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Plantronics Halloween Caption Contest Official Rules
1. Plantronics Halloween Caption Contest Official Rules ("Official Rules")
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THE CONTEST. MAKING A
PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. DESCRIPTION: The Plantronics Caption Contest (“Contest”) will begin October 28, 2011 and end
October 30, 2011 at 11:59PM PDT (the “Contest Period”). This Contest is solely sponsored by
Plantronics, Inc. (“Sponsor”) located at 345 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States.
2. ELIGIBILITY: To enter and be eligible to win, you must be a legal resident of Canada, Europe, the 50
United States, or Washington, D.C., be 18 years of age or older and at least the age of majority in your
jurisdiction of residence (“Contestants”). Persons in any of the following categories may participate, but
may not win a prize: (a) any person who, during the Contest Period, was or is a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the Sponsor, or affiliated companies, divisions, dealers or service agencies, or
independent contractors of the Sponsor; (b) persons who are or purport to be immediate family
members (defined as biological or step-mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son or dependent or
spouse of any of the foregoing) of any person described in category (a). Sponsor reserves the right to
determine eligibility of Contestants.
3. HOW TO ENTER: From October 28, 2011 through October 30, 2011 at 11:59PM PDT. Contestants may
submit their entries by viewing images on the Sponsor’s blog page, and then submitting a caption for the
images on this blog site. Captions must be submitted in English. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify
any entries that do not comply with the rules, that are deemed to infringe on any third party’s
intellectual property rights, or that are determined to be offensive or inappropriate for any reason, in its
sole discretion.
4. VOTING, WINNER SELECTION, AND WINNER NOTIFICATION: CRITERIA:
Each entry will be judged by the Sponsor based on creativity, humor, and originality. The Sponsor will
choose the top five entries, and these five entries will be posted on the Sponsor’s blog on October 31,
2011 at 10:00 AM PDT. Individuals who visit the Sponsor’s blog site may then vote for their favorite
entry online from October 31, 2011 at 10:00AM PDT to October 31, 2011 at 5:00PM PDT (“Voting
Period”). The Contestant whose entry receives the most votes will receive the Grand Prize. The winner
will be announced on October 31, 2011 on the Sponsor’s Facebook, Twitter, and blog pages.
PRIZE CLAIM DETAILS: Potential winners will be contacted via the email provided at the time of entry.
Potential winners must respond within three (3) days from the date of Sponsor’s contact. If a potential
winner fails to respond to notification within three (3) days, declines to accept the prize, or in the event
that a prize notification or prize is returned undeliverable, or Sponsor is unable to contact a potential
winner for whatever reason, the prize will be forfeited and at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate
potential winner may be selected.
5. PRIZES:
One Grand Prize (retail $99.99):
Plantronics Voyager Pro HD
GENERAL PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: No prize substitution or cash redemption allowed. Prizes are awarded
“as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the
right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value. All applicable taxes as well
2. as any costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of a prize not specified herein as
being awarded are the winner’s responsibility.
6. PRIVACY POLICY: To review Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, please visit our web site at
www.plantronics.com to see how Sponsor uses personal information obtained in connection with this
Contest.
7. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
In the event the same caption or a similar caption, as determined in Plantronics sole discretion, is
submitted by more than one Contestant, only the earlier submitted caption will be accepted into the
Contest.
Entries or voting generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are
prohibited and will be disqualified.
Potential winners will be required, except where prohibited, to execute and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility/ Release of Liability, as well as the W-9 form as required by the IRS for US winners. For winners
located outside the US, other tax forms may be required.
By participating in the Contest, each Contestant warrants that the entries submitted do not contain
information considered by any third party to be confidential, and that the entries submitted do not
infringe the rights of any third parties including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets,
patents, rights of publicity or privacy, contractual rights or violate any laws or regulations. Each entrant
agrees that he or she shall have no recourse against Sponsor or any Released Parties (as defined below)
for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in an entrant's entry
or communication to Sponsor.
Submission of an entry grants Sponsor and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual license and
right to use, edit, adapt, or modify the entry in any way, without limitation and without notice or
consideration to the entrant. By submitting an entry, each entrant in the contest further agrees that
his/her entry constitutes an assignment of all rights, including but not limited to intellectual property
rights, and title in and to such entry to Sponsor.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to
cancel, modify or suspend this contest at any time. In the event the Contest or any portion thereof is
terminated, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to award the prize at issue from among all
eligible non-suspect entries received up to time of termination.
Sponsor and their respctive parents, subsidiary and affiliated companies, divisions, franchisees,
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dealers, service agencies, independent contractors and individuals or company engaged in the
development, production or distribution of materials for the Contest and all of their respective officers,
directors, agents, representatives and employees (collectively “Released Parties”) are not responsible
for late, lost, damaged, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, delayed, mutilated, garbled, illegible,
inaccurate, or incomplete entries, emails or postage-due mail. Proof of transmission (screenshots or
captures of entry etc.) and/or mailing does not constitute proof of delivery. All entries become the
property of Sponsor.