OFFICIAL RULES OF #SpotTheSunVBQ

1.ELIGIBILITY.

The “#SpotTheSunVBQ” contest (the “Contest”) is organized by the Sponsor (as defined in section 12) subject to the rules set out below (the “Rules”). Participation in the Contest is free and does not depend on the purchase of or claim on non-gratuitous goods or services. The Contest is open to people who are 18 years of age or older (as of date of entry) with full legal capacity and who are legal residents of Switzerlandor any other country in which participation in the Contest would be permitted under local laws and regulations (the “Participants”). Participants from outside of Switzerland shall check with their local legal and/or regulatory requirements regarding their eligibility, prior to participation in the Contest. The officers, directors, and employees of the Sponsor and its parent company, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies as well as all advertising, promotion and judging agencies, persons engaged in the development, production or distribution of materials for theContest (collectively the “Contest Parties”) and immediate family members or persons living in the same household with any Contest party (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in the Contest. By entering the Contest, each Participant represents and warrants being eligible for participation in accordance with this section 1 and expressly agrees with the Rules.

2. CONTEST PERIOD.

The Contest begins on March 1st, 2017 at 7:00AM GMT and ends on March 31, 2017 11:59 PM GMT (“Contest Period”). Entries will be accepted throughout the Contest Period.

3. HOW TO ENTER.

There are two ways to enter the Contest:

• Through a Facebook (www.facebook.com) account and/or an Instagram (www.instagram.com) account, in which case any additional terms and conditions of such services apply and shall be complied with by the Participants.

To enter, Participants must either:

• Send a picture of the Sun to the email address specified above and use #SpottheSunVBQ in the object of their email.
• Like the Vilebrequin Facebook page and upload a picture of the Sun on the page (www.facebook.com/vilebrequin) and use #SpottheSunVBQ.
• Like the Vilebrequin Instagram page and upload a picture of the Sun on their Instagram account, tag @vilebrequin and use #SpottheSunVBQ.

Pictures submitted by the Participants may be published on the Sponsor’s social media outlets and Participants by submitting their pictures via email, Facebook or Instagram expressly grant the Sponsor the right to do so.

The Contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook and/or Instagram. Each Participant herewith grants Facebook full release in connection with the Contest. Participants further understand that they are providing their information to the Sponsor and not exclusively to Facebook and/or Instagram, if they are using such services to participate in the Contest.

4. WARRANTY BY THE PARTICIPANTS.

Participants warrant that the pictures they are using for participating in the Contest are their own and that such pictures and their publication within the frame of the Contest do not infringe any copyrights, personality rights, or other rights or laws.

5. DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION.

Each Participant agrees to defend and indemnity the Sponsor and /or its parent company, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies against any liability, actions, claims, damages, losses, and costs, including legal and attorney’s fees, related thereto.

6. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY.

The Sponsor and its parent company, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies, disclaim all liability, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in connection with the Contest and the pictures submitted by the Participants.

7. SELECTION OF WINNER AND NOTIFICATION.

A jury composed of four (4) members designated by the Sponsor will select one (1) picture from one (1) participant (the “Winner”) based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria.

The winner will be notified by the Sponsoror its designated agency via their relevant social media account, such as a direct message on Instagram or Facebook or via e-mail to the address used by the Winner for entering the contest. Winners must respond within a 48-hour time period from the date and time stamp such notification was sent bythe Sponsor or its designated agency. If a Winner’s reply is not received within such deadline, the prize will be deemed as undeliverable and forfeited by the relevant Winner. In such case, the jury will select an alternative Winner in accordance with this section 7. There will thus be a total of maximum one (1) winner. The winner may be published on the Sponsor’s social media outlets.

8. PRIZES AND PRIZE RESTRICTIONS.

Winner is eligible to receive one Vilebrequin swimwear product (F/M) as available in stock, and chosen by the Sponsor at its sole discretion, up to a value of CHF 250.

Prizes are not transferable or refundable, and shall be accepted as awarded. No cash equivalent or alternative product or prize will be made available.

9. BINDING EFFECT AND DISQUALIFICATION.

By submitting their entries Participants agree to be bound by the Rules. The sponsor reserves the right to disqualify individual Participants from the Contest if there are justifiable grounds e.g. infringement of the Rules, influencing the voting process, manipulation, etc.

10. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.

The Sponsor makes no representations or warranties in connection with the Contest; The Sponsor’s decisions are final on all matters related to theContest and there shall be no right of appeal. Neither the Sponsor nor any other Contest Parties are responsible for incomplete, lost, late, delayed or garbled applications or emails, incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, including but not limited to technical malfunctions, human or technical error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, so are or any combination thereof.

11. CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PARTICIPATION AND TERMINATION OF THE CONTEST.

The Sponsor reserves the right, without prior notice, to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, or modify the Contest and/or the Rules, for any reason or no reason at all, including without limitation, if it determines in its sole discretion, that fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond its reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Contest. Participants who have already entered the Contest before any such termination or change of the Contest and/or the Rules may be notified by the Sponsor to the contact indicated upon Contest entry. In case of a modification of the Rules, such Participants may, as their sole remedy, declare to withdraw from the Contest. No indemnity will be paid or due to Participants as a result of such termination and/or modification. Should the Contest not be cancelled or terminated earlier, pursuant to this section 10, it shall be deemed to end upon the provision of the prizes to the selected winner.

12. PRIVACY; DATA COLLECTION.

The Sponsor will store and process the Participants’ entry details and submissions solely for the purpose of the Contest (including publication of such information on its social media outlets) and in accordance with the rules of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act. The Sponsor may subcontract all or part of the processing of such information to its designated agency, which shall process such information strictly in compliance with the Sponsor’s instructions, and each Participant agrees to such subcontracting. Information provided by and/or collected from Participants for the purposes of the Contest is further subject to the Sponsor’s privacy policy located at http://eu.vilebrequin.com/en/privacy-policy/privacy_policy.html

13. SPONSOR.

The Contest is sponsored by T.R.B. International SA with Swiss headquarter offices at Chemin du Pré-Fleuri, 5 1228 Plan-les-Ouates Switzerland (the “Sponsor”).

14. DISPUTES.  

No correspondence will be entered into about the competition. No claims can be made relating to the forwarding, redemption or exchange of prizes. Swiss law shall apply exclusively.