NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
TO ENTER. Simply visit the promotion (Sweepstakes) page
on the HandStory web site at /product/promotion.html
and provide your email address during the Promotion Period. When
finished, click Submit to Enter. In addition to being entered
in the Sweepstakes, you will also be added to our email list to
receive the HandStory Newsletter (the "Newsletter").
HandStory (the "Sponsor") is not responsible for garbled,
illegible, or misdirected Sweepstakes entries, or for any error,
human, technical or otherwise, which may occur in the processing
of Sweepstakes entries. Proof of sending will not be deemed to
be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
LIMIT: One subscription entry per email address.
TIMING. The HandStory Sony CLIETM TG-50 Give Away Sweepstakes
begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on March
14, 2003, and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on April 30, 2003 (the
"Promotion Period"). All entries must be received by
11:59:59 p.m. ET, April 30, 2003 . Entries received prior to or
after the Promotion Period shall be disqualified.
USE OF DATA. Sponsor will be collecting personal data
about participants when they enter the Sweepstakes. Please review
our privacy policy at /company/privacy.html.
By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants hereby agree to
all personal information uses and disclaimers as explained in
the HandStory privacy policy.
ELIGIBILITY. The Sweepstakes is open to all residents
of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are
18 years of age or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited
by law. Employees of Sponsor or its affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising or promotion agencies are not eligible, nor are members
of these employees' families (defined as parents, children, siblings,
spouse, and life partners).
AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES. Participation in the Sweepstakes
constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and
acceptance of these Official Rules.
SELECTION OF POTENTIAL WINNER. Winners will be determined
by a random drawing conducted by Sponsor once the Promotion Period
ends from the then current list of people who have downloaded
the Free HandStory Basic or have purchased HandStory Suite from
HandStory.com, Handango.com, or PalmGear.com. Entrants can only
win one (1) prize during the Promotion Period. Sponsor's decisions
as to all matters related to the administration of the Sweepstakes
and selection of winners are final. Entrant selected must comply
with all terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules,
and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The
potential winner will be notified by email. If a potential winner
cannot be contacted within TEN (10) days after the first attempt
to contact such potential winner, an alternate entrant will be
selected in his or her place at random from the then current list.
PRIZE. Two (2) winners will receive ONE (1) Sony CLIETM
TG-50 each, approximate retail value: US $399.00 each. All taxes,
fees and surcharges on prize are the sole responsibility of the
winner. No cash or other substitution of prize permitted except
by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute the prize with
another prize of equal or greater value. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND
ON THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED. Winners must execute
and return an affidavit of eligibility/release of liability and
publicity within twenty-one (21) days of notification. Noncompliance
within this time period may result in disqualification, and an
alternate winner will be selected. Return of any prize or prize
notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and
selection of an alternate winner.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
The Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States.
All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void
where prohibited. Sweepstakes may only be entered in or from the
United States and entries originating from any other jurisdiction
are not eligible for entry.
Except where prohibited, winner grants to Sponsor and its advertising
agencies the right to use and publish his or her proper name,
likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information and state
in any media to promote Sponsor and the Sweepstakes without additional
compensation.
By entering, participants release and hold harmless Sponsor,
its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and
agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage
of any kind arising from or in connection with the Sweepstakes
or receipt or use of any prize.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes
if fraud or any other factor impairs the integrity of the contest
as determined by sponsor in its sole discretion.
Entries are deemed made by the authorized account holder of the
email address submitted at the time of entry. The "authorized
account holder" is deemed the natural person who is assigned
to an email address by an Internet access provider, service provider
or other online organization that is responsible for assigning
email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address. A potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor
with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account
holder of the email address associated with the winning entry
and is a United States resident.
If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as
planned (including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, human error
or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor that corrupt
or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or
proper conduct of the Sweepstakes), the Sponsor reserves the right
in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend
the Sweepstakes. In the event of such cancellation, Sponsor reserves
the right to award prizes in a random drawing from all entries
received before the time of cancellation.
The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized
access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsor is not responsible
for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network
or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer
equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received
by the Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion
on the Internet or at any web site, any combination thereof, or
otherwise, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any
other person's computer related to or resulting from participation
or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE
ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES
MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH
AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES
FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
ARBITRATION. Except where prohibited or where in violation
of public policy, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims,
and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes,
or any prizes awarded, other than the administration of Sweepstakes
or the determination of winners shall be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by
arbitration under the Commercial Arbitration Rules (January, 1999)
of the American Arbitration Association in San Francisco, California.
Participants hereby waive all rights (i) to claim, or to be awarded,
punitive, direct, indirect, incidental and consequential damages
and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses;
and (ii) to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
WINNERS LIST. Results will be available after April 30,
2003. Winner will be posted on HandStory Web site only with their
permission to post their names.
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