KELLOGG’S™
RICE KRISPIES TREATS™ HOMESTYLE SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE
YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED.
1. PROMOTION
DESCRIPTION: The Kellogg’s™
Rice Krispies Treats™ Homestyle
Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is a social media Sweepstakes that begins on 12/15/20 at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on 12/31/20 at 11:59:59
PM (ET) (the “Promotion Period”).
Throughout
the Promotion Period, eligible entrants will have the opportunity to enter by
responding to the tweet by Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®
(@ricekrispies) on Twitter.com and tagging a friend who they (the entrant)
wants to hug the most (the “Submission”),
as more fully set forth below. There will be
fifty (50) Grand Prize winners in the Sweepstakes that will be randomly
selected at the conclusion of the Promotion Period; the tagged
friend of each Grand Prize winner will also receive a Grand Prize.
By
participating in the Sweepstakes and posting a Submission using the “Tag” and
the “Hashtag” (as defined below), each entrant unconditionally accepts and
agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of
the Kellogg Company (“Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding
in all respects.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty
(50) United States and District of Columbia and are eighteen (18) years of age
or older at time of entry. Employees of
Kellogg Company, its parent company, their subsidiaries, affiliates,
advertising, promotion and other agencies (collectively,
the “Promotion Entities”), and
their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of
each are not eligible to participate. Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state, and local laws and
regulations apply.
3.
HOW TO ENTER: You may enter the
Sweepstakes via Twitter by going to Twitter.com and log into your Twitter account. Then, complete your Submission as follows:
find the Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® account on
Twitter (@ricekrispies) respond to
the promotional tweet announcing Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies Treats®
Homestyle launch day and tag your friend that you want to hug the most on
Twitter along with the Hashtag #RKTHomestyleEntry
(the “Hashtag”). Submission must be completed from the
entrant’s non-private Twitter account, you respond to the promotional tweet by
the
Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® account on Twitter (@ricekrispies) announcing Kellogg’s®
Rice Krispies Treats® Homestyle launch day, and you must tag
a friend along with the Hashtag for your Submission to be eligible as an entry
into the Sweepstakes. You
must be a registered Twitter member to enter.
Twitter account
registration and Sweepstakes entry is free.
Direct any questions, comments, or complaints
regarding the Sweepstakes to Sponsor, not Twitter. Limit five (5) entries per person in the
Sweepstakes Note: Entrant must Tag a
different friend with each Submission in order to earn an entry into the
Sweepstakes; maximum of five (5) entries per person in the Sweepstakes.
Each Submission must meet the following “Submission Requirements” (any Submission that, in Sponsor’s sole
and absolute discretion, violates the following criteria will be disqualified):
·
Submissions
must be posted to a non-private social Twitter account; Twitter accounts can be
obtained for free at Twitter.com;
·
Entrant
must be the rightful owner of the Twitter account associated with the
Submission;
·
Submission
must comply with Twitter’s terms and conditions as posted on its platform;
·
Submission must NOT contain subject matter
which is, or could be considered, in
the sole discretion of the Promotion Entities, obscene,
pornographic, violent (e.g., relating to murder, the sales of weapons, cruelty,
abuse, etc.), defamatory, libelous,
discriminatory (based on race, sex, religion, natural origin, physical
disability, sexual orientation or age), illegal (e.g., illegal gambling, underage drinking, substance abuse, computer
hacking, etc.), offensive, threatening, profane, hateful, degrading, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, tortious or objectionable;
·
Submission must NOT contain any derogatory references
to any of the Promotion Entities.
Note:
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry in
the Sweepstakes if Sponsor views the Submission as potentially infringing or
otherwise a violation or potential violation of a third party’s rights or if it
deems the Submission to be lacking in taste, quality, or to be otherwise
objectionable.
Entrants
understand that they are posting their Submission at their sole risk. Sponsor is not responsible for any claims
arising from the Submissions, specifically including, but not limited to,
claims for intellectual property infringement and privacy rights violations, as
well as violations of the social media platform’s terms and conditions.
Proof of
submission is not considered proof of delivery to or receipt of such
entry. Furthermore, Sponsor shall have no liability for any entry that is
lost, intercepted or not received by the Sponsor.
4. WINNER
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Fifty (50) Grand Prize winners will be
randomly selected from all eligible entries received during the Promotion
Period on or about 1/4/21 by Sponsor or its designee, whose decisions are
final. Each potential winner will be the entrant of the Submission that is
associated with an entry that is randomly selected as a winning entry, subject
to eligibility verification. Potential winner will be notified via
direct message within seventy two (72) hours of the random drawing with
instructions on how to verify eligibility and claim the prize using contact
information provided or collected at the time of entry. Sponsor shall have no liability for any
winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential
winner for any reason. If, despite
reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within two (2) business
days of the first notification attempt, or if the prize or prize notification
is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such
potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an alternate winner may be
selected. Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, will attempt to contact up to three (3) potential winners in
accordance with the above procedure, after which the prize may go unawarded if
it remains unclaimed. If any potential
winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these
Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such
potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected.
5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES/INDEMNIFICATION:
Each entrant represents and warrants as follows: (i) the Submission is the
entrant’s own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work;
(ii) the Submission is wholly original with the entrant; and (iii) the
Submission does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and
will not be defamatory or libelous. By participating in the Sweepstakes, each
entrant unconditionally warrants that his/her Submission complies with and
abides by the submission requirements as provided in the Official Rules. Each entrant hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold the Promotion Entities harmless from and against any and all third party
claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages,
liabilities, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of any breach or
alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations or agreements of
entrant hereunder.
6. GRANT
OF RIGHTS: Each entrant into the
Sweepstakes hereby irrevocably grants to Sponsor, its designees, affiliates,
successors and assigns, the non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid, universal
license to use, copy, sublicense, transmit, distribute, publicly perform,
publish, delete or display the Submission and/or in any media now known or
hereafter devised including, but not limited to all forms of electronic media,
print media and all forms of internet and wireless protocol in perpetuity and
throughout the universe for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional
purposes in connection with the Sweepstakes and other promotions. Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, or alter the Submission
for any purpose which Sponsor deems necessary or desirable, and each entrant
irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have therein.
7. PUBLICITY
RELEASE: By participating in the Sweepstakes, in
addition to any other grants which may be granted in any other agreement
entered into between Sponsor and any entrant or winner of the Sweepstakes, each
entrant irrevocably grants the Promotion Entities and their respective
successors, assigns and licensees, the right to use such entrant’s name, likeness,
and biographical information in any and all media for any purpose, including
without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes, without further
compensation, notification, or permission in perpetuity and hereby releases the
Promotion Entities from any liability with respect thereto.
8.
PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES
(ARV)/ODDS: Fifty (50) Grand Prizes
are available. Each Grand Prize
winner and his/her tagged friend associated with the winning entry will receive
a Grand Prize consisting of: one (1) box of Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies
Treats®
Homestyle Original (6-ct.) and one (1) box of Kellogg’s®
Rice Krispies Treats® Homestyle Chocolate (6-ct.) (ARV $6.38
ea. prize). Total ARV of all prizes $638.00.
Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries
received. Limit one (1) prize per person
and one (1) prize per tagged friend. All
applicable federal, state, and local taxes on prize are the sole responsibility
of the prize winner.
9. GENERAL: By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees
that the Promotion Entities (i) shall not be responsible or liable for any
losses, damages or injuries of any kind resulting from participation in the
Sweepstakes or in any Sweepstakes related activity, or from entrant’s
acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize, and (ii)
have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in
fact or in law, with respect to any prize and specifically disclaim all such warranties,
including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and
fitness for a particular purpose. The
Promotion Entities assume no responsibility for any damage to an entrant’s or
any other person’s computer system which is occasioned by participating in the
Sweepstakes, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or
program malfunctions or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions
or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected,
misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or postage-due prize notifications; or
for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites,
Internet Service Providers, websites, social media platforms or other
connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or
misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical
malfunctions, failures, or difficulties, printing errors, clerical,
typographical or other error in the offering or announcement of the prize or in
any prize notification documents, or other errors of any kind or nature; or for
the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture
any information. 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
failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or
affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of
this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify, suspend or extend the Sweepstakes and, in the event of any
termination or cancellation, select the winner from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received prior to the termination or cancellation provide a
sufficient number of eligible Submissions have been received. Any attempt by an entrant or any other
individual to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the
Sweepstakes, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person in
connection with the Sweepstakes, is in violation of criminal and civil laws and
should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify the
applicable individual and seek damages and other remedies from any such person
to the fullest extent permitted by law.
If any provisions of these Official Rules are determined to be invalid
or unenforceable, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and
shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or
unenforceable provision were not contained herein.
10. Governing
Law/Jurisdiction: ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE
CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL
RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SWEEPSTAKES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF
LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF
ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS.
11. PRIVACY: For information about how Kellogg Company uses
your personal information, please see Kellogg Company privacy policy, located
at https://www.kelloggcompany.com/en_US/privacy-policy.html.
12. SPONSOR: Kellogg Company, One Kellogg Square,
Battle Creek, MI 49016.
®,™,
© 2020 Kellogg NA Co.
This SWEEPSTAKES is in no
way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with TWITTER. TWITTER is completely released of all liability by each entrant in this SWEEPSTAKES.