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E: 31/01 Win ipad2 tell your computer data disaster story

Think you have the worst data disaster story? Let’s find out!
Submit your top data disaster for the chance to win an iPad®.


The challenge is easy.

  1. Fill out the form below.
  2. Submit your worst data disaster story by January 31, 2012. Please make sure to include how the data disaster occurred, how it impacted you or your business and if you were able to recover your data (if so, how much you recovered).
Enter here: http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk/data-recovery/top-10-data-disasters/entry-submission/


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  • dollop
    dollop Posts: 2,052 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Free prize draw terms and conditions
    1. How to Enter: The free prize draw will begin at 8:00 AM Central Time ("CT") on December 13, 2011 and end at 11:59:59 PM CT on January 31, 2012. Participants may enter online. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM GMT on January 31, 2012 to qualify for entry into the free prize draw. In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the authorised account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. The authorised account holder is the natural person who is assigned to the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organisation that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. All entries become the property of Ontrack and will not be acknowledged or returned.
    2. Prize and Odds:One winner will receive an Apple® iPad™ 2. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The prize is non-assignable and non-transferable and may not be transferred or substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the sole discretion of Kroll Ontrack, who reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value.
    3. Winner Selection/Notification/Acceptance:The award of the prize is subject to compliance with these Official Rules. One (1) potential winner for the prize will be selected from among all eligible entries on or about February 1, 2012. The potential winner will be selected by committee and judged based on the uniqueness of how the data loss occurred and how it may have impacted the winner and/or business. The potential winner will be notified by email and/or phone, at the sole discretion of Kroll Ontrack, within 10 days from the drawing date. Potential winner may waive their right to receive the prize. In the event that a potential winner cannot be notified within 10 days after notification attempt, or if a potential winner fails to comply with any requirement of these Official Rules, including failure to complete and execute a requested authorisation for Kroll Ontrack to use the data loss story within 10 days of prize notification, then that potential winner's prize will be forfeited, and an alternate potential winner may be selected at random from the remaining eligible entries received. Unless prohibited by law, acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Ontrack and its advertising and promotional agencies to use winner's name, likeness, hometown and biographical information for advertising and promotional purposes, worldwide and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, without additional compensation.
    4. Agreement to Official Rules:By entering the free prize draw, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Kroll Ontrack and free prize draw judges appointed by Kroll Ontrack, which are final on all matters pertaining to the free prize draw. To the extent permitted by law, the free prize draw is governed by the laws of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and for entrants from that country, by those of the Republic of Ireland.
    5. Disclaimer and Release:ALL PRIZES ARE AWARDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. By entering the free prize draw, each entrant fully and unconditionally releases and holds harmless Kroll Ontrack and its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and its advertising and promotional agencies from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the free prize draw or with the acceptance, receipt, redemption, possession, use, misuse, or non-use of any prize or travel to or from any prize related activity, except to the extent that this release may be limited by applicable law.
    6. General:Entries generated by a script, macro, or other automated means will be disqualified. Ontrack, any telephone network and service providers are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any Web site or on-line service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost, illegible or misdirected entries. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If Kroll Ontrack determines, in its sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual electronic tampering with the free prize draw or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the free prize draw, Kroll Ontrack reserves the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate the free prize draw and conduct a random drawing to award the prize among all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If the prize draw is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at be http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk/data-recovery/top-10-data-disasters/. If, for any reason, the prize draw is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Kroll Ontrack which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the free prize draw, Kroll Ontrack reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the free prize draw. Kroll Ontrack reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant that tampers with the operation of the free prize draw or website or violates the Official Rules of the free prize draw. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE FREE PRIZE DRAW OR THIS WEBSITE IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, KROLL ONTRACK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
    7. Use of Entries:The personal information you submit when you enter the free prize draw is collected by Kroll Ontrack and will be subject to the privacy policy located at http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk/privacy/.
    8. Sponsor:The Ontrack® Data Recovery free prize draw is sponsored by Kroll Ontrack UK Ltd, 1 Weston Road, Kiln Lane, KT17 1JG, UK. iPad is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. and Apple Computer Inc. is not a sponsor of, or affiliated with, this promotion.
    It`s getting to the point
  • is the winner picked at random or is it worst disaster as they judge it ?
    write down & number competitions you do & youll see that your lucky if u win even 1 thing in 4000 ! ps if u find an error with a comp tell the site running the comp cheers
  • dollop
    dollop Posts: 2,052 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    The potential winner will be selected by committee and judged based on the uniqueness of how the data loss occurred and how it may have impacted the winner and/or business.
    It`s getting to the point
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