RULES FOR THE TRUSTAFF PHOTO CONTEST
CONTEST IS OFFERED ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (U.S.),
age 18 and older, and who is currently on a travel assignment. This contest is also
not open to any previous winner of the trustaff Photo Contest who has already won
the grand prize of a $100 gift certificate (or equivalent prize of equal or greater
value). Contest void where prohibited.
ENTRY
Entries must be related to any theme and may be shot in any style: documentary,
still-life, fashion or portrait. Entries may be in color or black and white. Entries
must be the sole work of the entrant, they must be original, and the sole property
of the entrant. To enter, go to trustaff
Photo Contest
and follow the electronic entry instructions.
JUDGING
Entries will be judged by a panel of judges on the trustaff Marketing Staff. Entries
will be judged on the basis of photographic skill, originality and creativity. One
Prize Winner will be selected every month, and awarded a $100 gift certificate,
or equivalent prize of equal or greater value. <
PRIZES
Quarterly prizes. A $100 gift certificate or equivalent prize of equal or greater
value. Winners may also receive special prizes from trustaff where applicable.
PRIZE RESTRICTIONS
Prizes may not be redeemed for cash and no substitutes will be permitted except
by trustaff which reserve right to substitute any prize for one of comparable value.
Prizes may not be transferred. Any taxes on the prizes and any expenses not stated
related to the acceptance and use of a prize will be the sole responsibility of
the winner. Prizes will be subject to normal trustaff standards, control and editing.
trustaff disclaim any warranty, expressed or implied, relative to any prize. WINNER
NOTIFICATION Winners will be notified by e-mail no less than ten (10) days after
the completion of judging. The Grand Prize winner will be required to complete,
sign and return within a specified time an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility,
a Liability Release and, except where prohibited, a Publicity Release. In addition,
each winner will be required to sign such additional documents requested by trustaff
that (a) they own all rights to the photograph, that the photograph is the original
work of the winner and does not infringe any proprietary right, including but not
limited to copyright, trademark and the rights of publicity and privacy, of any
other party; and (b) grant to trustaff the right to use the photograph in print,
electronic or any other medium now existing or developed in the future, for educational,
commercial and artistic purposes without restriction and prior approval and without
compensation, provided its usage is restricted to information and promotion about
the trustaff Photo Contest. Failure to timely sign and return any requested document
or the return of any prize notification as undeliverable will cause a prize to be
forfeited and awarded to an alternate as selected by the judges.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
By participating, entrants (a) agree to these official rules and the decisions of
the trustaff and the judges which decisions shall be final and binding on all matters
relating to the contest; (b) warrant and represent that the photographs submitted
are their original work and that they own all rights thereto and that they do not
infringe any proprietary right, including but not limited to copyright, trademark
and rights of publicity and privacy, of any party; (c) agree to release, indemnify
and hold harmless trustaff, their affiliated companies and their respective directors,
officers and employees from and against any claim, liability, injuries, losses or
damages, including but not limited to claims of invasion of the rights of publicity
or privacy, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their participation
in the contest and the acceptance and use of a prize.
DISCLAIMER
trustaff and their agents are not responsible for (a) any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized
access to contest entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone, computer
hardware of software malfunctions of any kind, traffic congestion on the internet
or at any web site or for any viruses or worms resulting from the use of any web
site; or (b) for any injury or damage to an entrants or any other persons computer
related to or resulting from downloading and printing the official entry form or
any other contest materials. In the event of any discrepancy between any advertisement
concerning the contest and these official rules, the latter shall govern. If for
any reason, Sponsor and Nielsen determine, at their sole discretion, that the contest
is compromised or corrupted and cannot be conducted fairly and as planned, trustaff
reserve the right to cancel, terminate or modify the contest; in such event to post
notice thereof at
trustaff Photo Contest . Any dispute relating
to the contest shall be resolved in the State of Ohio under the laws of such state
without regard to any conflict of laws principles.
WINNERS LIST
A list of winners and the winning photographs will be posted at trustaff on an ongoing
basis, and winners and entrants will be notified by e-mail.
PRIVACY POLICY
trustaff fully respects your rights to privacy and utilizes the following practices
in regards to any information we are provided or obtain about users of this website.
In order to provide service to you as a customer of trustaff, we may require you
to provide certain information to us. Common items may include, but are not limited
to, your name, address, and phone number. By providing this information to Olympus
trustaff, you are agreeing to allow us to utilize this information to complete all
transactions you request through this website and to disclose that information and
details of all such transactions to trustaff, our subsidiaries, affiliates and any
necessary payment processors. Because of the nature of the internet, such data may
pass through any country.
E-MAIL
If you authorize us to send you promotional materials, we may do so using either
the e-mail or the mailing addresses you provided on the Contest Entry information
screen. From time to time we may notify you of special events, contest updates,
services, or other information that may interest you. We do not share any information
you provide to us, including your e-mail and mail addresses, with any companies
outside Olympus trustaff, its affiliates or necessary payment processors. Should
you not wish to receive this type of information, you will be able to express this
desire by clicking on the appropriate button or checkbox when first asked to respond
to the issue, or by modifying your profile at anytime thereafter. We will not send
you information if you inform us you do not wish to receive such materials. If you
would like to revise the information provided to us, or feel that what we currently
have on record is incorrect, you may update the information in the update profile
section of this website.
COOKIES
When you visit the trustaff website we may place a text file called a "cookie"
in the browser directory of your computer's hard drive. A cookie is a small
piece of information that a website can store on your web browser and later retrieve.
The cookie cannot be read by any website other than the one that set up the cookie.
Cookies enable our website to recognize the information you have consented to give
to our website and help us determine what portions of this website are most appropriate
for your personal needs. Cookies enable our website to recognize the information
you have consented to give to our website, and help us determine what portions of
this website are most appropriate for your personal needs.
We do NOT use cookies to examine your surfing behavior before or after leaving an
trustaff website. If at any time you believe that trustaff has not followed the
above policy, or if you would like your information to be removed from our system,
please contact us at info@trustaff.com We will make reasonable efforts to identify
and correct any problem.
trustaff
c/o Photo Contest
4270 Glendale-Milford Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45242
1-877-880-0346 (ph)