REGULATIONS OF THE CONTEST "Cheer and Win – Vasco Translator V4"
[Section] 1 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
1. The organizer of the contest is Vasco Electronics Góralski Group S.K.A. (limited joint-stock partnership) based in Krakow (31-401), Aleja 29 Listopada 20, Poland, entered in the register of entrepreneurs kept by the District Court for Krakow-Śródmieście in Krakow, XI Economic Department of the National Court Register under the KRS number: 0000421705, Tax Identification No. (NIP): PL6772369151, Business Identification No. (REGON): 122581850 (hereinafter: Organizer).
2. These regulations (hereinafter: Regulations) define the terms and conditions of participation in the contest called "Cheer and Win – Vasco Translator V4” (hereinafter: Contest).
3. The Contest is conducted on the Organizer's social networking sites available at:
- 1) https://www.facebook.com/vascotranslatorpolska
- 2) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorMagyarorszag
- 3) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorBulgaria
- 4) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorRomania
- 5) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorSlovensko
- 6) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorCeskaRepublika
- 7) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorHrvatska
- 8) https://www.facebook.com/vascoelectronicsDE
- 9) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorFrance
- 10) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTranslatorNederland
- 11) https://www.facebook.com/VascoTradutores
hereinafter collectively: "Fan Page".
4. The Contest is held in the following countries: Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Portugal.
5. The Contest period is from June 14, 2024 (10:00 a.m.) to July 14, 2024 (9:00 p.m.) (hereinafter: the Contest Period). The results of the Contest will be announced no later than July 31, 2024.
6. Participation in the Contest is free of charge and voluntary. By entering the Contest, the Participant declares that he/she has read and understood the contents of these Regulations and agrees to abide by the Regulations. In addition, the Participant confirms that he/she meets all the conditions set forth in the Regulations entitling him/her to participate in the Contest.
[Section] 2 CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
1. Only natural persons of full legal age, having full legal capacity, residing on the territory of one of the countries listed in [Section] 1 (4) of the Regulations, who have a verified account on the social networking site (hereinafter: Participant) may be participants in the Contest.
2. Employees and representatives of the Organizer and members of their immediate families may not participate in the Contest. Members of the immediate family are defined as ascendants, descendants, siblings, spouses, parents of spouses, cousins, persons in an adoption relationship and children.
3. The contest task is to answer in text form (a comment) the following question: "Who do you support in the 2024 European Football Championship and why do you think that team will win the championship? Briefly explain in the form of a comment (text) why you think so." (hereinafter: Contest Task).
4. In order to participate in the Contest, the Participant is required to respond to the Contest Task during the Contest Period. The Contest Task should be published in a comment under the contest post posted on the Organizer's Fan Pages (hereinafter: Contest Post). The Participant can respond only on the Fan Page appropriate to the Participant's country of origin and/or residence (in accordance with [Section] 1 (4) of the Regulations).
5. Posting of the Participant's response to the Contest Task under a post other than the Contest Post or outside the Contest Period will not be considered as an effective entry into the Contest. It is not permitted to make any changes or modifications to the content of the Contest Task after the end of the Contest Period.
6. The Contest can only be entered in person, using your own personal account on the social networking site. In particular, the Participant should have a verified profile on the social networking site, containing real data about the user of the profile (in particular, full name and date of birth). It is unacceptable to create accounts and make contest entries in the name of third parties or through their accounts. In cases where the Organizer detects activities that are inconsistent with the Regulations, attempts to influence the selection of winners in an unauthorized manner, in particular by setting up fictitious private profiles on Facebook or using additional software to manipulate the result of the Contest, the Organizer reserves the right to disqualify the Participant from the Contest.
7. The moment of publication of the Contest Task is considered to be the moment when the Participant's comment was published on the Fan Page.
8. Sharing a comment constituting the Contest Task is tantamount to the Participant's acceptance of these Regulations in full and without reservation.
9. Participants can ask any questions they may have about the Contest and its progress by sending a private message via the Organizer's Fan Pages.
10. The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify a Participant from the Contest, in particular in the following cases:
- a. violation by the Participant of any rights of third parties, including, in particular, personal rights and intellectual property rights, rules of social coexistence, good morals, the provisions of these Regulations and the Regulations of the social networking site, as well as posting in the Contest Task advertising content concerning entities other than the Organizer;
- b. when the Participant's win was obtained by fraud against the Organizer or other Participants of the Contest;
- c. when the Contest Task contains vulgarisms, offensive, discriminatory, political, propaganda, religious, hate speech or content that is against the law, good morals, as well as content that violates any rights of third parties or the Organizer, including in particular personal rights and intellectual property rights.
[Section] 3 JURY
1. In order to ensure the proper organization and conduct of the Contest, and in particular to evaluate the correctness of the Contest entries and to select the winners of the Contest, a jury will be appointed by the Organizer (hereinafter referred to as: Jury).
2. From among all the Contest Participants who have responded to the Contest Task and meet the participation criteria specified in [Section] 2 of the Regulations, the Jury will select Laureates separately for each of the countries referred to in [Section] 1 (4) of the Regulations (hereinafter: Laureate or Laureates), i.e. One Primary Laureate and One Secondary Laureate, who will be awarded the Prize.
3. The Primary Laureate is the person who correctly predicts the winner of the 2024 European Football Championship and whose response to the Contest Task is the most interesting, from the pool of people who also correctly predicted the winners of the 2024 European Football Championship. The Secondary Laureate is the person whose response to the Contest Task is the most interesting from the pool of all correct contest entries.
4. The Jury will be composed of 5 (in words: five) persons appointed by the Organizer.
5. In evaluating the Contest Tasks, the Jury will use the following criteria:
- a. the correctness of the selection of the winning team (only in the case of the Primary Laureate).
- b. originality of the responses to the Contest Task (for both categories of Laureates);
- c. ingenuity and creativity of responses to the Contest Task (for both categories of Laureates);
- d. timeliness of the submission of responses to the Contest Task (for both categories of Laureates).
6. The Jury's tasks include:
- a. evaluation of the correctness of the entries of the Contest Task made;
- b. resolution of the Contest Task in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and selection of the Laureates;
- c. handling of the complaint proceedings.
7. Verification of the right to the prize will be conducted as follows:
- a. after the announcement of the Contest results, the Organizer will send a private message to the Contest Laureates.
- b. The Organizer is not responsible for the impossibility or hindrance of collecting the Prize for reasons attributable to the Laureate.
8. The Laureate is not entitled to any cash equivalent or any other form of compensation for the Prize. The Laureate forfeits the right to receive the Prize in case of violation of any provision of the Regulations. In the event that a violation of the Regulations is disclosed after the awarding of the Prize, the Laureate is obliged to return the Prize, as well as the rights and obligations associated with them.
9. In-kind Prizes will be sent to the addresses indicated by the Contest Laureates, only to the countries referred to in [Section] 1 (4) of these Regulations.
[Section] 4 PRIZES
1. The Organizer is the sponsor of the Prizes in the Contest.
2. The prizes in the Contest are two Vasco Translator V4 translation devices, i.e. one device for the Primary Laureate and one device for the Secondary Laureate, respectively. Prizes are awarded separately for each country referred to in [Section] 1 (4) of these Regulations.
3. In connection with winning the Prize, the Laureate is required to send the following data: full name, mailing address, email address, date of birth, telephone number, as well as other data necessary to receive the Prize, which will be required by the Organizer. If doubts are raised regarding the Participant's fulfillment of the conditions of participation referred to in [Section] 2 (1) of the Regulations, the Organizer may require the Participant to send a scan of an identity document confirming the fulfillment of these conditions.
4. The entity responsible for the issuance of the Prizes and the payment of any taxes will be considered in accordance with applicable laws.
5. One Participant can win only one Prize.
6. The Contest Laureates are not entitled to exchange the Prize for cash or any other kind of in-kind Prizes.
7. Subject to the second sentence, the Laureate may not relinquish part of the Prize, relinquishing part of the Prize means relinquishing the entire Prize.
8. In-kind Prizes will be sent to the address indicated by the Participant by courier service.
9. The Organizer will announce the Contest Laureates in a dedicated post published on the Organizer's Fan Page no later than July 31, 2024. In addition to publishing the list of Laureates, the Organizer will contact the Laureates directly via private messages on the next business day at the latest and inform the Laureates about the Prize they have won.
10. Within 48 hours from the date of receipt of the message from the Organizer, the Laureate is obliged to accept the Prize and provide the Organizer with all necessary data referred to in paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 above, or relinquish the Prize. To relinquish the Prize, it is sufficient to maintain the documentary form.
11. The Organizer is not responsible for the inability to notify the Laureate of the prize in the event of: the Laureate providing incorrect data, blocking or deleting his/her profile on the social networking site, or the occurrence of any other technical problems beyond the Organizer's control that prevent communication with the Laureate.
12. The Organizer reserves the right to disqualify a Laureate (the Participant's loss of the right to the Prize) and select a new Laureate in place of the disqualified Laureate in the event of:
- 1) refusal to provide the Organizer with the personal data referred to in [Section] 4 (3) of the Regulations;
- 2) failure to provide the personal data referred to in [Section] 4 (3) of the Regulations by the date specified in paragraph 10 above;
- 3) inability to contact the Laureate for reasons beyond the control of the Organizer;
- 4) relinquishment of the Prize by the Laureate.
13. In the event of the disqualification of a Laureate, the Prize shall be transferred to the Laureate to be selected by the Jury by a majority vote from among the remaining Participants.
[Section] 5 PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
1. The Controller of the personal data is the Organizer, i.e. Vasco Electronics Góralski Group Spółka Komandytowo-Akcyjna with its registered seat at Aleja 29 Listopada 20, 31-401 Krakow, entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register kept by the District Court for Krakow Śródmieście in Krakow, XI Economic Department of the National Court Register under the number KRS 0000421705, with the share capital of PLN 50,000.00, NIP 6772369151, REGON 122581850.
2. Personal Data will be collected by the Organizer for purposes related to the organization of the Contest, including but not limited to the determination of the Laureates, their data and the issuance of Prizes (legal basis: 6(1)(a) and (b) of the GDPR), as well as for the purpose of fulfilling tax obligations in terms of deducting and paying the applicable tax on the Contest Prize (legal basis: Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR), and for purposes related to the realization of the Organizer's legitimate interests, such as the handling of potential Participants' complaints and evidence purposes for the purpose of defending claims related to the Contest (legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). With a view to ensuring proper organization in the day-to-day affairs of the Controller's activities, the recipients of your personal data may be:
- a. providers of legal and consulting services that support the Organizer in the pursuit of claims owed to it (in particular, law firms);
- b. service providers supplying the Controller with technical and organizational solutions, in particular those necessary to conduct the Contest;
- c. supporting business processes (in particular, IT service providers, hosting companies);
- d. carriers, i.e. courier companies through which the Organizer will deliver the Prizes in the form of Vasco Translator V4 devices to the Laureates.
3. By posting a comment under the Contest Post, the User agrees to the processing of his/her personal data in connection with the fact of participation in the Contest.
4. The Participant's personal data will not be transferred by the Controller outside the European Union.
5. In the case of the Facebook platform, the transfer of data outside the European Economic Area will take place in accordance with Facebook's Privacy Policy and Regulations (https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation).
6. The Participant's personal data will be processed for as long as the purpose of the processing is valid, i.e. the duration of the Contest, and with regard to the Contest Laureates, also the period required by relevant tax regulations. In the case of claims, your personal data will be processed until the statute of limitations for such claims under the Civil Code. After these deadlines, your data will be deleted or anonymized.
7. The Contest Participant has the right to access, rectify, request deletion or restriction of the processing of the data, its transfer to another controller and to object to the processing.
8. The Organizer informs that the Participant has the right to lodge a complaint to the authority supervising compliance with data protection regulations, i.e. the President of the Personal Data Protection Office.
9. Provision of personal data by the Participant is voluntary but necessary to participate in the Contest.
10. Processing of personal data of Contest Laureates for marketing purposes may require them to sign additional relevant documents.
11. The Controller, in its relations with Participants, will act in accordance with accepted standards of data protection, with particular regard to the rights and interests of Participants.
12. Participants' personal data will not be processed by automated means, including profiling.
13. The Participant may, at any time, withdraw his/her previously submitted consent to the processing of his/her data by providing the Organizer with an appropriate statement in documentary form, allowing the Organizer to review its contents. Withdrawal of consent by the Participant shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to its withdrawal. However, the withdrawal of the consent referred to in this paragraph shall at the same time mean the withdrawal from the Contest and, in the case of Laureates, relinquishment of the right to the Prize.
[Section] 6 COPYRIGHTS
1. Participants may only submit content of their own creation to the Contest. The Organizer is entitled to verify at any time the content of the published comments under the Contest Post, taking into account the criterion of authorship. If a comment is found to be in violation of someone else's copyright, the Organizer has the right to disqualify the Participant in breach from the Contest at any stage of the Contest.
2. The right to disqualify the Participant also includes the right to withhold the Prizes. In this case, the Participant has the right to file a complaint in accordance with the Regulations.
3. The Participant is solely responsible for infringement of propriety copyright or personal rights of third parties in connection with the publication of the responses to the Contest Task. The Participant undertakes to reimburse the Organizer for all costs incurred by the Organizer in connection with the infringement of the rights of third parties as a result of the exploitation of the defective content, in connection with the infringement referred to in the preceding sentence.
4. A Participant may be disqualified from the Contest at any time if the Jury determines that his/her Contest Task does not meet the requirements of the Regulations or if third parties make claims to the Organizer related to the Participant's response to the Contest Task.
5. The Contest Task submitted by the Participants may be placed on the Internet or in the promotional campaigns of the Organizer or in the media at entities cooperating with the Organizer without mentioning the name of the author, to which the Contest Participants agree.
6. Providing access to the Contest Task is tantamount to granting the Organizer a non-exclusive and royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use the responses to the Contest Task without time and territorial restrictions, for purposes related to the organization of the Contest and for marketing and promotional purposes of the Organizer, in the following fields of exploitation:
- a. fixation using all known techniques on all known media, which includes, in particular, fixation using analog, digital and optical techniques,
- b. marketing, lending or renting reproduced copies,
- c. multiplication by all known digital, analog and optical techniques,
- d. publication on large-format media (outdoor and indoor),
- e. multiple public display,
- f. exploitation on the Internet, on websites, via telephone or satellite links, wired or wireless, digital or analog techniques,
- g. making them available to the public in such a way that anyone can access them at a time and place of their choosing,
- h. using them in marketing activities, including for advertising and marketing activities of the Organizer's products and brand,
7. The Participant agrees that the Organizer may make any changes, alterations or other modifications to the Contest Task, according to the needs of the Organizer.
8. In case the Contest Task contains an image, the Participant, by publishing the Contest Task, declares that he/she agrees to the repeated use of the image contained in this Contest Task in all fields of exploitation specified in the paragraph above. This consent is not limited in time and territory.
9. If the Contest Task contains an image of third parties, the Participant declares that he/she has the permission to use the image of these third parties.
[Section] 7 RULES OF COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
1. Any complaints regarding the manner in which the Contest is conducted may be submitted by the Participants in writing to the Organizer's address and by e-mail to social-media-admin@vasco-electronics.com during the Contest Period and no later than 4 (in words: four) days after the publication of the list of the Contest Laureates. Complaints submitted to the address of the Organizer's registered office and to the Organizer's e-mail address will be considered. The deadline for filing a complaint is determined by the date of receipt at the Organizer's address or the date of receipt of e-mail correspondence to the Organizer's mailbox. Complaints submitted after this deadline will not be considered. Complaints are handled by the Jury.
2. The complaint must include: name, surname, exact address of the Contest Participant, the reason for the complaint with its justification, and the Participant's e-mail address.
3. The complaint will be considered within 7 (in words: seven) business days counted from the day of its receipt. Depending on the method of filing a complaint, the Participant will be notified by the Organizer by e-mail or by correspondence to the address indicated by the Participant.
4. Complaints will be considered on the basis of these Regulations.
5. On the subject of complaints, the decision of the Organizer is final and binding.
[Section] 8 FINAL PROVISIONS
1. The Regulations of the Contest are available at the Organizer's office at the following address Krakow (31-401), Aleja 29 Listopada 20 and on the dedicated website of the Organizer (a link to the Regulations will be available in the Contest Post on the Organizer's Fan Pages).
2. The Organizer reserves the right to change the Regulations, as long as it does not result in the deterioration of the conditions of the Participant and the rules of participation in the Contest. In the event of a change in the Regulations, information about the change and the new Regulations will be posted on the Organizer's Fan Pages in such a way that every Participant will have access to it.
3. In matters not covered by these Regulations, the provisions of Polish law shall apply, unless other national regulations take precedence to a certain extent.
4. The date of receipt at the Organizer's address or the date of receipt of e-mail correspondence in the Organizer's mailbox will be decisive for meeting the deadline for sending messages, information, correspondence or other mail provided for in these Regulations, unless otherwise stipulated in the text of these Regulations.
5. All disputes shall be resolved by the common court of competent jurisdiction of the Organizer, unless local regulations impose a different Obligation on the parties.
6. The Regulations enter into force on June 14, 2024.