Eukanuba – Proud Parent Contest

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, PLAY, OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.
INTERNET ACCESS AND VALID EMAIL ACCOUNT NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE. TELEVISION INTERNET ACCESS NOT VALID.
ELIGIBILITY:
The Eukanuba Proud Parent Contest (the “Contest”) is offered only to individuals who are legal residents of Canada who are of age of majority in their province or territory at the time of entry. Employees, officers, and directors of Procter & Gamble (“Procter & Gamble” or “Sponsor”), BAM Strategy Inc., their respective parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotional agencies, prize suppliers, web masters and web suppliers and persons engaged in the development of Promotion materials, and members of the immediate family (parents, siblings, children and spouse, wherever they reside) or same household members (whether or not related) of such employees, officers, members, and directors are not eligible. Groups, clubs, organizations, commercial entities, and businesses cannot participate. By participating, you agree to these Official Rules and all decisions of Sponsor and/or BAM Strategy Inc, an independent judging and administration organization, which are final and binding in all respects. Void where prohibited by law.
PROMOTIONAL ENTRY PERIODS:
Contest begins on February 12^th, 2010 (the “Start Date”) at 10:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on April 9^th, 2010 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Sponsor’s computer is the official clock for the Contest. There are a total of Fifteen (15) prizes available to be won; One (1) Grand Prize and Seven (7) weekly Prizes from all English entries received, and seven (7) Weekly Prizes from all French entries received.
Weekly Winners will be selected based on the number of votes accumulated at the end of voting period. The entry with the most votes during each seven (7) day voting period will be the potential weekly winner and will be posted as a candidate for a chance to win the Grand Prize. All winning entries will be removed at the end of the weekly voting period and are no longer eligible to be selected for the next week’s voting period unless they resubmit their entry for the next week’s voting period. In the event of a tie, the winner will be chosen at random by BAM Strategy Inc.
The weekly voting period start and end dates are as follows:
Period 1: February 12, 2010 at 10:00:01 am E.S.T. to February 26, 2010 at 11:59:59pm E.S.T.;
Period 2: February 27, 2010 at 12:00:00 am E.S.T. to March 5, 2010 at 11:59:59 pm E.S.T;
Period 3: March 6, 2010 at 12:00:00 am E.S.T. to March 12, 2010 at 11:59:59 pm E.S.T;
Period 4: March 13, 2010 at 12:00:00 am E.S.T. to March 19, 2010 at 11:59:59 pm E.S.T;
Period 5: March 20, 2010 at 12:00:00 am E.S.T. to March 26, 2010 at 11:59:59 pm E.S.T;
Period 6: March 27, 2010 at 12:00:00 am E.S.T. to April 2, 2010 at 11:59:59 pm E.S.T
Period 7: April 3, 2010 at 12:00:00 am E.S.T. to April 9, 2010 at 11:59:59 pm E.S.T.
Grand Prize Winner will be selected from amongst the fourteen (14) weekly winners by a judging panel. Judging criteria is as follows: 50% is allocated to story originality and 50% is allocated to the pictures and how they embody the stories they represent . The winner will be announced by April 16^th, 2010
Weekly Winner selection will be determined within Three (3) days of the end of the Contest Voting Period outlined above and will include all entries received prior to each Contest Period End date. Limit of One (1) entry per participant per e-mail address.
Any attempted participation in any manner other than as expressly stated in these Official Rules is void and will NOT result in a Contest entry.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Register at the Web Site. During the Promotional Period, access the Web site at www.proudparent.ca (the “Promotional Web Site”) and click on the icon, banner, or text link to access the registration page. At that point, you must:
1. Access the registration page by following the instructions on the home page.
2. Complete the Official Entry Form with your first and last name, complete address, email address, month/year of birth, and phone number, as well as agree to these full Contest Rules and Regulations.
3. After entering all requested information, click the “Submit” button to submit your initial entry.
4. To activate the voting component, you must fill out your dog’s profile and tell us about your proud moments as a pet owner.
5. Only once the profile has been reviewed and approved can people vote for the profile and refer votes to the profile.
6. Starting February 12^th, 2010, contestants and users will be invited to vote for their most deserving Proud Parent contestant. Refer to weekly Voting Period dates under Promotional Entry Periods.
7. At the end of each week’s Voting Period, the entry with the most number of votes will be selected that week’s potential weekly winner and will be eligible for a chance to win the Grand Prize.
8. You must be the age of majority in the province or territory in which you reside at time of entry to be eligible
By registering and submitting a Proud Parent Entry, you agree that your Entry adheres to the Content Restrictions as defined below and that the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry if Sponsor believes, in its sole discretion that your Entry fails to comply with the Content Restrictions in any way.
By submitting a Proud Parent moment, entrants give consent to the Sponsors to post their profile or excerpts of their profile on-line and potentially for use in radio, TV, print, on-line advertising along with the entrant’s name and city/province of residence without compensation.
Content Restrictions :
1. The Entry must not contain material that:
- Violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;
- Includes brand names or logos or trademarks;
- Contains or describes indecent behavior, profanities or obscenities, including but not limited to nudity, or pornography;
- Disparages persons or organizations associated with Sponsor;
- Includes text or photos not created by entrant;
- Is hateful, tortuous, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
- Includes threats to any person, place, business, or group;
- Contains defamatory statements (including words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic group) or promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
- Invades the privacy or other rights of any person, firm, entity; and
- Is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, provincial, or local laws and regulations.
2. The photos submitted with your Entry must be of yourself and/or your dog, for which you have sole ownership, and must not include any other person, brand name, or recognizable logo or trademark.
For all Entries:
Failure of any Entry to comply with the above Content Restrictions, as determined by Sponsor and/or Administrator in their sole discretion, may result in disqualification. All Entries will become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor shall have the right to reproduce, copy, broadcast, edit, adapt and publish any or all of the Entries, and may use them in any media whatsoever throughout the world, without limitation, for any and all advertising, promotions, and other purposes of trade, without attribution or compensation to the entrant, his/her successors or assigns, or any other entity. SUBMITTING AN ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR IRREVOCABLE ASSIGNMENT, CONVEYANCE AND TRANFERENCE TO SPONSOR ANY AND ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST, AND ALL RESIDUAL INTERESTS IN THE ENTRY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL COPYRIGHTS AND ANY RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS THEREOF. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected Entry, which are void and will be disqualified. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may feature any Entry submitted in this Contest at any time during, or after, the Promotion Period on any related websites, in any promotional materials, whether related or unrelated to the Contest, and at any other location, whether physical or online, that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate and necessary for the operation and promotion of this Contest.
PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES/ODDS:
There are a total of Fifteen (15) Prizes available to be won. The Grand Prize consists of a trip for two (2) to either Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal (to be confirmed by contest Sponsor). Prize Winner and one (1) guest, including one (1) dog, will receive: round-trip coach airfare from the major Canadian commercial airport nearest the Prize Winner’s home (departure point), ground transportation to and from the airport, hotel accommodations for two (2), including dog, [based on one (1) standard room, double occupancy, room and taxes only] for three (3) nights at a hotel chosen by the contest Sponsors, $1,000 spending cash (for the Prize Winner only) payable to the Prize Winner by way of cheque, and a professional outdoors canine photo shoot. Timing of trip, and reservation of photo shoot are to be determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Trip must be taken before September 30th, 2010. All other expenses not specifically described herein, including without limitation applicable taxes, fuel/currency surcharges, additional transportation, room service, gratuities, merchandise, telephone calls, insurance, together with any travel documentation and all personal expenses of any kind or nature are the sole responsibility of the winner. It is the sole responsibility of the winner to obtain all necessary travel documentation, including passports and visas, if applicable and to comply with any customs and immigration requirements. Pet travel information and requirements are determined by the different airline companies and can be found on their respective websites. Total Approximate Retail Value $6,000 Cdn (depending on point of departure). The Fourteen (14) Weekly Prizes consist of a one year supply of Eukanuba customized dog food (approximate retail value of $600 Cdn). The Weekly prizes will be given in the form of vouchers from Eukanuba, exchangeable at any local pet store where Eukanuba products are sold. A one year’s supply is based on an average yearly consumption for a medium-sized dog..
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Weekly Winners will be selected based on the number of votes accumulated during each Voting Period and will be vetted by a judging panel composed of representatives from Sponsor, whose decisions are final, from among all eligible entries received within the posted Entry Period.
Potential Weekly Winners will be selected within Three (3) days of the end the Voting Period outlined above. Chances of being selected as a winner will be based on the number of contestants and the number of voters and votes received within the Voting Period. Potential Grand Prize Winner will be selected within Two (2) weeks following the end of the Contest Period and notified by April 16th, 2010.
Potential winners will be notified by email, phone or express mail to the phone number or address listed on the Official Entry Form. If a potential winner is deemed unreachable, or a prize notification returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries. To be declared a Winner, the selected entrant must complete a Declaration of Eligibility, a Publicity Release, and a Release of Liability, and return the Documents within seven (7) days of receipt, or prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner chosen from among all remaining eligible entries. Proof or verification of identity and eligibility may be required. Failure to comply may result in disqualification and selection of another potential winner.
PUBLICITY RELEASE:
Acceptance of prize by winner constitutes winner consent that their name, likeness, voice, biographical data, photo and/or video, and Proud Parent moment depiction may be used for advertising and promotional purposes without limitation and without additional notice, compensation, or consent, including a winners’ list.
CONDITIONS FOR PRIZES:
Prizes will be awarded and delivered to confirmed winners by the Sponsor. It is the responsibility of each participant to maintain his/her registration and contact information current; and Sponsor will have no responsibility or liability for a participant’s failure to do so. Winners are solely responsible for all costs and expenses not specified in these Official Rules. Only one prize will be awarded per contest winner, household, family, group or organization. Prizes must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred, assigned, redeemed for cash or substituted, except in Sponsor’s sole discretion who may substitute any prize or prize component with a prize or prize component of equal or greater value for any reason, due to circumstances beyond their control. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
Participants agree (a) that Sponsor, BAM Strategy, and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, members, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be indemnified and held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to person(s), including death, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize, or participation in this Contest or Contest-related activities and (b) acknowledge that said parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in law or in fact, relative to any prize, including but not limited to, its quality, merchantability or fitness for the intended purpose; and (c) winners of prizes grant (and agree to confirm such grant in writing promptly upon request) to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor’s authority the right to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements, and biographical information for advertising, trade, publicity, and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including the World Wide Web without review, notification or approval, or further compensation, including a winners’ list. Winners of prizes may be required to complete, sign, and return a declaration of eligibility, a liability release and a publicity release within an indicated time after receipt of notification. If such documents are not returned on a timely basis, or if any notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if a winner of any prize is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:
Neither Sponsor or BAM Strategy are responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, or illegible requests, plays, registrations or email; or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic, or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, or availability, or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/Web site/use net accessibility, availability, or traffic congestion, or any technical error, or unauthorized human intervention, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture or provision (as appropriate) of registration, voting, or other information, or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Neither Sponsor, nor BAM Strategy are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Web site. The right is reserved by Sponsor, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, to be tampering with the registration process or the operation of the Contest or Web site, to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, or like methods will void all registrations and/or plays effected by such methods, and any participant using such methods will be disqualified. Neither Sponsor, nor BAM Strategy are responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from the Web site or use of the Web site. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which Sponsor, in its sole opinion, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion and proceed with the Contest and the award of prizes in a manner deemed by Sponsor in its sole discretion, to be fair, appropriate, and consistent with these Official Rules. Notice of such action by Sponsor will be posted on www.gillettepersonalbest.ca. In case of dispute, Official Entries submitted will be declared entered/submitted (as appropriate) by the authorized account holder under whose email address and password the entry was submitted (as appropriate). Sponsor and its agencies are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest, or in the announcement of the prizes.
IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, BAM STRATEGY OR THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
QUEBEC RESIDENTS:
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
This contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local laws and regulations.
OFFICIAL RULES AND WINNERS LIST:
For a copy of the Official Rules or for the names of winners of major prizes, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Eukanuba Proud Parent Contest
420 McGill, Suite 400
Montréal, Québec H2Y 2G1
for receipt by May 31, 2010.
SPONSOR:
Procter & Gamble Inc., 4711 Yonge Street, North York, ON M2N 6KB.