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Student Instagram Contest

Terms and Conditions applicable to entries into #DurhamDays21 Instagram® photo competition
  1. #DurhamDays21 (the “Competition”) is an Instagram® photo competition run and administered by the University of Durham (the “University”);
  2. The Competition shall be run by the University for the purposes of gaining additional followers and increasing engagement;
  3. The Competition shall commence on the 23 September and shall conclude on the 3 October 2021;
  4. During the course of the Competition, students (“Entrants”) are invited to enter the Competition by posting their own photo(s) using the hashtag #DurhamDays21;
  5. All photos which are correctly posted, and are submitted fully in compliance with these terms and conditions shall be considered to be entered into the Competition for judging;
  6. The University may, at its sole discretion repost any photos the University chooses which do not breach these terms and conditions;
  7. All entries for the Competition must be submitted by Midnight on Sunday 3 October. Entries submitted after this date shall not be considered;
  8. The University shall consider all properly submitted entries to the Competition and shall compile a list of the University’s favourite entries;
  9. The University shall announce the Competition’s winning entries via the Durham University Instagram account on Friday 15 October;
  10. The prize awarded to the winner shall be Amazon vouchers
  11. The Competition is open to students of the University only aged (eighteen) 18 and over;
  12. Employees or agents of the University or anyone else connected with the Competition may not enter;
  13. All entrants who submit a photo into the Competition shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions;
  14. No purchase is necessary. If you have any questions about how to enter or in connection with the Competition, please e-mail reruitment.marketing@durham.ac.uk
  15. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed;
  16. The University accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery or submission of the entry is not proof of receipt of the entry by the University;
  17. Entries received outside the duration of the Competition as detailed herein, will not be considered;
  18. The University accepts no responsibility for any costs which may be associated with the prize and not specifically included in the prize;
  19. If a winner does not respond to the University within fourteen (14) days of being notified they are the winner of the Prize by the University by email, then the winner's prize may be forfeited and the University (at its discretion) shall be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above. A winner may choose to accept or reject the Prize. In the event that the winner chooses to reject the Prize, a different winner may be chosen;
  20. An entry shall be declared invalid where it is submitted in breach of these Terms and Conditions, or an entrant is found to have breached these terms and conditions. Where such entrant is the winner, the winner's Prize will be forfeited and the University shall be entitled to select another winner;
  21. The Prize winner will be notified that they have won and the prize emailed to their Durham email address.
  22. The Prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and is not redeemable for cash;
  23. The University retains the right to substitute the Prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available;
  24. All entrants shall be solely responsible for compliance with all terms and conditions applicable to use of Instagram® in order to participate in the Competition;
  25. All entrants shall ensure that entries:
    1. do not feature any image(s) of any individual(s) or third parties from whom all necessary permissions to use such images in such way have not been properly obtained in advance in writing; or copy or feature the Intellectual Property of any individual(s) or third parties from whom all necessary licences or permissions to use such Intellectual Property in such way have not been properly obtained in advance in writing;
    2. do not copy or feature the Intellectual Property of any individual(s) or third party from whom a licence or other permission have not been obtained in advance unless you have made all reasonable enquiries and established with certainty that copyright to such content has expired prior to the date such content is added to the Website;
    3. are not in any way defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, threatening, harassing, harmful to children, obscene, offensive, or which applauds, encourages or entices abuse, discrimination or hate;
    4. does not compromise or invade the privacy or security of anyone other than yourself; and that you have secured the consent of any person (and, in the case of a child, of those persons who have parental responsibility for such child);
    5. does not encourage criminal conduct or which may give rise to civil liability, or which is otherwise unlawful; and
    6. contains no advertisement nor makes commercial solicitations.
  26. The University shall use and take care of any personal information you may supply and shall at all times handle it strictly in accordance with the terms of the The General Data Protection Regulation 2018. By entering the Competition, you agree to the collection, retention, usage and distribution of your personal information in order to process and contact you about the Prize;
  27. The University accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Competition or accepting the Prize. The University further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Competition. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude the liability of the University for death, personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of its negligence;
  28. The University reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of the University in all matters under its control is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into;
  29. The University shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure;
  30. These terms and conditions will be governed by English law and entrants to the Competition submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.