"HAUTE FOR THE HOLIDAYS" OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
By entering this Promotion, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Any violation of these rules may result in disqualification. All decisions of the judges regarding this Promotion are final and binding in all respects.
1. PROMOTION PERIOD.
Promotion begins at 8:00 am PT on 11/10/08 and ends at 11:59 pm PT on 01/04/09. Hautelook's computer clock shall be the official timepiece of the Promotion.
2. ELIGIBILITY.
This sweepstakes (the "Promotion") is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry and who are or become members of Hautelook. MEMBERSHIP IN HAUTELOOK IS FREE. Officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsors, or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and their immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, are not eligible to win. This Promotion is void outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and where prohibited.
3. HOW TO ENTER.
New members need to come to www.latimes.com/holidayguide, click through to HauteLook.com via a co-branded banner advertisement and sign up as a new member during the Promotion period. After signing-up, they'll automatically be entered into the Promotion. Existing members need to come to www.latimes.com/holidayguide, click through to HauteLook.com via a co-branded banner advertisement and follow the directions on that page to enter the Promotion. Limit one entry per person or email address during the term of the Promotion; duplicate entries from the same person or email address will be disqualified. All received entries become the property of the Sponsors and will not be returned. By entering, entrants agree to receive e-mails from the Los Angeles Times and HauteLook.
4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION.
One grand prize winner will be selected at random among eligible entrants on or about January 5. One second prize winner will be selected at random from among eligible entrants on or about each of the following days: November 17th, November 24th, December 1st, December 8th, December 15th, December 22nd, December 29th and January 5th. To be eligible for the eight weekly drawings, entries must be received by 11:59 pm (PT) on the Sunday night preceding the weekly drawing. Entries do carry over from one weekly drawing to the next. All eligible entries will qualify for the Grand Prize drawing. Sponsors will attempt to notify potential winner by e-mail. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, does not respond within two (2) days from the date the Sponsors first try to notify him/her, and/or the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all rights to win the Promotion or receive the prize, and an alternate potential winner may be selected at random. Upon contacting a potential winner and determining that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the Promotion, including without limitation the execution of required waivers, publicity and liability releases and disclaimers, such individual will be declared the "winner" of the Promotion. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded, but in no event will Sponsors award more prizes than are provided for in these Official Rules.
5. PRIZE DESCRIPTION.
There will be one (1) grand prize winner and eight (8) weekly second prize winners. The grand prize is one (1) $2,500 HauteLook credit to be used only on HauteLook to purchase items from HauteLook sales. The second prize is one (1) $250 HauteLook credit to be used only on HauteLook to purchase items from HauteLook sales. HauteLook credit can be used to make purchases of goods and services sold on HauteLook, but the credit cannot be used to pay for shipping and taxes. Credit expires March 31, 2009. Total value of all prizes: $4,500.
6. TAXES.
All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any, are the winner's sole responsibility.
7. ODDS OF WINNING.
The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for each drawing.
8. NO PRIZE TRANSFER OR SUBSTITUTION.
No prize or any portion thereof is transferable or redeemable for cash or any other instrument of value. Any portion of the prize that is not used is forfeited. There will be no substitutions for this prize, except Sponsors may substitute a prize of equal or greater value in event prize offered becomes unavailable for any reason.
9. CONSENT AND RELEASE.
By entering the Promotion, each entrant releases and discharges the Sponsors, judging organization (if applicable), and any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, "Sponsor Entities"), from any and all liability whatsoever in connection with this Promotion, including without limitation legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages, demands or actions of any kind (including without limitation personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction or property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light) (collectively, "Claims"). Except where prohibited: (i) acceptance of a prize constitutes the consent of any winner, without further compensation, to use the name and likeness of such winner for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes by the Sponsors and/or others authorized by the Sponsors; (ii) acceptance of a prize constitutes a release by any winner of the Sponsor Entities of any and all Claims in connection with the administration of this Promotion and the use, misuse, or possession of any prize; and (iii) any potential winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility (including social security number) and a liability/publicity release. Affidavits and releases must be returned within two (2) days from the date that Sponsors first try to notify the potential winner. If winner is deemed to be a minor under the jurisdiction of his/her residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who must execute the necessary affidavit and release.
10. DISCLAIMERS.
(i) Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsors' servers or elsewhere, will not be eligible. In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. (ii) Sponsors, in their sole discretion, reserve the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the web site. Use of bots or other automated process to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsors. (iii) Sponsors further reserve the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort. In the event Sponsors do so, Sponsors shall post notice of their action on the Promotion website. In the event Sponsors terminate the Promotion prior to the scheduled end date, Grand Prize and remaining second prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the cancellation. (iv) Sponsor Entities are not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Promotion, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and may modify or cancel this Promotion based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability. (v) SPONSOR ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, AS REGARDS THIS PROMOTION OR THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE. (vi) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
11. APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION.
Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Promotion will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by a state or federal court located in Los Angeles, California. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of California and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of California. All judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys' fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.
12. PRIVACY POLICY.
All submitted entry information becomes the property of the Sponsors. Any entry information collected from the Promotion shall be used only in a manner consistent with the consent given by entrants at the time of the entry and in accordance with these Official Rules and the Los Angeles Times Privacy Policy, which can be found on the latimes.com homepage and may be amended from time to time, and the HauteLook Privacy Policy, which can be found at www.hautelook.com/privacy and may be amended from time to time.
13. WINNER LIST.
For a list containing the name of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope by May 15, 2009 to: Winners List: "Haute for the Holidays" Sweepstakes, 1013 S. Los Angeles St, #1401, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
14. SPONSORSHIP.
This Promotion is sponsored by HauteLook, 1013 S. Los Angeles St, #1401, Los Angeles, CA 90015 and Los Angeles Times Media Group, 202 West First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (individually and collectively, the "Sponsors").
