the Promoter’s reasonable opinion is contrary to these Terms and Conditions or by its
nature is unjust to other entrants (including tampering with the operation of the
Promotion, cheating, hacking, deception or any other unfair playing practices such as
intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participants or the Promoter
and/or any of its agents or representatives) may be rejected from the Promotion at
the Promoter’s sole discretion. Furthermore, where such actions have significantly
impaired the Promotion, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, add further stages
to the Promotion as it deems reasonably necessary in order to resolve any problems
arising from such actions.
- The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions in its
reasonable discretion. Any amendments will be published on the Promoter’s website
(the Website).
- These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. The courts of England and
Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute or claim arising in
association with the Promotion or these Terms and Conditions.
In-paper T&Cs
Your terms and conditions to be included in the paper are set out below. If space is
particularly limited, please discuss with legal to ascertain if it is possible to shorten these
further.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Promotion closes at 23.59 on 11 August 2024. Open to residents
of the United Kingdom only, except for anyone under 18 years of age, employees and agents
of the Promoter and its group companies, or third parties directly connected with the
operation or fulfilment of the Promotion and their affiliates, and their immediate families
and household members. One entry per person. Winners will be selected at random from all
correct entries. No cash alternative and prize is non-transferable. Your information will be
used to administer this Promotion and otherwise in accordance with our privacy policy at
newsprivacy.co.uk and those of the partner. Promoter is News Group Newspapers Ltd. Full
T&Cs apply – see [insert hyperlink].
Social Media T&Cs
Your terms and conditions to be included in the paper are set out below. If space is
particularly limited, please discuss with legal to ascertain if it is possible to shorten these
further.