E: 15/08 A chance to get all your Facebook friends together for the day (effort)

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We're giving you the chance to bring all your friends on Facebook® together for a day. All you have to do is tell us what you would do and we could make it a reality.
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OFFICIAL RULES (“Official Rules”) OF THE HTC WILDFIRE EXPERIENCE COMPETITION FOR PARTICIPANTS (“Participants”)

1. No purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win the competition known as the “HTC Wildfire Experience Competition” (the “Competition”). The Competition is managed and run by HTC Corporation (“HTC Corporation”) having its principal place of business at No. 23 Xinghua Rd., Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County 330, Taiwan. The Competition entry period begins on 18/06/2010 and ends on 15/08/2010 (the “Entry Period”).
2. How to enter: To qualify for entry in the Competition you must be a registered user of Facebook and resident in a Participating Country (“Participating Country”). The Participating Countries within Europe for the Facebook Competition are France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. To enter visit the HTC profile page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com (the “Competition Site”) in a Participating Country during the Entry Period. To enter you are required to describe your original and creative idea (“Your Event”) as to what you would do if you could gather all your friends on Facebook together for one day, the prize being the Competition Providers making your Event a reality (See clause 4 for limitations and conditions). All of the Competition information will be posted at the Competition Site throughout the Competition period. All entries to the Competition must be made through the Competition Site in each Participating Country. The judging of the Competition for one (1) winner in each Participating Country shall take place on 20/08/2010. Participants may enter the same your Event idea only once during the Entry Period. Duplicate entries from the same Facebook account shall be automatically eliminated without notice to the Participants. Where a dispute arises about who submitted an online entry, the entry will be considered submitted by the holder of the Facebook account. No entries will be acknowledged or returned.
3. Eligibility: The Competition is open to any individual who is as of the beginning of the Entry Period 18 years of age or older and who is a resident of a relevant Participating Country. Employees, officers, directors and agents (and their immediate families and household members regardless of where they live, or members of the same households (whether related or not) of HTC Corporation and its divisions, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents and advertising agencies (collectively the “Competition Providers”) are not eligible to participate in the Competition. The Competition is null and void outside of the Participating Countries (and where prohibited or restricted by law). In addition all federal, state and local laws and regulations apply and take precedence in the event of any inconsistency with the Official Rules.
4. The Prize: The Competition Providers will, as closely as possible, create the winning Event idea as proposed by the winner and allow them to gather their invited friends on Facebook to the Event location for a day, to bring the Event idea to life. The Event may be attended by all confirmed and invited friends on Facebook of the winner at the time of submission of their entry. Friends added and/or confirmed following the date of entry will not be allowed to attend. The age limit under clause 3 above also applies to all invitees of the winner. The location of the event must be in the winner’s country of residence and within a two hundred kilometre (200KM) radius of the winner’s home city/town. If the location is difficult to access from public transport, the prize includes the reasonable cost to provide linking transport from public transport. Additionally, the winner may be able to invite a maximum of five (5) friends from locations outside of the winner’s country of residence. It is the responsibility of the prize winner(s) to ensure that the invitees have a valid passport and obtain relevant visas and vaccinations for their trip. Except where otherwise expressly noted in these Official Rules, the selection of all prizes is subject to the Competition Providers’ sole and absolute discretion. Prizes (and/or any portion thereof) are non-transferable and non-exchangeable. No substitutions or cash redemption of prizes are permitted except that the Competition Providers retain the right to substitute the cash value of the prize. Additional restrictions may apply.
5. The prize must be taken before 15/11/2010.
6. All dates are subject to availability at the time of booking.
7. The prize does not include travel insurance, personal expenditure and other incidental costs other than those specifically included.
8. Selection of Prize Winners: The potential prize winners shall be selected according to the following criteria from all entries received that are otherwise eligible for the Competition. The Competition will be judged and the winner selected based on an assessment of his/her entry using the following criteria: its novelty of the “Experience” idea, the way in which the “Experience” idea reflects the personality of the winner and how the “Experience” reflects the HTC brand personality. The judging of the Competition will be held on 20/08/2010 at 10.00am. The Competition shall be conducted by a panel comprising the Competition Providers together with an independent adjudicator, whose decisions are final and binding on all aspects of the Competition. The potential prize winners will be notified on or about 01/09/2010 through Facebook and by e-mail. Failure of the potential prize winners to respond within seventy two (72) hours from such notification referred to above may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternative prize winner. By entering the Competition, each Participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Competition Providers and independent adjudicator. In the event of non-compliance an alternative Prize Winner may be selected.
9. Conditions, Disclaimer and Licence.
   1. By entering this Competition each Participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of the Competition Providers and independent adjudicator (which decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to the Competition), and to comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations. The decisions of the Competition Providers and independent adjudicator are final on all matters of fact, interpretation, eligibility, procedure and fulfilment. In the event of non-compliance an alternative prize winner may be selected. The Competition Providers are not responsible for any technical fault, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or line failure in connection with any telephone network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof. The Competition Providers provide no warranties and hereby disclaim any and all warranties, express or implied concerning any prize furnished or made available in connection with the Competition. Although the Competition Providers attempt to ensure the integrity of the Competition, the Competition Providers are not responsible for the actions of Participants or of other individuals in connection with the Competition including other individuals’ attempts to circumvent the Official Rules or otherwise interfere with the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Competition. The Competition Providers are not responsible for injury or damage to Participants or to any person’s computer(s), other equipment or person(s) related to or resulting from participation in the Competition or downloading materials from or using the Competition Site. If for any reason the Competition is not capable of running as planned by reason of damage by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical limitations or failures, strikes, industry conditions, bankruptcy or liquidation, marketplace demands, applicable law, unforeseen obstacles or any other causes which in the sole opinion of the Competition Providers could corrupt, compromise, undermine or otherwise affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, viability or proper conduct of the Competition, the Competition Providers, reserve the right in their sole and absolute discretion to modify these Official Rules and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend all or any part of the Competition and to select a winner from among all eligible entries received up to the time of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension as applicable.
   2. There is no payment to enter the Competition however all taxes (including without limitation federal, state and local taxes) in connection with any prize and the reporting consequences thereof, are the sole responsibility of the Prize Winner. The prize winner at the sole discretion of the Competition Providers shall be required to sign a notarised affidavit of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, address and age verification and other registrations and participation information requested by the Competition Providers (unless prohibited by law). You are not a prize winner until your submissions are validated. Failure to complete, sign and return all required documents within fourteen (14) days of delivery to the potential prize winner’s claimed address or return of prize as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate prize winner, at the sole discretion of the Competition Providers.
10. Conduct. The Official Rules will be posted at the Competition Site throughout the Entry Period. By entering and participating in this Competition Participants (a) fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of the Competition Providers (which decisions shall be final and binding in all respects), including without limitation decisions regarding eligibility, winner and the interpretation of terms used in these Official Rules, and (b) represents and warrants that all information provided by the Participant in connection with the Competition is true, accurate and complete. The Competition Providers reserve the right at any time and at their sole discretion to disqualify and/or deem ineligible to participate in this Competition or any future Competition or other promotions of the Facebook Competition providers any Participant and/or individual it suspects to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Competition or the Competition Site, to be acting in violation of the Official Rules or the Competition Site’s terms of service, privacy policy or other terms, conditions or guidelines, to be acting in bad faith or in a disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, to have failed to agree to these Official Rules or to be in violation of these Official Rules. Any attempt by a Participant or any other individual to deliberately damage any internet site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Competition is a violation of these Official Rules as well as criminal and civil laws. Should the Competition Providers believe or become aware that such an attempt has been, is being or shall be made, the Competition Providers reserve the right to seek remedies and damages from any responsible entrant and other responsible individual(s) in the attempted damage to the fullest extent permitted by law, including without limitation criminal prosecution.
11. Release and Indemnification. By entering the Competition the Participants release and hold the Competition Providers harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly from the Competition or participation in any Competition related activity (including without limitation the removal from the Competition Site of, or discontinuation of access to any material(s) or resulting directly or indirectly from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the Competition, including without limitation personal injury, death and or property damage as well as claims based on defamation and/or invasion of privacy.
12. Limitation of Liability. To the extent which may be permissible by local law, in no event shall the Competition Providers be responsible or liable for any damages or losses of any kind, including without limitation direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising out of any access to and/or use of the Competition Site, the downloading from and/or printing material downloaded from the Competition Site, the removal from the Competition Site of or discontinuation of access to any materials or the acceptance, possession, discontinuation of access to any material or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of, or participation in any prize awarded in connection with the Competition. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent which may be permissible by local law, the Competition, all prizes and all material provided on or through the Competition Site are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
13. Governing Law. The Competition and these Official Rules are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Taiwan. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations shall apply and shall supersede and prevail in the event of any inconsistency with the Official Rules
14. Miscellaneous.
    1. Dates and Deadlines: Because of the unique nature and scope of the Competition, HTC Corporation reserves the right, in addition to those rights reserved herein, to modify the date(s) or deadlines set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Competition.
    2. Privacy: By entering the Competition the Participant consents to the use of his/her personal data solely in relation to the proper administration, management and promotion of the Competition.
    3. Severability; Headings: If any provision of these Official Rules is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Official Rules and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Headings are used in these Official Rules solely for convenience of reference and shall not be considered to affect in any manner the meaning or intent of these Official Rules or any provision hereof.
    4. Prize Winners. For information on the prize winners send a self-addressed stamped envelope after 20/08/2010 to Prize Winners List, Feedback HTC Wildfire Experience Competition, HTC Europe Co., Ltd. 7th Floor, Thames Central, Hatfield Road, Slough, Berks SL1 1QE, U.K. Requests for the Winner Lists must be received by 31/08/2010. For the avoidance of doubt The Competition is managed and run by HTC Corporation having its principal place of business at No. 23 Xinghua Rd., Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County 330, Taiwan.
    5. Except where local state or federal law provides, a) the governing language of these Official Rules shall be the English language, and b) all disputes arising from or related to these Official Rules shall be heard in the English language.
    6. The Participant’s agrees and accepts that the idea(s) submitted by the Participant are the original work of the Participant.
    7. The Participant shall ensure that none of the information in their entry infringes any intellectual property, privacy or other third party rights.
    8. The Participant shall ensure that any third parties involved in their idea or the research preceding its development are informed and have waived any rights to the exploitation of it.
    9. By submitting their entry the Participant agrees and accepts that the intellectual property in the idea shall automatically transfer to HTC and the ownership of the intellectual rights in the idea shall automatically vest in HTC.
    10. For the purpose of the Official Rules intellectual property shall mean all patents, patent applications, designs, design rights, copyright, database rights, trade marks, service marks, trade names, know-how or any other intellectual property whatsoever and wheresoever in the world existing, whether registered or unregistered.
    11. By submitting their entry the Participant grants HTC a non-exclusive licence to use the Participant’s name and likeness for the purpose of promotional activities arising from or related to the Facebook Competition.
    12. In the Official Rules the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing any particular gender include the other.