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General. By submitting an entry to the Trooper Steve On Patrol Back to School Ride Along contest (“Contest”), brought to you by WKMG News 6 and ClickOrlando.com (“Sponsor”) entrant acknowledges and agrees that entrant has read, understands, and agrees to be bound by these official Contest rules (“Official Rules”). By entering the Contest, entrants agree to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error in these Official Rules, or the Contest itself, and agree to be bound by all decisions of the Sponsor, whose decisions are binding and final in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to comply with these Official Rules or any Sponsor instructions relating to the Contest’ Official Rules may result in disqualification from the Contest.
Eligibility. The Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents who are a minimum of 18 years of age or older at time of entry and reside in Sponsor’s Designated Market Area, as defined by Nielsen Media Research, Inc. (“DMA”). Entrants must be the legal parent or guardian of a child enrolled to attend grades K-8 for the 2023-2024 school year at any legally operating school in the DMA (“Child”). Child must reside within 15 miles of the school. Entrant must ride along with the child and Trooper Steve for drop off, Trooper Steve will return parent/guardian back to the pick-up location. Ride along limited to Entrant and Entrant’s Child (1). If Child is legally required by Florida law to ride in a safety seat, parent/guardian must provide an adequate safety seat. Entrants must be registered, verified News 6 Insiders (“Insiders”). You can register to become an Insider for free at: https://www.clickorlando.com/insider/. Employees of Sponsor and Co-Sponsor, if any, and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising agencies, promotion agencies, prize suppliers, and any other vendors providing services in connection with this Contest and members of these employees’ immediate families (spouses, parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings and their spouses) and those living in the same household with these employees, are not eligible to enter or win.
How To Enter. The Contest begins on Tuesday, July 25, 3023 at 5:00am ET and ends at 12:00pm ET on Friday, August 4, 2023 (“Contest Period”). Sponsor’s time clock will be the official time clock of the Contest. To enter, visit the Contest page accessible from clickorlando.com/insider and completely and accurately fill out the Contest entry form provided on the Sponsor’s contest page at clickorlando.com/insider (“Entry Form”), including a written paragraph (limit 250 words[NH1] ) and photo (file size limit 500MB and must be in .jpeg, .jpg, .png, or .gif format) reflecting why the Child wants to be selected to participate in the Prize experience (the “Submission”)(collectively, the “Entry”). Submission should be original and creative. Submission may, but is not required to, include a traffic safety tip. Entrants must be the natural person assigned to any submitted email account by the provider responsible for the assigning email addresses for the domain associated with such email account. Entrant must also be an authorized account holder for any submitted telephone number. Limit one entry per person and per email address and per telephone number during the Contest Period. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void such entries and that entrant may be disqualified if discovered by Sponsor. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified if discovered by Sponsor. The use of automated or third-party software or web site to enter and/or play is prohibited. Entries that are inaccurate, incomplete, illegible, or corrupted are void and will be disqualified if discovered by Sponsor. The Submission qualifies as user-generated content (“UGC”), by entering into the Contest, entrant represents and warrants as follows: (1) that they created and fully own or have properly licensed all UGC materials or information, can submit such UGC without violating any applicable law, agreement with any third-party, and/or third-party right of any kind (including without limitation any intellectual property, data protection, privacy, or publicity right); and (2) that all UGC entrant hereunder will be true and correct in all respects. UGC may not contain personally identifiable information or other similar sensitive/confidential information of any third-party or content that is offensive, inappropriate, or inconsistent with the Sponsor/Co-Sponsor’s image or the spirit or purpose of the Contest. By submitting UGC, entrant represents and warrants that all UGC content complies with the User Conduct section of the Sponsor station websites Terms of Use available at https://www.clickorlando.com/station/2019/11/11/terms-of-use/ UGC may not have been previously published or otherwise made public elsewhere. Furthermore, without limitation on anything set forth herein to the contrary, Sponsor will have the irrevocable, transferable, and fully sublicensable right and license (but not the obligation) to exploit all such UGC in any manner it so elects to promote the Contest, its business, brand, products, and/or services, throughout the world in perpetuity, and in all media, now or hereafter known. All received entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned except as disclosed in these Official Rules. By checking the relevant box or selection in the registration form, entrants agree that the Sponsor and Co-Sponsor may contact the entrant via email with advertising information for selected goods or services. If you do not wish to receive these materials do not check the relevant box in the Entry Form. If at any time you do not wish to receive these materials in the future, please use the unsubscribe procedures contained in the email message.
Selection of Winners. Following the end of the Contest Period, Trooper Steve will select at least fifteen (15) (provided a sufficient number of Entries are received) finalist Entries (“Finalists”) by applying the following criteria: (1) Originality/creativity of Submission (2) Inspirational power of story (3) Embodiment of Trooper Steve On Patrol Back to School Ride Along theme (the “Criteria”). After the Finalists are selected, the Station will select the potential winning entry from among the Finalists by random drawing.
Winner Notification and Verification. Potential winner will be announced on News 6 at 9am and clickorlando.com on Monday, August 7th, 2023, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. In addition, Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winner(s) via the telephone number or email address provided on the Entry Form (“Notification”). Potential Contest winnermust completely and accurately execute and return, individually, and on behalf of Child, any required affidavit of eligibility, release of liability , publicity release and/or prize acceptance form (“Forms”) within 48 hours of Notification. Potential winners may be required to display a copy of a valid government photo ID in addition to the submission of any Forms. A potential winner may be disqualified and, time permitting, an alternate winner may be selected by applying the Contest criteria to all remaining non-winning entries if: (1) a potential winner cannot be contacted/does not respond to Sponsors’ first Notification attempt as directed; (2) a winner does not fulfill the eligibility requirements; (3) a winner does not adhere to the Official Rules; (4) a winner does not sign and return the Forms or provide required ID by the deadline set forth above; and/or (5) if the Notification is returned as undeliverable, refused, or declined. A POTENTIAL PRIZE WINNER IS NOT A WINNER UNTIL HIS OR HER ELIGIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THESE OFFICIAL RULES HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY THE SPONSOR. Sponsor reserves the right to contact all Contest entrants using the contact information provided in the Entry Form in connection with the Contest entry. The official record(s) of entries will remain the property of Sponsor.
Prize (1): First Day Of School Ride Along Experience with Trooper Steve. Experience includes a ride with Trooper Steve for Entrant and Child in the Results-1 truck from the Child’s residence to the Child’s school on the morning of August 11, 2023, or the Child’s first day of school for the 2023-2024 school year. Entrant and Child will also receive a News 6 Swag bag containing various promotional items. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of prize: $20. Prize experience date subject to Trooper Steve’s availability. Entrant must accompany Child for entire ride along experience. If child is legally required by Florida law to ride in a safety seat, Entrant must provide an adequate safety seat. Entrant will be provided transportation back to the Child’s residence following the Child’s school drop off. There will be no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor, which may substitute prizes of comparable value. Limit one prize per person and per household. Payments of all federal, state, and local taxes related to the award of the prize are solely the responsibility of the winner. Prizes may not be sold, bartered, or auctioned. Prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are received, but in no event will Sponsor award more prizes than are provided for in the Official Rules. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. For tax purposes, the winner of a prize with an ARV of at least $600 will be required to accurately complete and submit IRS Form W-9 to the Sponsor and Sponsor will arrange to issue an IRS Form 1099 MISC to winner reflecting the value of the prize.
Disclaimer and Representations. By responding to Prize notification, Entrant winner individually and on behalf of Child winner, assumes all liability for any injuries or damages caused or claimed to be caused by winner’s participation in the Contest and/or the acceptance and/or use of any prize, and releases the Sponsor and Co-Sponsor and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and all of their officers, directors, agents, and employees (collectively, “Releasees”), from any such liability. Releasees are not responsible for: the failure of any entry to be received by the Sponsor because of electronic device errors or failures of any kind, internet disruption, telecommunications, network, electronic, telephone or mobile service outages, delays, busy signals, or any equipment malfunctions or other technical difficulties that may prevent the Sponsor from receiving any entry submission; entries that are illegible, unintelligible, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed by computer transmissions, lost, late or damaged; any injury or damage to the entrant’s or any other person’s electronic device related to or resulting from participation or accessing or downloading any materials related to the Contest; or any human errors, any inaccurate transcription of entry information, errors in any promotional or marketing materials or errors in these Official Rules. If you choose to enter using your mobile phone, standard message and data rates may apply.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual from participation in the Contest if Sponsor concludes, in its sole discretion, that such person: (a) has attempted to tamper with the entry process or other operation of the Contest; (b) has failed to comply with or has attempted to circumvent these Official Rules; (c) has committed fraud or attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest; or (d) has acted toward Sponsor, any other entity affiliated with the Contest, or any other entrant in an unfair, inequitable, threatening, disrupting, or harassing manner. If a dispute arises regarding compliance with these Official Rules, Sponsor may consider, in its sole discretion, data reasonably available to Sponsor through information technology systems in Sponsor’s control, but Sponsor will not be obligated to consider any data or other information collected from any other source. Any failure by Sponsor to enforce any of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of such Official Rules. If there is a conflict between any term of these Official Rules and any marketing or entry materials used in connection with the Contest, the terms of these Official Rules will govern.
Sponsor also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Contest if an insufficient number of entries are received or if the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, as a result of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, or technical failures of any sort, or for any reason beyond Sponsor’s control. If due to circumstances beyond the control of the Sponsor, any event related to the Contest or prize is delayed, rescheduled, postponed, cancelled or has a change of venue, the Sponsor reserves the right, but is not obligated, to cancel or modify the Contest. Notice of cancellation or modification of the Contest will be published on Sponsor’s website. If cancellation occurs prior to Sponsor’s receipt of any entries, Sponsor will not be obligated to award prize(s). If cancellation occurs after Sponsor’s receipt of entries, winner(s) will be selected from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to cancellation, provided Sponsor is able to do so.
Entry constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use winner’s name, home city and state, likeness and/or voice for commercial purposes including advertising, promotion and publicity without additional compensation. The winner’s name and city of residence may be posted online and disclosed to those who make a timely request for a winners list.
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In Case of Dispute. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED, ENTRANTS AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS PROMOTION, OR PRIZE AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION, AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS, AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED BY ENTRANT WITH REGARD TO THIS PROMOTION, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL DAMAGES INCLUDE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrants and Sponsor(s) in connection with the Contest will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of state where the Sponsor is located as set forth below (“State”), without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. The state and federal courts located in the State will be the exclusive forum for any dispute relating to these Official Rules and/or this Contest. All entrants and winner(s) agree, by their participation in the Contest, to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State and waive the right to contest jurisdiction.
Severability: If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.
Winner List. For the name(s) of the winner(s), send request and a self-addressed stamped envelope to Sponsor at 4466 N JOHN YOUNG PKWY, ORLANDO, FL 32804 Attn: CREATIVE SERVICES, or request it by email at creativeservices@wkmg.com. Be sure to specify the name of the contest for which you are requesting the list of winner(s). Request must be postmarked after Contest Period and received by Sponsor no later than 60 days after the close of the Contest Period.
Sponsor/Administrator: WKMG, 4466 N. JOHN YOUNG PWKY, ORLANDO, FL 32804
[NH1]Consider reducing this to the size you will actually be capable of reading if you receive many entries. Recommend limiting to 250 or less.