Vistaprint Small Business Tuesday Contest Official Rules

Vistaprint Small Business Tuesday Contest Official Rules

(“Official Rules”)

The Vistaprint Small Business Tuesday Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Cimpress USA Incorporated with offices located at 275 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451.  (“Sponsor”).

Sponsor, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and any other companies or agencies associated with the Contest (such as advertising, promotion, or fulfillment agencies) together hereinafter will be referred to as the “Contest Entities.”

Participation in the Contest constitutes the entrant’s (“you” or “your”) full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules.

  1. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Maximum one (1) entry per person during the Contest Period (as defined below).
  2. Contest Dates: The Contest begins on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 12:00 am Eastern Time and ends on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time (The “Contest Period”). Sponsor’s designated computer is the official time clock for the Contest.
  3. Who Can Enter: The Contest is open to all legal residents of the United States who are at least twenty-one (21) years or older at the time of entry. Employees of the Contest Entities and their immediate family members (defined as parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings and spouse (including common law), regardless of where they reside) of each employee are not eligible to enter the Contest or to win the Contest prizes. Any other persons with whom such employees are domiciled are also ineligible to enter the Contest or win the Contest prizes.
  4. How to Enter: During the Contest Period, enter the Contest by visiting Vistaprint’s Instagram account. To enter the Contest, each entrant must like Vistaprint’s Small Business Tuesday post, tag a small business in the comments of Vistaprint’s post and explain why you love that small business (a “Submission”). The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Instagram, Inc. (“Instagram”).

Prohibited Content: Entries must not violate the rights of any other party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights or rights of privacy/publicity. Entry submissions may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any material that:

  1. a) is sexually explicit or suggestive; violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
  2. b) promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message;
  3. c) is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group;
  4. d) defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about other people products or companies;
  5. e) contains any personal identification, such as personal names or e-mail addresses;
  6. f) communicates messages inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor or wishes to associate;
  7. g) infringes the rights of any third party;
  8. h) violates any law and/or

(i) is otherwise determined to by Sponsor in its sole discretion to be inappropriate for participation in the Contest.

  1. Limitations on Entry: There is a limit of one (1) entry per person per day during the Contest Period. If more than one entry is received from an entrant during such period, only the first entry will be included and later entries will be disqualified. Once an entrant is selected as winner, they are excluded from future entries in the Contest. Each potential Winner may be required to provide valid and legal proof of identification. All entries must be fully and accurately completed. Use of any automated system to participate in the Contest or subvert the entry process is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all associated entries will be void. Contest Entities will not be responsible for incomplete, inaccurate, late, or stolen entries or for failure to receive entries due to transmission failures or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or Sponsor 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 of entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Contest-related materials. In the event of a dispute over the ownership of an entry, entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the ISP account from which they were sent. For these purposes, an ISP account holder shall mean the natural person(s) assigned to such ISP account by the Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning ISP addresses for the domain associated with such ISP account. Any questions regarding the number of entries submitted or the owner of an ISP account shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, and Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entries by persons determined to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Contest.
  2. Selection of Winners: Each Tuesday during the Contest Period, a winner will be selected from all qualified entries, and will be notified the next day by Instagram direct message. Submissions will be judged based on entrant’s explanation of why they love the small business. Entrant with the best explanation will be chosen as the winner.
  3. Prize Details: Prizes include a variety of Vistaprint products along with a feature of the small business on Vistaprint’s Instagram account and story. Prize may be valued up to $75.00. Each entrant is only eligible to win one prize during the entire contest period. All federal, state and local taxes, as set forth by applicable law, are the sole responsibility of the Winner. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued to the winners.
  4. Awarding of Prizes: If your entry has been chosen as a winner, you will be contacted via Instagram direct message to confirm your entry and eligibility and arrange for delivery of your prize. To be confirmed as a winner, you may be required to provide information for tax purposes as well as a valid e-mail address at which to receive your voucher. If a winner does not meet all eligibility requirements, has not complied with these Official Rules, cannot be contacted, does not respond within five (5) days from the date Sponsor first tries to notify him/her, and/or the prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such winner forfeits all rights to claim or receive the prize and an alternate winner will be selected using the methods described above. By accepting any prize, the winner acknowledges compliance with these Official Rules. If any prize is not won and claimed by an eligible winner in accordance with these Official Rules, it will not be awarded and will remain the property of Sponsor. PRIZES ARE AWARDED AS IS AND WITHOUT CONDITION, WARRANTY, GUARANTEE OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE).
  5. Privacy: All entrants shall be subject to and protected by the Privacy Policy on the Vistaprint.com website, available online at http://www.vistaprint.com/customer-care/privacy-and-security.aspx (the “Privacy Policy”). By entering the Contest, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the Privacy Policy and you agree to its terms.
  6. Publicity: Acceptance of any prize constitutes permission for the Contest Entities to use the Winner’s name, likeness, photo, voice and comments for advertising and promotional purposes worldwide in any media without limitation and without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. You also consent to the use of your Submission for purposes of the promotion of the Contest Entities on Sponsor’s website and social media accounts.
  7. Release of Liability: By entering the Contest, each entrant (a) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor or its designees, which shall be final and (b) agrees to release and to hold the Contest Entities, and their respective parents, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and legal advisors, and Instagram, harmless against any and all claims, losses, rights, liabilities and damages, and actions of any kind arising out of their participation in the Contest and/or the acceptance and use of any prize. The foregoing release includes, but is not limited to, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Under no circumstances shall any of the Contest Entities have any liability or responsibility for: (1) incorrect or inaccurate entry information, or faulty, failed, garbled or jumbled electronic data transmissions; (2) any unauthorized access to or theft, destruction or alteration of entries at any point; (3) any technical malfunction, failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regard to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers or providers utilized in any aspect of the Contest; (4) inaccessibility or unavailability of the Internet or a Contest site or any combination thereof; (5) any injury or damage to a participant’s or to any other person’s computer, tablet, mobile device or other electronic device that may be related to or result from any attempt to participate in the Contest or download any materials in the Contest; or (6) any typographical error or other error in these Official Rules or in any other communication relating to the Contest. All entries become the property of Contest Entities.
  8. Dispute resolution/Choice of Law: Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Challenge or any Prize awarded shall be resolved individually, shall be instituted in courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Each participant agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and agrees that venue in these courts is proper in any such dispute, claim or cause of action. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant Contest Entities in connection with the Challenge, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving effect its conflicts of laws principles. In the event any provision of the Rules is deemed illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be stricken to the extent of its illegality, invalidity or unenforceability and the remainder of the Rules shall be construed and enforced as if it did not contain the stricken provision.
  9. General Terms and Conditions: Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. This Contest is void where prohibited by law. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements as set forth herein. Sponsor is not liable for any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer or its contents related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest, or other technical difficulties or failures or other errors of any kind. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify persons found tampering with or otherwise abusing any aspect of this Contest as solely determined by Sponsor. In the event the Contest is compromised by a virus, unauthorized human intervention, tampering or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor which corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper operation of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Contest. Should the Contest be terminated prior to the end of the Contest Period, Sponsor reserves the right to award prizes based on the nonsuspect, eligible entries received before the termination date.
  10. Winners’ Names: To get winners’ list by mail, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to Winners’ List, Vistaprint Small Business Tuesday Contest, 275 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451. Mail must be received by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on August 31, 2018.