Taste Korea: Koreataste.org Blogging Contest Rules and Regulations

 

Agreement:

1. 1.    These rules govern the: Taste Korea: Koreataste.org Blogging Contest. This Contest is open to international residents. No purchase is necessary to enter to win the 2011 Visit Korea Contest (the “Contest”). The Contest is a draw for one (1) Grand Prize consisting of a trip for one (1) to Korea. Airfare to be provided (Approx. MSRP value- $4,000). Second Prize is one (1)Samsung TL500(EX1) camera (Approx. MSRP value- $600). 3rd Prize is one (1) tray with mother of pearl design and inlay (Approx. MSRP value- $100). Participants can enter through the Contest website: www.koreataste.org

 

Methods of Contest Entry:

1. 2.    How To Enter:

2. 1. ⅰ. Standard Entry Ballot: To enter the contest, participants must enter online via the contest site located at www.koreataste.org fully complete the required fields on the Standard Entry Ballot
   2. ⅱ. Any attempt by any participant to enter more than one Standard Entry Ballot by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and/or logins, or any other methods will void that participant’s entry/entries and that participant will be disqualified. All entries must be received during the Promotion Period. Use of any automated system to submit entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

 

Contest Dates

3.     All eligible online Standard Entry Ballots and bonus ballots will be entered in the Grand Prize draw. Commencement of the Contest will occur on Tuesday, April 11, 2011 at 8:59 a.m. (Korean Time) and will conclude on Friday, May 31, 2011, at 11:59:59 p.m. (Korean Time) (the “Promotion Period”).

4.    Korea Tourism Organization, its retailers, parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates, advertising agencies and agents are not responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, illegible, ineligible, damaged, destroyed or misdirected entries. All entries become the sole property of Korea Tourism Organization and none will be returned.

 

Awarding of Prize

 
5.    The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified approximately ten (10) business days after the draw has been made.

6.    In order to receive the Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes, the selected entrants must be reachable   within ten (10) business days of the draw. The selected entrant will be required to correctly answer, without assistance, a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question, to be administered by telephone at a pre-arranged, mutually convenient time in order to be declared the winner. Winner is responsible for licensing, insurance and registration of vehicle, plus all vehicle maintenance including fuel costs.

7.     The Grand Prize Winner and Secondary Prize Winners will be required to sign a “Waiver and Release” Form stating that they have read, understood and complied with the Contest Rules and Regulations and that they release Korea Tourism Organization, its retailers, parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, the independent judging organization and their respective advertising and promotional agencies from any liability in connection with this Contest or the prize. The signed “Waiver and Release” Form must be returned at the address provided within seven (7) business days of receipt of the Release. The Winners will also be required to sign a standard publicity release.

1. 8.    If the selected entrant cannot be reached within ten (10) business days of the draw, or if the   selected entrant fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question or if the winner fails to return the Waiver and Release Form within seven (7) business days of receipt, he/she will be disqualified and Korea Tourism Organization. will award the Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes to another entrant, to be randomly drawn from all remaining eligible entries. Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes will be delivered directly to the Winners approximately 4 to 6 weeks of prize winner confirmation.

 

Eligibility

 

9.    All contestants at the time of Contest entry must be a legal resident and be over the age of 18. Employees and representatives of Korea Tourism Organization or Korean Air., its parent company, retailers, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising agencies and those with whom they are domiciled are ineligible.

Other

 

1. 10.    Korea Tourism Organization, will not be responsible for any telephone, technical, network, online, electronic, computer hardware or software failures of any kind, misdirected, stolen, incomplete, garbled or delayed Internet/email or computer transmissions on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to a participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation or downloading any material in this Contest.

 

11.    Korea Tourism Organization extends no representations or warranties in respect to any prizes and accepts no liability arising in respect of the use of such prizes.

 

12.    If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected in any way, including by reason of infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, duress, technical failures, or any other causes beyond its control, Korea Tourism Organization, its retailers, parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates and agents, reserve the right in their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, including, cancellation of any method of entry and selection of a Winner from previously received eligible entries. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Korea Tourism Organization, reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.

13.    Upon entry, each entrant consents and agrees to have his/her name, age, city/town of residence and/or photograph and statement used without additional compensation or notice for advertising and promotional purposes related to the contest in any medium at the sole discretion of Korea Tourism Organization. The Winner agrees to submit a statement and an up-to-date photograph, or to be photographed.

14.    These Contest Rules and Regulations are subject to all applicable Korean federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations, govern all aspects of the contest and are binding on all contestants. Korea Tourism Organization., its retailers and agents shall not be responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise in connection with the Contest.

15.     The Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes must be accepted as awarded with no substitutions. The Grand Prize and Secondary Prizes are non-transferable and not redeemable for cash. Prize may not be exactly as shown in contest advertising materials. In the event of any discrepancy, the prize description in these rules will govern.

16.    The bloggers own the rights of the content, videos, and photos. KTO will hold no claim to the      contents, however, posts cannot be taken down without an agreement from KTO.

Limitation of Liability

 

17.    UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL KOREA TOURISM ORGANIZATION, ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AND CO-BRANDING ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE OR THE CONTENT OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for punitive, consequential or incidental damages. In such jurisdictions, the liability of KOREA TOURISM ORGANIZATION, its content providers and co-branding associates is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.