Official Rules for the Red Hat Magazine Sweepstakes
APPLICABLE ONLY IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. ENTRY INTO THIS PROMOTION CONSTITUES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE PROMOTION RULES. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to enter the Red Hat Magazine Survey Promotion (hereinafter, “Promotion”), you must be a legal U.S. resident who is above the age of majority at the time of entry. You must have access to the Internet and a valid email address. Employees, officers, and directors of Red Hat, Inc., and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies and their immediate families and those living in their households, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion. Void where prohibited. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. As applicable, if you are acting within the scope of your employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, you warrant that such party has full knowledge of your actions and has consented thereto, including your potential receipt of prize. You further warrant by entering this Promotion your actions do not violate your employer’s or company’s policies and procedures. Government employees and contractors are not eligible to enter.
2. PROMOTION PERIOD
The Promotion begins at midnight eastern standard time (EST) on October 29, 2007 and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on November 12, 2007 (”Promotion Period).
3. SPONSOR
Red Hat, Inc. (”Red Hat”), located at 1801 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, is the sponsor of the Promotion (”Sponsor”).
4. TO ENTER
To enter to win the Prize, you must visit http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/171892/1165/ and complete the survey questionnaire and provide your name, address, phone number, email address and submit the survey form online to contest@redhat.com.
LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER PERSON. Subsequent entries will be disqualified. All entries must be submitted in English. All entries become the property of Sponsor. They will not be returned or acknowledged. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, or postage-due mail or e-mail, or for any computer-related, online, telephonic, or technical malfunctions that may occur. Entries are void if they are in whole or in part illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error, or obtained through fraud or theft. By entering you agree to be bound by these Official Rules.
5. Privacy
By registering for the Promotion, you will be providing personal information that will be transferred to servers located in the U.S. and the information may be transferred to third parties. By registering for the Promotion, you will be bound by Sponsor’s privacy policy located at www.redhat.com/legal/privacy_statement.html.
6. Selection of Winner
Selection of the winner will occur on or about November 14, 2007, by random drawing from among all eligible entries received. The random drawing will be conducted at Red Hat corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. All decisions on all matters pertaining to the Promotion are final. Limit one prize per person, family or household. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
7. WINNER
Grand Prize: Sponsor will award one (1) Grand Prize to the entrant who receives the highest score on their entry and winner will receive a $50 Visa giftcard supplied by Red Hat. The maximum Approximate Retail Value (”ARV”) of the prize available is $50.00.
8. WINNER NOTIFICATION
The Grand Prize winners will be notified by e-mail, on or about November 29, 2007. Grand Prize winner will have thirty days (30) days from notification to claim the prize supplied by Red Hat. Red Hat and its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, agents, officers and directors, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective officers, directors, employees and their respective agents will not be liable for unsuccessful efforts to notify a winner. The prize will be delivered by ground shipping within United States only within 7-9 weeks after winner notification. No prize transfer, assignment or substitution by winner permitted. Red Hat reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to substitute the prize for a prize of equal value should all or part of a prize become unavailable for any reason. All federal, state and local taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. If the Grand Prize winners decline the prize, fail to claim the prize, are unavailable for prize fulfillment, or fail to abide by the Official Rules, Sponsor may select an alternate winner from all remaining eligible entries.
9. Condition of Participation
By entering the Promotion, you agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules and you confirm that you meet all eligibility requirements listed herein. You agree that all federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. By registering for the Promotion, you agree that these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Promotion. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for, and winners consent to, Sponsor and its agencies to use the winning Entry and the names and/or likenesses of the winner for advertising and promotional purposes, in any media now known or hereafter devised, without further notice, compensation, consideration, review, or consent, and without regard to moral rights, unless prohibited by law.
To the extent permitted by law, all registered participants of the Promotion agree to hold Sponsor its respective directors, officers, employees and assigns harmless for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Promotion and/or use or acceptance of any prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Promotion, or in the announcement of the prize. If, in Sponsors’ opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Promotion, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Promotion, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Promotion is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents. You may be prohibited from participating in this Promotion if Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reasonably believes that you have attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices, or annoys, abuses, threatens, or harrases any other participants, Sponsor, or associated agencies. In the event a potential winner’s employer has a policy that prohibits the awarding of a prize to an employee, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. Red Hat reserves the right at their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion.
10. LAWS
This Promotion is governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions. Promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by laws, including but not limited to jurisdictions with laws that would require registration, disclosure, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond or any other requirements that are not satisfied by these terms and conditions.
11. WINNERS LIST
To obtain the names the Grand Prize winner, send a request, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to Red Hat, 1801 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, Attn: Red Hat Magazine (Residents of Vermont need not supply postage).