COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Name of competition:
The Grand Prix Preview
Competition entry question:
Eligible entrants are required to answer the multiple choice question as stated in the promotional material. Entrants who have answered the question correctly will be entered into a draw to win the prize.
Method of Entry:
Either of the following methods of entry may be used:
á (a) By Premium rate text message (ÒPRTMÓ): text to 84010 – send a SMS text with the keyword PITS,F1,SPIN or SPEED followed by A, B or C to indicate your answer to the question; or,
á (b) By Premium rate telephone number (ÒPRTNÓ): call
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09041 600 131 |
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09041 600 132 |
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09041 600 133 |
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and follow the instructions given.
Cost of Entry:
á Each PRTM text costs £1.50 plus the standard rate of your network for one reply message. The total cost will therefore be dependent on your mobile network.
á Each PRTN call costs £1.50 per call from BT landlines. Calls from other networks and mobiles may be higher depending on the telephone provider's own tariffs and charges.
Entries made beyond the maximum number of entries for each method of entry as stated, or entries made after closing time, or received by the Promoter after the closing time, will not be entered into the competition, but may still be charged. Entries which are incomplete, incorrect, misspelt, inaudible, incomprehensible, or not received by the Promoter are void but may still be charged.
Competition Opening and Closing Date & Time:
Competition Opening Date and Time for entries via PRTM and PRTN: 12th March 2008
Competition Closing Date and Time for entries via PRTM and PRTN: 1st July 2008
Please note: Any entries made or received after the Closing Date and Time stated above will not be entered
Prize:
The first entry drawn at random from all eligible entries who have answered the question correctly will be the winner of the prize.
Silverstone VIP Experience
The winner will be notified on the competition draw date. He/she will be contacted on the phone number they provided when entering the competition. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner. Failure to respond and/or provide an address for delivery of the prize, or failure to meet the eligibility requirements as set out in the competition terms and conditions, and elsewhere as applicable, may result in forfeiture of the prize. If they cannot be contacted, or are unable comply with these terms and conditions, then the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant drawn at random and thereafter until a winner is found.
Winners for the smaller prizes will be drawn on a weekly basis on Thursday and notified by phone on the number used to enter.
Customer Care:
Any comments, queries or complaints relating to the competition should be made using the following telephone number:
01442 450 861
General Terms and Conditions:
These terms and conditions apply to all competitions featured in the Promoter's promotional material.
You accept these terms and conditions when you enter a competition, together with any specific terms for such competition which may be mentioned on-air, in any messages or on this website (Òcompetition informationÓ).
If you do not agree with any of these terms and conditions then you should not enter the competition. If there is any inconsistency between these competition terms and conditions and any such competition information, the competition information shall prevail.
These terms and conditions may be amended or varied at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted on this website. It is your responsibility to ensure you review these terms and conditions regularly to familiarise yourself with any changes. We recommend that you print and store or save a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.
1. Entry
1.1 The competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 years or over, unless specified otherwise. Employees and members of their immediate families (including any live-in partner) of the Promoter (see the end of these terms and conditions below for details), companies within the USP Content Ltd group of companies and any of their subsidiaries and/or agencies associated with this competition, including the provider of the prize and the producer of the programme, where applicable, are ineligible to enter. Any such entries will be invalid.
1.2 The Promoter reserves the right to ask for proof of age and evidence to verify the identity of an entrant at any time, and may use any channels and methods available to carry out checks of any details provided.
1.3 The opening and closing date and time for entries is as indicated in the competition information. Any entries received before or after these times will be discounted.
1.4 In order to enter, eligible entrants must answer the question or complete the task as indicated in the competition information.
1.5 Entry to the competition must be by the applicable method(s) as indicated in the competition information:
(i) Phone entry:
Phone entrants are required to call the premium rate telephone number as
indicated in the competition information, and follow the instructions in the
recorded message to answer the relevant question. Entrants will be asked to leave
their full name and a contact telephone number. The charge per call will be as
indicated in the competition information. Call costs are based on using BT
network phones. Standard network charges apply. The total cost will be
dependent on the entrant's network. Other landline and mobile operators'
network charges may vary. The Promoter does not accept responsibility for any
call charges. Entrants must have the permission of the bill payer before
calling. Each entrant will be charged the cost as indicated in the competition
information whether their entry to the competition is successful or not. Once
the premium rate telephone number is dialed and the entrant is connected,
he/she will be charged the cost of entry (together with any applicable
alternative network or mobile operators' charge). The Promoter does not accept
responsibility for any interruption to any telephone call which is beyond the
control of the Promoter. Entrants may be able to enter the competition from
outside the United Kingdom (although entry is restricted to UK residents) but
charges will depend on the relevant service provider's international call
rates. There is no warranty that the service is available or appropriate for
use in locations outside the UK.
(ii) SMS entry:
SMS entrants are required to send a text to the shortcode as
indicated in the competition information. The charge per text message will be
the price indicated in the competition information plus standard network
charges. The total cost will therefore be dependent on the entrant's network.
The Promoter does not accept responsibility for any SMS entry charges. SMS
entrants will receive a SMS confirmation text message of their entry, which may
include information about the programme, its sponsor or other services relating
to the competition. SMS entrants may opt out of receiving any marketing
messages in the confirmation message (please see clause 3.3 of these terms and
conditions). Entrants must have the permission of the bill payer before
calling. Entrants may be able to enter the competition from outside the UK
(although entry is restricted to UK residents). There is no warranty that the
service is available or appropriate for use in locations outside the UK.
Charges for entering the competition will depend on the relevant service
provider's international text message rates. Charges will be deducted from the
entrant's available credit time if they are a pre-pay customer or appear on
their monthly statement if they are a pay-monthly customer.
1.6 Entries must not be sent in through agents or third parties. Bulk entries cannot be accepted. Only one prize per person is permissible.
1.7 Any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, inaudible, incomprehensible, or not received by the Promoter will be void. An entry to the competition will be deemed to be an invalid entry where an entrant has evaded payment of the applicable entry charges when entering the competition.
1.8 In the event of any fault, mistake, misunderstanding or dispute concerning the correctness or acceptability of any answers given by entrants, or the operation of any part of the competition, network or phone system, the decision of the Promoter shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
1.9 The Promoter will not be liable to reimburse expenses incurred in making an
entry where applicable. No refund will be made for the cost of any entry where
applicable.
2. The Prize
2.1 The prize is as specified in the competition information. Where the prize involves the winner travelling, the winner (and their companion(s) if applicable) may be required to hold a valid passport and/or other necessary travel documentation and visas. Where the prize necessitates travel on a specific date, the winner (and their companion(s) if applicable) must be able to travel on the date specified by the Promoter and no alternative dates will be available. Where the prize involves travel on a date and/or destination to be chosen by the winner, the date and/or destination chosen is subject to availability and the Promoter reserves the right to include a final date by which the prize must be taken. The winner is solely responsible for all insurance, applicable taxes and for any costs, expenses and charges not specified in the prize description in the competition information. The prize is subject to the terms and conditions of the manufacturer or supplier.
The ÔSilverstone VIP ExperienceÕ winner will be drawn on 1st July 2008
Smaller weekly prize winners will be drawn on the Monday of ech week through the season.
2.2 The process for determining the winner of the prize is as indicated in the competition information. Where the winner is randomly selected from all the correct and valid entries, the prize draw for the winner will take place on the date indicated in the competition information.
2.3 The winner will be notified after the closing date and time for entries to the competition on the date the winning entry is selected or as soon as practical thereafter, or as otherwise indicated in the competition information. He/she will be contacted on the phone number or email address provided when entering the competition. The winner will have a specified fixed time period in which to claim his or her prize. Failure to respond within the fixed time period as specified and/or provide an address for delivery of the prize may result in forfeiture of the prize. If the winner fails to answer the call promptly or if the line is engaged or if for any other reason successful contact is not made, or they do not respond within the time specified, or if for any reason the call is interrupted in any way which is beyond the control of the Promoter then the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant and thereafter until a winner is found.
2.4 The Promoter may refuse to provide a prize, or seek its recovery, in the event of non-entitlement under these terms or an entrant's breach of these terms, fraud or dishonesty, including but not limited to the use of technology which enables an entrant to evade charges when entering the competition.
2.5 The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to withhold delivery of the prize until such proof of eligibility and identity has been confirmed or to disqualify the entrant from the competition.
2.6 The Promoter endeavours to deliver the prize to the winner within twenty eight (28) days from the date of the draw, unless otherwise specified. Delivery restrictions may apply.
2.7 No cash equivalent (where applicable) or alternative prize will be given and the prize is non-transferable and non-exchangeable. However, the Promoter reserves the right to change the prize due to circumstances beyond its control or to offer an alternative of similar value.
2.8 Where the prize includes a cheque, such cheque will be made payable to the name of the winning entry in pounds sterling. A cheque prize cannot be made payable to any third party. No other form of payment will be made.
3. Data Protection
3.1 The Promoter (or any third party nominated by the Promoter) may exercise its sole discretion to use the winner's (and (if applicable) their companion's) name and image and their comments relating to the prize and competition experience for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice or without any fee being paid.
3.2 Information and data ("personal data") which is provided by entrants when they enter will be held and used by the Promoter, the USP Content group of companies and their suppliers and contractors in order to administer the competition. Entrants' personal data may also be passed to their cellular phone provider or to relevant regulatory bodies, the police or other authorities in the course of the investigation of any complaints or suspected unlawful activity or where requested by the phone provider in connection with the billing arrangements for the competition. Aggregate, non personal data may also be used for the purpose of undertaking market research or in facilitating reviews, developments and improvements to relevant services.
3.3 Any personal data will only otherwise be used in accordance with Promoter's privacy policy. This can be viewed at http://www.uspcontent.com. USP Content will only use an entrant's data to send information of offers or services that may be of interest to that entrant from time to time or to pass that entrant's data to carefully selected third parties if that entrant has selected by opting-in to receive such information. At any time, entrants can amend their marketing preferences and opt-out of receiving any marketing communications from USP Content Ltd by sending an SMS message with the word STOP to 84010.
4. Liability
4.1 Nothing in these terms and conditions restrict your statutory rights as a consumer. For more details on your statutory rights you should contact your local Trading Standards Office or Citizen's Advice Bureau.
4.2 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit the Promoter's liability for death or personal injury caused by their staff or supplier's negligence or for fraud.
4.3 Subject to clause 4.2, the Promoter does not accept responsibility for any fault, malfunction, damage, loss or disappointment suffered by any entrant howsoever arising from participating in the competition or of accepting any prize whether due to any error, omission or other cause by the Promoter, its employees, agents or others to the fullest extent permitted by law.
4.4 The Promoter is not responsible for any damage or loss caused to an entrant where such damage or loss is not reasonably foreseeable to the entrant and to the Promoter when the entrant agrees to these terms and conditions (which occurs automatically when you enter the competition), including where the damage or loss results from the Promoter's breach of these terms and conditions.
4.5 The Promoter does not accept liability for any damage or loss caused to you where you are not entering into these terms and conditions as a consumer.
4.6 You agree not to give any indication that you have any commercial relationship with the Promoter, or that you are an agent of the Promoter or that the Promoter has endorsed any submission you may make in entering any competition.
4.7 The Promoter cannot promise that the services relating to the competition will be free from errors or omissions nor that they will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. These services may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons reasonably beyond the control of the Promoter. The Promoter will not be liable to you or to any other person in the event that all or any part of the service relating to the competition is discontinued, modified or changed in any way.
4.8 You agree to reimburse the Promoter in respect of any damages suffered by the Promoter or any losses by the Promoter resulting from any claim made by a third party in each case in respect of any matter arising from your use of the services relating to the competition in breach of these terms and conditions or from your violation of any applicable law or regulation.
5. Standard terms
5.1 In the event that any entrant does not, or is unable to, comply with and meet these terms and conditions, the Promoter shall be entitled at its sole discretion to disqualify such entrant, without any further liability to such entrant. Any entrant must comply with any directions given to him or her by the Promoter including but not limited to any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations, and where applicable, compliance with the OFCOM Broadcasting Code.
5.2 These terms and conditions are available in English only and shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England unless the entrant is a Scottish resident in which case that entrant may choose the law of their residence and the entrant irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales again unless the entrant is a Scottish resident in which case the entrant may choose the courts of their residence in Scotland.
5.3 Please note that calls may be recorded to ensure that competition entries are captured, for staff training and quality control purposes.
5.4 These terms and conditions were last updated on 12.3.08
6. Contact details and further information
6.1 For a hard copy set of these terms and conditions or the name of the winner, please send a SAE to the Promoter's address below including the name of the competition, as specified in the competition information.
6.2 The Promoter is: USP Content Ltd. Company Registration Number . 02532550, unless specified otherwise in the competition information.
Voting Guidelines:
Voting is by Premium rate text message (ÒPRTMÓ): text to 88010 – send a SMS text with the keyword (INSERT KEYWORD) followed by A, B or C to indicate your vote.
Each PRTM text costs 25p plus the standard rate of your network for one reply message. The total cost will therefore be dependent on your mobile network.
You may vote as many times as you like. However, we reserve the right to discount votes if there are reasonable grounds to suspect, having regard to all circumstances and information available, that fraudulent voting has occurred, such that is designed to excessively manipulate the outcome of the vote.
Vote lines are opened and closed as follows:
(INSERT OPEN & CLOSE TIMES)
Votes made or received outside of these specified times will not be counted but may still be charged. Voting times are liable to change.
The result of the vote will be from all votes received at the time when the result is calculated, after the specified times above.
The system and/or service may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond reasonable control.
In the event of a tie, where two or more options receive joint highest votes, or in the event that the outcome of the vote cannot be reasonably determined because of a technical failure or other circumstance beyond control, then the promoterÕs decision will determine the outcome. The promoterÕs decision will be final.
Customer Care:
Any comments, queries or complaints relating to the vote should be made using the following telephone number:
01442 450 861
The following information, where possible, should be supplied: 1. Your Name
2. The telephone number of the phone you used
3. The time(s) when you experienced problems
4. If possible, your telephone network operator
5. A contact telephone number if different from number 2 above
6. Please confirm the number you have been using.
Contact details and further information:
For a hard copy set of these terms and conditions please send a SAE to the Promoter's address below
The Promoter is: USP Content Ltd. Company Registration Number 2532550