The Village at Vaughan Mills 2011 "Room to Decorate Contest"
OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
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TO ENTER – The Village at Vaughan Mills Room to Decorate Contest (the "Contest") simply visit the website located at www.roomtodecorate.com via www.thevillageatvaughanmills.com and complete and submit your online entry by following the instructions at the website. Each entrant must include the entry information requested in order to receive one (1) contest entry (the "Entry"). All Entries must include your full name, complete mailing address, age, ten digit day and evening telephone numbers and valid e-mail address, plus a photograph in jpeg, gif, png or bmp format (72 dpi; maximum of 1 MB) of a room (the "Room Photo") you would like to have transformed in a room makeover. Please see Photograph Submission Guidelines below in Rule 4. Note that the Room Photo submission must take place at time of registration and cannot be made at a later date. Five (5) different Room Photos per week will be randomly selected from among all eligible Entries received, and will be displayed on the Contest website each week during the Contest Period, as defined below. The weekly Room Photos will be randomly selected on Monday June 20, Monday June 27, Monday July 4, Monday July 11, and Monday July 18. All at 10:00 am ET. Each of the five (5) weekly Room Photos randomly selected will be eligible to advance to the Grand Prize Photo Gallery based on total number of eligible viewers' votes received. Each week, the Room Photo that received the most eligible viewers' votes by 11:59:59 pm ET on the Sunday following the week in which the randomly selected Room Photo was posted will advance to the Grand Prize Photo Gallery. Between Monday June 20, 2011 and Monday July 18, 2011, a total of five (5) randomly selected Room Photos (one per week) will advance to the Grand Prize Photo Gallery. Returning website visitors will be able to vote for the five (5) Room Photos in the Grand Prize Photo Gallery between July 18, 2011 at: 12:00:01 am ET and July 22, 2011 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the "Grand Prize Voting Period") to determine the eligible Grand Prize winner based on total number of eligible votes each Room Photo receives during the Grand Prize Voting Period. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible Entries received and on the number of eligible votes received. Voting Limit (for all voting in this Contest): one (1) vote per person, per day (defined as 12:00:01 am ET to 11:59:59 pm ET). Entry Limit: one (1) Entry per person during the Contest Period (defined below), regardless of the email addresses, telephone numbers or addresses provided. For greater certainty, you can only use one (1) email address to enter or otherwise participate in this Contest. If it is discovered that any person has attempted to: (i) obtain more than one (1) Entry per person/email address during the Contest Period; (ii) submit more than one (1) vote per person, per day (defined as 12:00:01 am ET to 11:59:59 pm ET); and/or (ii) use (or attempt to use) multiple names, identities and/or more than one (1) email address to enter or otherwise participate in this Contest; then (in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsor) he/she may be disqualified from the Contest. All Entries/votes are subject to verification. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Contest Sponsor - including, without limitation, government issued photo identification) to enter or otherwise participate in this Contest. Failure to provide such proof in a timely manner may result in disqualification. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of a valid Entry/vote in this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s). Entries/votes received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. An entrant or voter may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with an Entry and/or vote in order for the Entry/vote to be considered valid. Illegible or incomplete Entries/votes are ineligible. Contest starts at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on Monday June 13, 2011 and closes Sunday July 17, 2011 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period"). There is one (1) grand prize (the "Grand Prize") available to be won from among all the eligible Entries received during the Contest Period. All votes received for the Grand Prize Photo Gallery will be confirmed after the Grand Prize Voting Period closes and the Grand Prize will be awarded on or before September 30, 2011. No purchase necessary.
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The contest sponsor is: Bentall Kennedy LP – The Village at Vaughan Mills (hereinafter referred to as the "Contest Sponsor").
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To enter and to be eligible to win, entrant must be a legal resident of Canada (excluding Quebec) and be over the age of majority in his or her province or territory of residence at the time of entry. Employees and their parents, siblings and children, and persons domiciled with an employee (whether related or not) of the Contest Sponsor, The Village at Vaughan Mills, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada and each of their respective retailers, tenants, agents, affiliated or related companies, and promotional and advertising agencies and Contest administrators (collectively, the "Contest Parties"), are ineligible to enter.
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Photograph Submission Guidelines for Room Photos.
- All digital photographs submitted to the Contest must follow these standards for submission: File Format: jpeg, gif, png or bmp format (72 dpi; maximum of 1 MB).
- Room Photo must be taken by the entrant in Canada between June 6, 2011 and July 17, 2011 and be the entrant's sole work. A photograph taken by someone other than the entrant and/or of someone else's room is not eligible.
- Room Photo must be of a real image taken by digital or standard camera and entered online. Any standard camera prints mailed in will not be eligible to win. Standard camera prints may be scanned and uploaded to the Contest website, but must be in jpeg, gif, png or bmp file format (72 dpi; maximum of 1 MB). Content of images must not be altered, manipulated or adjusted. Composite photographs, multiple exposures, manipulated images and images owned by third parties are excluded from the Contest.
- Room Photos that depict any individual will be ineligible for entry. Any Room Photo that is illegal, defamatory, or obscene (as determined by the Contest Sponsor in its sole discretion) will not be eligible.
- Room Photos that have been published or publicly exhibited outside of this Contest are not eligible to win.
- All Entry materials (including, Room Photos) become the property of Contest Sponsor and will not be returned. By entering the Contest and submitting an Entry, each entrant: (i) grants to the Contest Sponsor, in perpetuity, a non-exclusive license to publish, display, reproduce, modify, edit or otherwise use his/her Room Photo, in whole or in part, for advertising or promoting the Contest or for any other reason; (ii) waives all moral rights in and to his/her Room Photo in favour of the Contest Sponsor; and (iii) agrees to release and hold harmless the Contest Parties and each of their respective agents, employees, directors, successors, and assigns (collectively, the "Releasees") from and against any and all claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trade-mark infringement or any other intellectual property related cause of action that relate in any way to the Entry. For greater certainty, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and at any time during the Contest, to modify, edit or remove any Room Photo, or to request an entrant to modify or edit his or her Room Photo, if a complaint is received with respect to the Room Photo, or for any other reason. If such an action is necessary, then the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to reset the vote count associated with the Room Photo to zero (or, to whatever number the Contest Sponsor deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion). By accepting the Grand Prize, the declared winner will be required to transfer and assign all right, title and interest in his/her Room Photo to the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to display any Room Photo submitted in any form of media, including, without limitation, newspaper, internet websites and/or television. Contest Sponsor reserve the unlimited right to edit or manipulate the Room Photos for purposes of better editorial display.
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Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize will be available to be won, consisting of a $5,000 CAD Room makeover courtesy of The Village at Vaughan Mills. The Grand Prize will be awarded in the form of a pre-paid MasterCard redeemable only at any Village at Vaughan Mills store location. Winner will be accompanied by Contest Sponsor's design and décor professional when making all purchases. The Grand Prize also includes $2,500 CAD in the form of consultation services provided by Contest Sponsor's design and décor professional. Total approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $7,500.00 CDN. Grand Prize must be accepted as awarded. No refunds or exchanges. Any amount exceeding the total prize value difference must be covered by the Contest winner. Any amount less than the prize value will not be received in any form. No substitutions except at Contest Sponsor's option. The Grand Prize may not be sold, transferred and is not convertible to cash. Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute the Grand Prize in whole or in part in the event that all or any components of the Prize are unavailable, or for any other reason.
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Grand Prize: No later than September 30, 2011, the Contest Sponsor will announce the confirmed Grand Prize winner (as determined in accordance with these Rules).
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Winner will be required to correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question administered by mail, email or telephone and will be required to sign the Contest Sponsor's declaration and release (see below).
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Contest Sponsor (or, its designated representative) acting reasonably, will attempt to contact the eligible Grand Prize winner by telephone within five (5) business days after the end of the Grand Prize Voting Period. In the event the potential Grand Prize winner cannot be contacted within five (5) business days, or if there is a return of any notification as undeliverable, or if he/she incorrectly answers the skill-testing question, then he or she will be disqualified (and will forfeit all rights to be the Grand Prize) and the Contest Sponsor will select an alternate eligible Grand Prize winner based on the next highest number of eligible votes received during the Grand Prize Voting Period. Proof of identification must be provided upon request. Before being awarded the Grand Prize, the potential Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return within the time stipulated by the Contest Sponsor, all requested documentation, including, but not limited to, a full release and indemnity stating that he/she: (i) has read, understood and complied with these official rules and regulations (the "Rules"); (ii) grants all consents required, including a copyright assignment and waiver of moral rights; (iii) authorizes the Contest Sponsor to broadcast, publish and disseminate his/her name, city of residence, photograph, likeness, and voice, in connection with any promotion or publicity, and/or for general news, entertainment and information purposes with no additional notice or compensation to the potential winner beyond the awarding of or participation in the Grand Prize; (iv) accepts the Grand Prize as offered and releases the Releasees (defined above) from any and all liability of any kind arising out of his/her participation in this Contest and receipt and use/misuse of the Grand Prize (or any portion thereof); and (v) agrees to release and hold harmless the Releasees from and against any and all claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trade-mark infringement or any other intellectual property related cause of action that relate in any way to his/her Room Photo. In the event that the potential Grand Prize winner does not comply with any or all of the provisions as contemplated in these Rules, Contest Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify that potential Grand Prize winner and an alternate potential Grand Prize winner will be selected (as noted above) and the Releasees shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The provisions and procedures referred to above relating to selection and notification of a potential Grand Prize winner shall be applied, with the necessary amendments, until a Grand Prize winner has been duly confirmed, or until there are no remaining eligible Entries in the Grand Prize Photo Gallery.
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All decisions of the Contest Sponsor with respect to any aspect of this Contest, including, without limitation, the eligibility of Entries and votes, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this Contest.
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By entering this Contest each entrant: (i) represents that his/her Room Photo does not infringe any third party's copyright, trade-mark or other intellectual property rights, and (ii) agrees to release, discharge and hold harmless the Releasees from any claim or liability arising from or related to submission of the Room Photo, participation in this Contest, posting or publication of the Room Photo in any form of media, and/or acceptance and/or use of the Grand Prize (or any portion thereof); (iii) agrees to accept and abide by these Rules; and (iv) acknowledges and agrees that if selected as the confirmed Grand Prize winner, he or she will be required to transfer and assign, all right, title and interest in the Room Photo submitted, to the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to display Room Photos in any form of media, including, without limitation, newspaper, internet web sites and/or television.
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The Releasees assumes no responsibility for, lost, late, delayed, destroyed or misdirected e-mail or any computer errors or malfunctions. No correspondence will be entered into with any non-selected entrants except with entrants requesting Rules by mail or requesting the name of the Grand Prize winner (for which a self-addressed, postage paid envelope must be included). The Releasees do not assume any responsibility for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, technical malfunctions, human or technical error, printing errors, lost, delayed or garbled data or transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or failures of any telephone or computer line or network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered are void. If for any reason, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in its sole discretion, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond its control, Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend the Contest including cancelling any method of entry, and to select the eligible Grand Prize winner from previously received eligible Entries. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to modify these Rules for any of the reasons above. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Contest Sponsor further reserves the right to terminate the online portion of the Contest and conduct a random draw from all online eligible Entries previously received during the Contest Period. Any attempt to deliberately damage the Contest website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. The Releasees shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, any damage to an entrant's computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this Contest or from downloading any material from the Contest website. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, to adjust any of the dates and/or timeframes stipulated in these Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any entrant, Entry or vote with these Rules, or as a result of technical problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules.
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Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. Personal information collected from entrants will be used by the Contest Sponsor for the purpose of administering the Contest and, if consent is given by opting in at the time of entry or voting, to provide the participants with information relating to upcoming promotions of the Contest Sponsor, future contest news, up-dates or special offers, information about The Village at Vaughan Mills. Entrant votes are able to opt in to receive such marketing information.
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Bentall Kennedy LP – The Village at Vaughan Mills – June 13, 2011
No purchase necessary. Contest starts June 13, 2011 and closes with Photo Submissions received by 11:59:59 pm ("ET") July 17, 2011. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received and on the number of eligible votes received. Eligible Grand Prize winner will be selected by online voting between June 13, 2011 and July 17, 2011. Contest open to all legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in the province or territory in which they reside. Approx retail value of Grand Prize is $7,500.00 CDN and the winner is required to sign, date and witness a declaration and prize release form as well as a mathematical skill testing question. Complete contest rules and online entry at: www.roomtodecorate.com. Grand Prize may not be exactly as described and/or shown.

