Yale
Secure Start Contest
OFFICIAL RULES
No purchase or payment of any kind is
necessary to enter for a chance to win. A purchase or payment of any kind will
not increase your chances of winning.
1. Sponsor: Yale Secure Start
Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Master Lock Company LLC, 6744
S Howell Avenue, Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154 (the “Sponsor”).
2. Eligibility: The Contest is only
open to participants who are legal residents of the 50 United States and
District of Columbia, and who are the age of majority in their given state at
the time of entry (the “Entrant”). Employees of Million Dollar Media (the
“Contest Administrator”) and Employees of Sponsor, their respective affiliates,
subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers (collectively,
“Released Parties”) and their immediate family members and/or those living in
the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Contest. The
Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law, rule, or regulation.
There is no entry fee for the Contest but Entrant is solely responsible for any
costs related to it submitting an Entry. Submission of an entry to the Contest
constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules,
including without limitation, Sponsor’s decisions, all of which are final and
binding in all matters related to the Contest.
3. Contest Period:
Entries will be accepted online starting on October 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM and
ending October 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM (the “Entry Period”). All entries must be
received by October 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM. All times are (GMT-05:00) Eastern
Time (US). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will not be
eligible. Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for determining
the Entry Period for the Contest.
4. To Enter: To
enter, visit Yale’s Instagram page located at https://www.instagram.com/yalehomeus/
(“Website”) during the Contest Period, find the Contest Post on the page
(“Post”) and follow the instructions to respond to the Post. Entrant’s
response must begin with the hashtag #YaleSecureStartContest contain a minimum
of 50 words and a maximum of 2,200 characters (including spaces) total, and
take the following steps:
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Follow @yalehomeus on Instagram
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Comment on Yale’s post and tell us how $2,000
for rent or a security deposit would help give you a Secure Start
It is
Entrant’s sole responsibility to take any steps necessary to adjust their
Instagram account settings to permit Entrant to receive messages from
Sponsor. Entrant's inability to receive any message(s) from Sponsor for
any reason shall be deemed a failure by such entrant to comply with these rules,
and any such entrant shall be disqualified from the Contest. Similarly, Sponsor
shall not be liable for any lost, misdirected, or otherwise unreceived or
illegible messages from entrants. By entering this Contest, each entrant agrees
that the Sponsor may contact the entrant by Direct Message via entrant’s
Instagram account, to administer and fulfill this Contest.
To be
eligible, your Entry must be in English. Your Entry must be received within the
Contest Period. Any Entry that is not visible to Sponsor or Administrator will
not be entered into the Contest. Sponsor and/or Administrator are not
responsible for lost, late, incomplete, tampered or damaged Entries or Entries
that are lost or misdirected to any Junk folder or SPAM filter. All such
Entries will be ineligible. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned.
Entries become the property of Sponsor and Sponsor is permitted to use entry
content on owned websites, social media, and in emails to consumers.
Limit: one (1) Entry per person during the entire
Contest Period. Any person, who attempts to participate by using multiple
Instagram accounts, cellular numbers, multiple email addresses, multiple
identities, or by using any device or artifice to participate in violation of
the terms stated in these Official Rules, may be disqualified by Sponsor in its
sole discretion.
Any
use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar participation
methods or agents will void such participation in the Contest. In the event of
a dispute over who an Entry corresponds to, the authorized account subscriber
of the cellular account used to enter the Contest or the authorized account
subscriber or owner of the email address as of the actual time that such
information was received by Sponsor or Administrator, will be deemed to be the
entrant. The “authorized account subscriber” is defined as the natural person
who is assigned the cellular telephone number or email address by the cellular
telephone network associated with the cellular phone number or by the internet
service provider associated with the email address used to enter the Contest.
Administrators may require an entrant to show proof of being the authorized
account holder. Sponsor or Administrator
are not responsible for cellular carrier or cell tower glitches or outages that
result in the non-receipt of any entrant’s Entry attempts. Sponsor or Administrator are not responsible
for Entries that are garbled, corrupted, or otherwise unascertainable or
incomprehensible. Entrants may be required to indicate their acceptance to the
Official Rules where indicated at the time of Entry; provided, however, that
any entrant’s participation in the Contest constitutes, and is deemed, such
entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to the Official Rules and any and
all decisions of Sponsor and Administrator, which are final and binding in all
respects. All entrants agree to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the
Contest and/or these Official Rules.
5. Contest Entry Criteria: In
addition to the above requirements, each Entry must meet the following content
restrictions:
● The
Entry must be your original work, created solely by you and 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 or trademark infringement.
● The
Entry must not contain sexually explicit content, violence or objectionable
material that Sponsor or Administrator determines in its sole discretion is
inappropriate, indecent, obscene, abusive, hateful, tortuous, defamatory,
slanderous, libelous or offensive;
● The
Entry must not contain material that 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;
● The
Entry must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary
to any applicable laws, rules or regulations. The Entry must not contain any
personally identifiable information of any person other than you. Should you
include personally identifiable information about yourself in your Entry, you
acknowledge and agree that such information will be disclosed publicly and you
are solely responsible for any consequences thereof.
● The
Entry must not contain any commercial content or logos.
● The
Entry may not have been previously published and must not have won previous
awards.
6. Contest Judging:
Entries received during the Contest Period will be judged by a panel of three
judges appointed by the Sponsor or Administrator according to the following
procedures and criteria:
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Entry’s response to provided prompt 40%
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Judges will determine how well
the entrant has addressed each of the following question:
■
“Why do you need a secure
start?”
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Appropriateness to themes 40%
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Judges will determine whether
and to what extent each entry touches on the majority of or all relevant
themes:
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Security for your home
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Financial security
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The creativity and presentation of the submitted Entry 20%
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Judges will compare the content
of each submitted entry in search of a creative portrayal of the entrant’s
written Instagram comment and will compare the content of each entry in search
of original and unique portrayal of the entrant’s written response. Judges will
look for well-organized, easy to understand, and concise entries.
The
Entries with the highest scores will be deemed the potential prize
winners. In the event of a tie, the tied
Entries will be judged by an additional judge appointed by Sponsor who will
serve as a tiebreaker, using the same criteria as outlined above, to determine
the potential winner.
7. Prizes:
● Grand Prize (maximum 5 winners):
○ Each eligible entrant designated as a grand prize winner shall receive one (1) $2,000 prize check; one (1) Yale Approach™Lock with Wi-Fi and the wireless Yale Keypad; and, one (1) Yale Smart Safe with Wi-Fi. Each grand prize has an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $2,550.
● First Prize (maximum 100 winners):
○ Each eligible entrant designated as a first prize winner shall receive one (1) Code which may be redeemed for one (1) Yale Approach™Lock with Wi-Fi and the wireless Yale Keypad. Code must be redeemed on ShopYaleHome.com and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Code provider policy, including any expiration. Each first prize has an ARV of $250.
If Sponsor so elects, potential winners may be required to submit to a
confidential background check. Such background check may include (but is not
limited to) investigation of criminal, sexual offenses, or other arrest or
conviction record, and any other factor deemed relevant by the Sponsor to help
ensure that the potential winner will not bring the Sponsor into public
disrepute, contempt, scandal, or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the
Sponsor. If requested, the potential winner agrees to promptly sign waiver
forms authorizing the release of personal and background information prior to
receipt of any prize. In the event of noncompliance, to be determined at the
sole discretion of Sponsor, prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an
alternate winner.
8. Winner Notification: Winner of
the Contest will be notified via Instagram to the account name used to enter
the Contest on or around October 14, 2024. Yale shall have no liability for a
winner's failure to receive notices for any reasons, including without
limitation, winner’s spam, or other security settings or for winner’s provision
of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If the selected
winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 72
hours from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a
completed and executed declaration and releases as required, prize will be
forfeited, and an alternate winner selected. The receipt by winner of the prize
offered in this Contest is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal
and state laws and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY ANY
WINNER (AT SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER'S
DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE CONTEST AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
NOTE: There is a maximum of one prize award per
person or household during the entire Contest period. If eligible entries are less than the
scheduled number of prizes available, then associated prize award(s) shall not
be awarded.
Potential
winners will be required to complete, sign, and return an affidavit of
eligibility and liability and, unless prohibited by law, publicity release to Sponsor
or Sponsor’s representative within forty-eight (48) hours of prize acceptance.
Subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these
Official Rules, including verification that the winner is eighteen (18) years
of age or older, the potential winner will be declared an official winner of
the Contest.
In the
event of noncompliance within any stated time period, the prize will be
forfeited, and an alternate potential winner will be selected. Any alternate
potential winner selected will also be required to adhere to the time periods
described herein. Any prize notification or prize returned to the Sponsor or
its agencies as undeliverable will result in disqualification and the awarding
of that prize to an alternate potential winner.
PRIZE(S) AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE
(“ARV”). There are a maximum of five (5) available
grand prize awards and a maximum of one hundred (100) available first prize
awards. Prizes will be sent to the address provided by winners after winners
are verified and return their completed Prize Documents. Unclaimed or returned prizes will not be
awarded. Sponsor reserves the right to award an alternate prize of equal or
greater value. Sponsor and the
Administrator are not responsible for any legal, or other restrictions on
winners’ use of the prize. The total ARV
of all available prizes is $37,750.
Actual/appraised value may differ at time of prize award. The
specifics of the prize shall be solely determined by the Sponsor. No cash or
other prize substitution permitted except at Sponsor's sole discretion. The
prize is non-transferable. You will receive a 1099 tax form if you are awarded
a total prize value over $599. Prize winners will be solely responsible for all
federal, state and/or local taxes, and for any other fees or costs associated
with the prizes they receive, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is
used. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or
request for the cash equivalent by winners is permitted. Acceptance of prize
constitutes permission for Yale’s optional use of the winner's name, likeness,
and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation
unless prohibited by law.
All merchandise prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without warranty,
express or implied. Prize winners must
accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped only to
the designated winner residential address as submitted during initial online
registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the carrier as
determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor
designated carrier), or as otherwise specified by Sponsor. Allow 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
Once shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and
Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address provided by winner during registration or prize
claim. In the event of any delivery
issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor
shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look solely
to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered
packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
9. No Instagram Association: This
Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated
with, Instagram. You understand that you are providing your information to
Sponsor, not to Instagram. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the
Contest must be directed to the Sponsor and not to Instagram.
10. Rights Granted by You: By
entering this Contest you understand that Yale, anyone acting on behalf of
Yale, or its respective licensees, successors and assigns will have the right,
where permitted by law, without any further notice, review or consent to print,
publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or
hereafter in perpetuity and throughout the World, your entry, including,
without limitation, the entry and winner's name, portrait, picture, voice,
likeness, image or statements about the Contest, and biographical information
as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations
and promotional purposes without any further compensation.
11. Terms: Yale reserves the right,
in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest
should (in its sole discretion) a virus, bugs, non-authorized human
intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In such a
case, Yale may judge submissions from all eligible entries received prior to
and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Yale. Yale reserves the right
at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to
tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or website or
violates these Terms & Conditions.
Yale has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the
Contest, to void entries for any reason, including, but not limited to;
multiple entries from the same user from different IP addresses; multiple
entries from the same computer in excess of that allowed by Contest rules; or
the use of bots, macros or scripts or other technical means for entering.
CAUTION: Any attempt by
an entrant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate
operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and
should such an attempt be made, Yale reserves the right to seek damages from
any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
12. Limitation of Liability: By
entering you will release and hold harmless Yale and its subsidiaries,
affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives,
agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors from any
liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim or damage that may
occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from (i)
your participation in the contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use,
or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof, (ii) technical failures of any
kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable,
network, hardware or software; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of
any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human
intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (v) electronic or
human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the
processing of entries.
13. Disputes: THIS CONTEST IS
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND WISCONSIN, WITHOUT RESPECT TO
CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Contest,
participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between
the parties and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest,
shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action,
exclusively before a court located in Wisconsin having jurisdiction. Further,
in any such dispute, under no circumstances will the participant be permitted
to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive,
incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses, and participant further
waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
14. Privacy Policy: Information,
including personally identifiable information, collected from Entrants,
including without limitation any entry, information included as part of an
entry, and any correspondence regarding an entry will be used for Contest
purposes as described in these Official Rules, and is otherwise subject to the
Privacy Policy stated on Sponsor’s Website. Read the Privacy Policy here:
https://www.masterlock.com/privacy-policy.
15. Winners List: For the names of
the winners, please contact us at and in the body of the email type 'Please
email me the winners' list for the Yale Contest.
16.
Severability: If any provision of
these Official Rules is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction or appointed arbitrator, such determination will in no
way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision herein.
17.
Contest Administrator: The Contest is administered by Million Dollar
Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ, 07095.
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ABBREVIATED RULES.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Open to legal residents
of the United States and the District of Columbia, and who are 18 or
older. Void where prohibited. Starts on
October 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM ET and ends on October 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. To
enter visit https://www.instagram.com/yalehomeus/,
find the Yale Secure Start Post, follow the instructions to submit your entry.
Your entry must start with the hashtag #YaleSecureStartContest. Subject to
official rules.
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