ONYMOS “SURVEY RAFFLE” CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST.
A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONTAIN A RELEASE OF LIABILITY IN SECTION 13, VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY IN SECTION 14, AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN SECTION 18.
1. DESCRIPTION: The “Survey Raffle” Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored and administered by Onymos, Inc. (“Sponsor”). Participants may enter the Contest beginning on December 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM PST and must enter by January 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST (the “Entry Period”). The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, is subject to applicable federal, state, provincial, and local statutes, rules, regulations, and other laws (each a “Law” and collectively the “Laws”) and is governed by these Official Rules.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICIAL RULES; SITE POLICIES: ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICIAL RULES; SITE POLICIES: Each individual who enters the Contest is referred to in these Official Rules as an “entrant”. By entering the Contest, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Contest. Participation in the Contest is also governed by the terms and policies pertaining to Sponsor’s website at [https://onymos.com/saas-survey-terms-of-service] (the “Contest Site”), which may be viewed here: [https://onymos.com/saas-survey-terms-of-service] or on the Contest Site. In addition, information obtained online from entrants in the Contest is governed by Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which may be viewed here or on the Contest Site (Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and the Contest Site terms and policies are referred to in these Official Rules as the “Policies”). In the event of a conflict between any of the Policies or any Contest promotional materials and these Official rules, these Official Rules shall prevail and govern as to any matter pertaining to the Contest. By entering the Contest, each entrant also agrees to comply with any and all applicable Laws in connection with his or her participation in the Contest. Entry in the Contest does not constitute entry into any other promotion, sweepstakes, or contest.
3. ELIGIBILITY:
A. The Contest is open to any natural person who meets all of the following eligibility
requirements at the time of entry:
i. A legal resident of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia
(excluding Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands);
ii. At least eighteen (18) years of age or older or the legal age of majority in the
entrant’s state of residence if higher than age 18; and
iii. An individual who has not won any promotion, sweepstakes, or contests sponsored
by Sponsor in the thirty (30) days prior to the start of the Entry Period.
B. The officers, directors, employees, contractors, and agents of the Sponsor, its,
affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and any other company or o
organization involved with the development, promotion, sponsorship, or operation of
the Contest (collectively “Sponsor Entities”), and the immediate
families and those living in the same household of any of the above (whether or not
related), are not eligible to enter the Contest.
4. HOW TO ENTER: No Purchase Necessary. To enter the Contest, each entrant must complete and submit a survey “Contest Entry Form” found on the Contest Site, including completion of all of the elements described in this Section (each, an “Entry”) prior to the end of the Entry Period. A complete Entry will include, in addition to all other materials and information requested in the Contest Entry Form:
A. The entrant’s full name, email address, and state/ territory of the primary
residence of the entrant;
B. A completed SaaS Development Survey
5. ADDITIONAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
A. All Entries must be received by the end of the Entry Period and submitted using the
online Contest Entry Form. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of
transmission of an Entry does not constitute proof that it was received.
Incomplete, unreadable, late, or unintelligible Entries are void and will be
disqualified.
B. Limit of one (1) Entry per person.
C. In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of an entrant, the Entry
will be deemed to be made by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the email address
listed in the Entry, provided he/she is eligible according to these Official Rules.
The “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the
applicable service provider or other organization (such as a business or educational
institution) has assigned the email address. An entrant may not use multiple email
or social media accounts to enter, and if an entrant does so, all of such entrant’s
Entries may be disqualified.
D. Each Entry (including the Contest Entry Form and all other data, information,
images, content, and other materials included in the Entry) must—in addition to
following any entry guidelines located on the Contest Site—comply with the
following:
i. All information provided in the Entry must be true, accurate, and correct in all
respects;
ii. It must not be created or submitted through any script, macro, or other automatic
method; and
iii. It must comply with these Official Rules and all applicable Laws.
E. Entries that do not comply with these requirements (as determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion) are void and will be disqualified. Entrants may be required to
submit proof of compliance with these requirements, and failure to provide such proof
on request may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, disqualify an entrant’s Entry.
F. By entering the Contest, each entrant represents and warrants to Sponsor that:
i. The entrant’s Entry meets all of the requirements in this Section 5;
ii. The entrant meets all the eligibility requirements for the Contest; and
iii. The entrant has complied with these Official Rules and all applicable Laws in
entering and participating in the Contest.
6. WINNER DETERMINATION: Eligible Entries will be randomly selected by Onymos employees (“Judges”). Determination will take place at the conclusion of the Entry Period and, if necessary, for an additional five (5) business days after the end of the Entry Period (“Judging Period”). Each entrant submitting an Entry that receives a prize is a “Winner.”
7. CHANCES OF WINNING: The chances of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Entry Period and the quality of each Entry as evaluated by the judges on the basis of the judging Criteria described in these Official Rules. Sponsor cannot predict or guarantee any specific number of eligible Entries for this Contest. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
8. PRIZES: Each of the three (3) Winners will receive, at his/her option, (a) a gift card to Amazon valued at five hundred dollars ($500.00 USD) or (b) a donation of five hundred dollars ($500.00 USD) to The American National Red Cross, made in the name of the Winner. The approximate retail value of all of the prizes is fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00 USD).
Gift cards may only be used at participating businesses. Each entrant acknowledges that acceptance and use of any gift card prize are subject to all eligibility criteria, expiration dates, service or dormancy fees, use restrictions, and all other terms and conditions (if any) imposed by the issuer or provider of any such prize. Neither Sponsor nor any of its respective parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates, is the issuer or provider of any such debit card prize, and none of them is responsible for establishing those terms and conditions, for disclosing or explaining any of those terms and conditions to the entrants, or for any Winner’s failure to comply with any of them. If a Winner does not comply with all of those terms and conditions, or if a Winner does not have access to a participating location, the Winner may not be able to obtain the maximum value, or any value, from his or her prize.
9. GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: All details and other restrictions of the prizes not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Neither entry in the Contest nor the receipt of any prizes is intended to, and shall not be deemed to, create any employment or similar contract or relationship between Sponsor and any entrant or Winner. No prize is exchangeable, assignable, or otherwise transferable, except at Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute for any prize one or more items or services of equal or greater value in its sole discretion. The value of each prize may be taxable to each Winner as income. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued by Sponsor in the name of each Winner for the value of the prize(s) received. Each Winner shall be solely responsible for all federal, state, provincial, and/or local taxes (including income, VAT, customs duties, and withholding taxes), and the reporting consequences thereof, for any other fees or costs associated with the applicable prize, and for any other liabilities incurred in connection with any prize.
10. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND PRIZE CLAIM: Winners will be notified within forty-eight (48) hours of the end of the Judging Period via email address indicated by each potential Winner in their applicable winning Entry (“Prize Notification”). Each potential Winner will have seven (7) working days to respond in writing (including by email) to the Prize Notification once it has been sent to the potential Winner, including providing any requisite information to accept their prizes. Sponsor shall have no liability for any prize notification that is lost, intercepted, or not received by a potential Winner for any reason. Upon Sponsor’s request, each potential Winner must also execute and return, where legally permissible, a declaration of eligibility, a declaration of compliance with these Official Rules, a liability release, and/or a publicity release. If a potential Winner is found to be ineligible, has not complied with these Official Rules, or declines the prize for any reason prior to being awarded, such potential Winner will be disqualified and forfeit his or her prize, and Sponsor may allocate the prize to an alternate potential Winner from the pool of remaining entrants based on the judging criteria described in these Official Rules. Sponsor may successively attempt to contact up to five (5) potential Winners in accordance with such procedure, and if there is still no confirmed winner of a prize after such attempts have been made, Sponsor may announce an alternate means for awarding that prize. The distribution of the prizes will be at the sole determination of Sponsor to the entrants deemed to have won the Contest by Sponsor in accordance with these Official Rules.
11. USE OF PERSONAL DATA: All personal information collected by or on behalf of Sponsor (including without limitation, each entrant’s name, biographical data, and city and state/territory of residence address) may be disclosed to the Sponsor Entities and used by Sponsor or any of the other Sponsor Entities for the administration of the Contest in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and the other Policies. In addition, except to the extent prohibited by Law, by entering the Contest, each Winner grants to Sponsor and each of their respective designees the right to publicize the Winner’s name and address (city and state/territory of residence), photo (if provided), and prize information in connection with the Contest, in any media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without additional compensation, consideration or credit, notification or permission.
12. LICENSE GRANT: By submitting an Entry, each entrant irrevocably grants Sponsor and its designees the unconditional, irrevocable, and perpetual right and permission, royalty-free, to use the Entry and any other work of authorship, data, ideas, information, images, content, or materials included in such Entry, in any media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world for purposes of advertising and promoting the Contest and related activities, as well as for any and all other uses in connection with furthering the Sponsor’s business purposes. Sponsor is not obligated to make use of any such rights or to compensate or credit any entrant in connection with any such use, but if Sponsor does so, Sponsor may edit the Entry materials in Sponsor’s sole discretion, and all such uses will be without further obligation or compensation. Each entrant waives all intellectual property rights, privacy/publicity rights or other legal or moral rights that might preclude Sponsor’s use of the Entry or exercise of any rights granted to Sponsor as stated in this Section, and each entrant agrees not to sue or assert any claim against any Sponsor Entity with respect to such use.
13. RELEASE OF LIABILITY: By entering the Contest, each entrant (a) agrees that none of the Sponsor Entities shall be responsible for, and (b) to the maximum extent permitted by Law, releases and holds harmless the Sponsor Entities (including without limitation any social media platforms through with the Contest may be advertised, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram) from and against, any and all claims, injuries, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, or losses of any kind (including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property) that may occur, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from:
i. participation in the Contest;
ii. any breach or other violation by such entrant of these Official Rules or applicable
Law;
iii. the acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize (or any
portion of any prize);
iv. any incorrect, incomplete, garbled, or inaccurate information, or any failure to
capture any information, whether caused by an entrant, printing errors, human
error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the
Contest;
v. any damage to an entrant’s equipment (such as a computer system or mobile device)
which is occasioned by participating in the Contest;
vi. miscommunications, or any failed, jumbled, delayed, or misdirected computer,
telephone, cable, or other transmissions (including, without limitation,
transmissions by email, social media (such as a private or direct messages, check-
ins, tweets, and posts), and instant message);
vii. for any technical malfunctions, failures, delays, difficulties, or other errors of
any kind or nature;
viii. any Entry, email, or other material or correspondence that has been tampered with
or that is stolen, misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, non-conforming, ineligible,
or damaged;
ix. any use of an entrant’s personal information and Entries as permitted under these
Official Rules; or
x. any other events beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control.
The foregoing release does not include claims, injuries, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, or losses related to personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property of an entrant to the extent that such claims or losses occur, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the negligence of one or more of the Sponsor Entities.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: NEITHER SPONSOR NOR ANY OTHER SPONSOR ENTITY, SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE CONTEST, ANY PRIZE, OR THESE OFFICIAL RULES, HOWSOEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING IN TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH SPONSOR ENTITY WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND ALL SUCH DAMAGES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED. ALL PRIZES ARE GIVEN AWAY “AS IS.” THE SPONSOR ENTITIES DO NOT MAKE AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT) WITH REGARD TO THE CONTEST OR ANY PRIZE.
15. DISQUALIFICATION: Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant who Sponsor finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the participation process or the operation of the Contest or the Contest Site, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by Law.
16. TERMINATION/MODIFICATION: Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Contest, at its sole discretion, at any time for any reason and without prior individual notice, including, without limitation as a result of natural disaster, epidemic, legal or regulatory action, equipment failure, war, terrorism, civil disturbance, fraud, financial, or administrative difficulties, technical problems (such as a computer virus/ bug), unauthorized intervention that corrupts the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, or other causes not within the control of Sponsor. In addition, if, in the exclusive judgment of Sponsor, the Contest (or any portion thereof) becomes compromised in any way, or the Contest does not run as contemplated by the Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel any method of entry, to void any Entries submitted fraudulently, to modify or cancel the Contest, and/or to select Winners from among all non-suspect eligible Entries received prior to the act that compromised the Contest. Should the Contest ever be terminated prior to the Winner selection, Sponsor will post a notice on the Contest Site and will make alternate arrangements to award the prizes. Sponsor reserves the right to make changes to these Official Rules in its sole discretion. Any such changes will become effective upon notice via online posting at the Contest Site or other means of wide dissemination.
17. INTERPRETATION: The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
18. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with these Official Rules, this Contest, or any prize (each, a “Claim”) shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the state and/or federal courts located in San Francisco, California and hereby waives any objection to such courts, whether on the basis of venue, personal jurisdiction, inconvenience of the form, or otherwise; (b) any and all Claims made by entrant, and any and all judgments and awards in favor of entrant, shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All disputes concerning the Contest, the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of each entrant and Sponsor in connection with these Official Rules or the Contest shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal Law, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules that would cause the application of the Laws of any other jurisdiction. EACH ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO PURSUE CLAIMS AS PART OF A CLASS ACTION OR ON ANY OTHER COLLECTIVE BASIS.
19. SPONSOR: The sponsor and administrator of the Contest is Onymos, Inc. with offices at: 721 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto CA 94303. For questions, please contact marketing@onymos.com
20. NO ENDORSEMENT: Nothing contained in these Official Rules or in any of the Contest materials should be construed as an endorsement by Sponsor of any third party, product, or service.
21. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS: The Contest may be advertised on or accessed through one or more social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook. However, the Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, any such platforms. Entrants agree to comply with all terms and policies governing such platforms in connection with the Contest.
22. WINNER’S LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: The list of Winners for the Contest will be available on the Contest Site at [https://onymos.com/saas-survey-raffle] for at least two (2) weeks after the winners are announced. Requests can also be made by emailing: marketing@onymos.com. All such requests must be received no later than six (6) months after the end of the Entry Period.