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Cheeto's Museum Flamin Hot vs Cheesy - 150K in prizes - Twitter/Web/Instagram Ends 8/17
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PRIZE DETAILS:
Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Category Prizes:
Grand Prize (1 total, awarded to the winner of the Contest Voting): $50,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
"Semi-Finalist Prizes (20 total, 1 per Category per Entry Period): $5,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner. Limit one (1) Semi-Finalist Prize per person/household.
Puffs Category:
CHEETOS® Puffs Prize (1): $1,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
A winner must accept prize as stated by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Total value of all prizes is $151,000.
HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, purchase any CHEETOS® brand product and look for a uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack. Take a photo of the uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack ("Photo"). Next, submit your Photo and description of your CHEETOS® snack into one (1) of the following galleries: "Flamin' Hot", "Cheesy" or "Puffs", based on the type/flavor of your CHEETOS® snack (each a "Category"), via one (1) of the entry methods listed below. Altogether, the Photo and description shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Entry". To enter without making a purchase, see entry method (b) below.
Description must be in English and cannot exceed 200 characters. The CHEETOS® snack cannot be altered in any way and the CHEETOS® snack image may not be manipulated in any way.
SAVE THE ACTUAL CHEETOS® SNACK APPEARING IN THE PHOTO IF YOU ARE ENTERING VIA THE PURCHASE METHOD OF ENTRY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND IN YOUR CHEETOS® SNACK (FOR VERIFICATION AND ROUND 2 OF THE CONTEST JUDGING).
(a)
Website: Visit www.CheetosMuse
(b)
To participate without making a purchase, visit the Website, choose any CHEETOS® snack and follow the online instructions to submit an Entry (as defined above).
(c)
Social Media: Sponsor will offer additional methods of entries where you will be able to complete and submit your Entry via Twitter or Instagram. Use of Twitter or Instagram as an alternate method of entering this Contest shall also be subject to the applicable social media channel's terms. Upon submitting your Entry via Twitter or Instagram into the Contest, Sponsor will offer an ancillary contest, which will be subject to separate rules posted on the Website. Additionally, Sponsor's administrator will place your Entry into a Category, on your behalf, based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In most cases, Sponsor's administrator should be able to determine the correct Category solely based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In the case that your Entry is placed into the wrong Category, for any reason, Sponsor and Sponsor's administrator shall not be held liable for the outcome of the Judging due to such act. If you wish to ensure your Entry is placed into the appropriate Category for this Contest, please submit your Entry via the Website as stated above in 3(a). For details on how to enter the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest" via Twitter or Instagram, click on the Official Rules link for the Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest on the Website.
Exclusive Discount for the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop: Follow the online instructions to share your Entry via Facebook and/or Twitter. Each time you share an Entry, including hashtag #Contest, you will receive a 10% off coupon redeemable at the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop located within the Website. Coupon must be redeemed by 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 and is subject to terms and conditions as stated on the Website.
CHEETOS® MUSEUM CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BY ENTERING THE CHEETOS® MUSEUM CONTEST ("CONTEST") PARTICIPANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR AND/OR ITS INDEPENDENT JUDGING AGENCY, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents who are 13 years of age or older at the time of participation. The following persons are not eligible to participate: Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Frito-Lay, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors, Web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Contest (collectively, "Promotion Parties"), and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and/or "step") of each and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Contest).
2. CONTEST TIMING: The submission period begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) Central Time ("CT") on May 25, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 ("Contest Period"). The Contest Period consists of ten (10) entry periods (each an "Entry Period") as outlined in the table below. The voting period, to determine the Grand Prize winner, begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) CT on August 16, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 a.m. CT on August 27, 2017 (the "Voting Period"). The Sponsor's computer is the official timekeeping device for this Contest.
Entry Period
Starting Date/Time
Ending Date/Time
1
5/25/17, 12:00:00 p.m. CT
6/04/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
2
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/11/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/18/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
4
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/25/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
5
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/02/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
6
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/09/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
7
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/16/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
8
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/23/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
9
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/30/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
10
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
8/06/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, purchase any CHEETOS® brand product and look for a uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack. Take a photo of the uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack ("Photo"). Next, submit your Photo and description of your CHEETOS® snack into one (1) of the following galleries: "Flamin' Hot", "Cheesy" or "Puffs", based on the type/flavor of your CHEETOS® snack (each a "Category"), via one (1) of the entry methods listed below. Altogether, the Photo and description shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Entry". To enter without making a purchase, see entry method (b) below.
Description must be in English and cannot exceed 200 characters. The CHEETOS® snack cannot be altered in any way and the CHEETOS® snack image may not be manipulated in any way.
SAVE THE ACTUAL CHEETOS® SNACK APPEARING IN THE PHOTO IF YOU ARE ENTERING VIA THE PURCHASE METHOD OF ENTRY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND IN YOUR CHEETOS® SNACK (FOR VERIFICATION AND ROUND 2 OF THE CONTEST JUDGING).
(a)
Website: Visit www.CheetosMuse
(b)
To participate without making a purchase, visit the Website, choose any CHEETOS® snack and follow the online instructions to submit an Entry (as defined above).
(c)
Social Media: Sponsor will offer additional methods of entries where you will be able to complete and submit your Entry via Twitter or Instagram. Use of Twitter or Instagram as an alternate method of entering this Contest shall also be subject to the applicable social media channel's terms. Upon submitting your Entry via Twitter or Instagram into the Contest, Sponsor will offer an ancillary contest, which will be subject to separate rules posted on the Website. Additionally, Sponsor's administrator will place your Entry into a Category, on your behalf, based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In most cases, Sponsor's administrator should be able to determine the correct Category solely based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In the case that your Entry is placed into the wrong Category, for any reason, Sponsor and Sponsor's administrator shall not be held liable for the outcome of the Judging due to such act. If you wish to ensure your Entry is placed into the appropriate Category for this Contest, please submit your Entry via the Website as stated above in 3(a). For details on how to enter the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest" via Twitter or Instagram, click on the Official Rules link for the Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest on the Website.
Exclusive Discount for the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop: Follow the online instructions to share your Entry via Facebook and/or Twitter. Each time you share an Entry, including hashtag #Contest, you will receive a 10% off coupon redeemable at the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop located within the Website. Coupon must be redeemed by 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 and is subject to terms and conditions as stated on the Website.
By submitting an Entry, participant agrees that it conforms to these Official Rules and the Entry Guidelines specified in Section 4, and that Sponsor may disqualify participant from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that the Entry fails to conform to such guidelines. Limit fifty (50) Entries per person/email address per day. See Sections 5 and 6 for Judging Criteria. All Entries must be received and recorded within the Contest Period.
If the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines the CHEETOS® snack was altered in any way or the Entry/Photo was manipulated (Photo manipulation, also called "photoshopping" or before the rise of Photoshop software "airbrushing" is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception after the original photographing took place) in any way, participant may be disqualified, even if he/she was previously announced as a prize recipient. Sponsor reserves the right to require a potential Semi-Finalist to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person or Entry in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. The background check shall include the review of the original Entry submitted and all related files. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A SEMI-FINALIST OR ANY BEHAVIOR BY A SEMI-FINALIST THAT WILL BRING SPONSOR OR PROMOTION PARTIES INTO DISREPUTE (IN SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH SEMI-FINALIST'S DISQUALIFICATION AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A SEMI-FINALIST, FINALIST OR GRAND PRIZE WINNER (AS APPLICABLE) WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
From time to time during the Contest Period, Sponsor may feature any/all Entries on the Website and/or in Sponsor's social media pages and channels, in Sponsor's sole discretion. Being selected as a featured Entry is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a Semi-Finalist nor does it entitle the featured participant(s) to any compensation or prize.
Data rates may apply if entering with a mobile phone or other Web-enabled device. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these and any other applicable charges. Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITE OR ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS, AT SPONSOR'S DISCRETION. Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Sponsor shall have full right and power to copy, publish, broadcast, display, distribute, use, edit, translate, alter, combine with other material, reuse and adapt any or all portions of the Entries in any way and for any purpose whatsoever, at any time, now or in the future, in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in any manner whatsoever and for any purpose. Entries that are not in accordance with the guidelines as stated herein or are not received during the Contest Period will be ineligible.
Multiple participants may not share the same email address or social media account. A potential Semi-Finalist may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with a winning Entry and/or an eligible participant. Participants may not register/enter with multiple email addresses or social media accounts, nor may participants use any other device or artifice to register/enter under multiple identities. Any participant who attempts to enter with multiple email addresses or accounts under multiple identities will be disqualified and he/she will forfeit any prize won, in Sponsor's sole discretion.
4. ENTRY GUIDELINES: By submitting an Entry, you agree that your submission is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, and that Sponsor is free to disclose the ideas contained in the Entry on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen Entries.
By submitting an Entry you warrant and represent that: (a) you have read or have had these Official Rules read to you and you are in agreement with these Official Rules; (b) it is your original work, (c) it has not been previously published, (d) you have received permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable persons who appear in your Entry and it does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (e) that you have obtained permission from any person whose name, likeness or image is used in your Entry; and (f) that publication of the Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party rights. Each participant will indemnify and hold Sponsor and Promotion Parties harmless from any claims to the contrary. Any participant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the participant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor's use of such Entry, in a form satisfactory to the Sponsor, upon request, prior to awarding of prize.
As determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, Entries must meet the following guidelines: (a) Must comply with these Official Rules; (b) Cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, political, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; (c) Cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (d) Cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (e) Cannot promote terrorist acts such as providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other such weapons or provide instructional information about illegal activities; (f) Cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging or slanderous remarks about Sponsor, its customers or its products, or other people, products or companies; (g) Cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others (except Sponsor's trademarks, logos or trade dress), or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (except Sponsor's products), without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, email addresses or street addresses; (h) Cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art, stills, or images published on or in television, movies, the Internet or other media, except such materials owned by Sponsor) without permission; (i) Cannot contain background artwork, unless it is an original work of the participant; (j) Cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than the participant, without permission; (k) Cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; (l) Cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
If you think that any Entry infringes your intellectual property rights, please follow the notification guidelines as stated herein. Frito Lay North America, Inc. investigates notices of alleged infringement and takes appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c) ("DMCA"). Frito-Lay's Designated Agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement is: By Mail: Jeanette Zimmer, 7701 Legacy Drive, Mail Drop 3A-421, Plano, Texas 75024. By Email: [email protected]. Your notice of claimed infringement must include the following information: (a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity, and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, as well as information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the copyright owner, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address; (e) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law; and (f) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. For more details on the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3). Under the DCMA, claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the material, court costs, and attorneys' fees.
ENTRIES POSTED TO THE WEBSITE (IF ANY) WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to participants. Sponsor reserves the right to waive the Entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion.
5. CONTEST JUDGING-APPLICABLE TO THE PUFFS CATEGORY: For the Puffs Category only, all Entries received for the entire Contest Period will be judged by Sponsor and/or Sponsor's marketing agency(ies) (the "Panel"). Entries will be judged solely on "How creative is your Puffs CHEETOS® snack shape description and image". The Entry receiving the highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed the winner of the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize provided that he/she has met all of the requirements as stated in Section 9. In case of a tie, tied Entries will be judged based solely on "How creative is your Puffs CHEETOS® snack shape description and image" by a new judge (as determined by the independent judging agency, in its sole discretion) to determine the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner.
6. CONTEST JUDGING-APPLICABLE TO THE FLAMIN' HOT AND CHEESY CATEGORIES ONLY:
Contest Judging – Round 1 (to determine the Semi-Finalists):
For the Flamin' Hot Category and Cheesy Category and for each Entry Period, Entries will be judged by Sponsor and/or Sponsor's marketing agency(ies) (the "Panel"). Entries will be judged solely on "How creative is your CHEETOS® snack shape description and image and how closely does the shape resemble your description" (the "Judging Criteria"). For each Entry Period and Category (the Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories only), the Entry receiving the highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed a Semi-Finalist and will advance to Round 2 of the Contest Judging provided that he/she has met all of the Semi-Finalists' requirements as stated in Section 9. Entries (and their original score) will carry forward to subsequent Entry Periods. In case of a tie, tied Entries will be judged by a new judge (as determined by the independent judging agency, in its sole discretion) using the Judging Criteria stated above, to determine the winner of the tie. Limit one (1) Semi-Finalist Prize per person.
Contest Judging Round 2 (to determine Finalists):
In order to be eligible for Round 2 of the Contest Judging, Semi-Finalists will be required to send in their original CHEETOS® snack. See Section 9. Semi-Finalists' Entries (verified per these Official Rules), by Category (Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories only), will be re-judged by the Panel based on the Judging Criteria as stated above. The Semi-Finalist, in each Category (Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories only), who submitted the Entry receiving the highest score as awarded by the Panel in Round 2 of the Contest Judging will be deemed a Finalist and will advance to the Contest Voting portion of this Contest. In case of a tie, the same tie-breaking methodology described above will be utilized in Round 2.
7. CONTEST VOTING-APPLICABLE TO THE FLAMIN' HOT AND CHEESY CATEGORY FINALISTS ONLY (to determine the Grand Prize Winner): During the Voting Period, the Finalists' Entries as determined by the Panel in the Round 2 of the Contest Judging (described in Section 6) will be posted on the Website for public voting. Visitors to the Website will be able to vote for the Finalist's Entry they like best based on the Judging Criteria as stated in Section 6. To vote for a Finalist's Entry, click on the "Vote" button corresponding to that Finalist's Entry. Limit one (1) vote per device/platform (if applicable)/per day. The Finalist's Entry receiving the most votes at the conclusion of the Voting Period will be deemed the Grand Prize winner. In the case of a tie, the Finalist whose Entry received the higher score in the Round 2 of the Contest Judging will be deemed the Grand Prize winner. At Sponsor's discretion, additional voting platforms may be available via social media, to be determined by Sponsor at a later date. Check the Website on or after August 16, 2017 for additional information about how to vote for your favorite Finalist Entry. Regardless of the number of voting platforms available; each person is limited to one (1) vote per device per day per platform. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like voting methods will void all such votes. Any attempt by a participant to vote more than the number of times authorized herein using multiple names or email addresses, paying or retaining third parties to create email accounts for the purposes of voting and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, shall give Sponsor the right to disqualify such participant in its reasonable discretion. Any attempt by any person to fraudulently circumvent the voting restrictions in order to cast multiple votes will result in disqualification of all such votes received and may result in disqualification of the participant for whom the improper votes were received if the Sponsor determines that that participant was involved in any way in the perpetration of such fraud.
8. PRIZE DETAILS:
Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Category Prizes:
Grand Prize (1 total, awarded to the winner of the Contest Voting): $50,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
"Semi-Finalist Prizes (20 total, 1 per Category per Entry Period): $5,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner. Limit one (1) Semi-Finalist Prize per person/household.
Puffs Category:
CHEETOS® Puffs Prize (1): $1,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
A winner must accept prize as stated by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Total value of all prizes is $151,000.
Entry Periods 1 through 8: Your CHEETOS® snack submission must be received by the Panel within seven (7) calendar days of the delivery date of the Box at your residence (as documented by the shipping company).
Entry Periods 9 and 10: Your CHEETOS® snack submission must be received by the Panel within three (3) calendar days of the delivery date of the Box at your residence (as documented by the shipping company).
For Semi-Finalists in the Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories: If your CHEETOS® snack submission is not received by the Panel within the allotted time frame, your Entry will not be included in Round 2 of the Contest Judging. In the case where a Semi-Finalist does not comply with this requirement, Sponsor reserves the right to conduct Round 2 of the Contest Judging with less than ten (10) Semi-Finalists per Category. For your protection, it is suggested that you send in your CHEETOS® snack exactly as instructed and keep photos of your CHEETOS® snack and you packing the Box for your records.
Sponsor is not responsible for suspended or discontinued wireless or Internet service which may result in a potential Semi-Finalist not receiving an initial prize notification; nor is Sponsor responsible for any change in participant's email address, mailing address or phone number or a delay in the delivery of the Box needed to return the CHEETOS® snack. If (i) an attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential Semi-Finalist cannot be verified, (iii) any required documents or Boxes with CHEETOS® snacks are not received by judges/Panel within the required timeframe, or (iv) a potential Semi-Finalist or Grand Prize winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the applicable prize may be forfeited, in Sponsor's sole discretion. If any prize is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability to award that prize.
By accepting a prize, each Semi-Finalist, the Grand Prize winner, and the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner agrees that his/her Entry will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Entry, including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Each Semi-Finalist, the Grand Prize winner, and the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all rights of "Droit Moral" or "Moral Rights of Authors" or any similar rights or principles of law that a Semi-Finalist, Grand Prize winner, or CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner may now or later have to his/her Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning Entry, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, each Semi-Finalist and the Grand Prize winner and CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Entry and of the copyrights transferred and "Moral Rights of Authors" waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor's rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.
10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor for lost, late, mutilated, illegible, unintelligible incomplete, misdirected or postage-due mail or Entries. No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties resulting from participant's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: Hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, Internet connectivity or other online or network communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or other providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any online transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted transmissions; inaccessibility of the Website in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Website; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, or worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials. Use of Website is at user's own risk. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer resulting from participation in the Contest. In the event of an identity dispute of a participant, the Entry will be considered made by the registered owner of the email address associated with the account used for entry. "Registered owner" is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.
By participating in the Contest, participants (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and Promotion Parties from any and all liability for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to or participation in the Contest, or possession, acceptance, use and/or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property-related cause of action. By accepting any prize, recipients (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) (a) agree that Sponsor and Promotion Parties shall be held harmless by winner against, any liability for injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest; from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize and (b) grant (and agree to confirm grant in writing promptly upon request) to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor's authority, and each of their respective designees the right to use his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements, and biographical information at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including the Internet without review, notification or approval, and additional compensation or consideration, unless prohibited by law. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest or prize is canceled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a "Force Majeure Event").
11. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winners are solely responsible for any taxes on the prize, and will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of the prize, if applicable. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. No transfer of prize is permitted. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to (a) cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, and (b) disqualify any individual who is responsible for such action. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all eligible Entries received up to time of such action in a manner as determined by an independent judging agency. This Contest is offered only in the United States and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts for Collin or Dallas Counties, Texas.
Please see Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://www.fritolay.co
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICIPANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THE WEBSITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12. WINNER'S LIST: For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by September 18, 2017 to: CHEETOS® Museum Contest Winner's List, 10 South 5th Street, 7th Floor, Dept. 881-760, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
13. SPONSOR: Frito-Lay, Inc. 7701 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024-4099.
© 2017 Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
CHEETOS® MUSEUM SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BY ENTERING THE CHEETOS® MUSEUM SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST ("CONTEST") PARTICIPANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE CHEETOS MUSEUM CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR AND/OR ITS INDEPENDENT JUDGING AGENCY, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents who are 13 years of age or older at the time of participation. The following persons are not eligible to participate: Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Frito-Lay, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors, Web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Contest (collectively, "Promotion Parties"), and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and/or "step") of each and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Contest).
By participating in this Contest (the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest"), you are automatically entered into the Cheetos Museum Contest and you automatically agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the Cheetos Museum Contest Official Rules, both located at www.CheetosMuse
2. CONTEST TIMING: The submission period begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) Central Time ("CT") on May 25, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 ("Contest Period"). The Contest Period consists of ten (10) entry periods (each an "Entry Period") as outlined in the table below. The Sponsor's computer is the official timekeeping device for this Contest.
Entry Period
Starting Date/Time
Ending Date/Time
1
5/25/17, 12:00:00 p.m. CT
6/04/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
2
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/11/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/18/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
4
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/25/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
5
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/02/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
6
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/09/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
7
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/16/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
8
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/23/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
9
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/30/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
10
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
8/06/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, purchase any CHEETOS® brand product and look for a uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack. Take a photo of the uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack ("Photo"). OR - To enter without making a purchase, visit www.CheetosMuse
Description must be in English and cannot exceed 200 characters (140 maximum character count on Twitter). The CHEETOS® snack cannot be altered in any way and the CHEETOS® snack image may not be manipulated in any way.
SAVE THE ACTUAL CHEETOS® SNACK APPEARING IN THE PHOTO IF YOU ARE ENTERING VIA THE PURCHASE METHOD OF ENTRY. YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO SEND IN YOUR CHEETOS® SNACK FOR VERIFICATION.
(a)
Twitter:
Tweet your Entry (as defined above) via Twitter with hashtags #CheetosMuseum #Contest. Participant must have a public profile on the Twitter account used to enter in order for Sponsor to be contacted by Sponsor if he/she is selected as a winner. There is no charge to sign up for Twitter. If you do not have a Twitter account, follow the onscreen instructions to register for a free Twitter account at http://twitter.com.
(b)
Instagram: Post your Entry (as defined above) on your personal Instagram page with hashtags #CheetosMuseum #Contest. Participant must have a public profile on the Instagram account used to enter in order for Sponsor to be contacted by Sponsor if he/she is selected as a winner. An Instagram account can be created for free by visiting http://instagram.com and following the appropriate link to download the free Instagram application.
You must include both hashtags in order for your Entry to be considered.
By submitting an Entry, participant agrees that it conforms to these Official Rules and the Entry Guidelines specified in Section 4, and that Sponsor may disqualify participant from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that the Entry fails to conform to such guidelines. Limit one (1) Entry per social media platform per person/email address per day. See Section 5 for Judging Criteria. All Entries must be received and recorded within the Contest Period.
If the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines the CHEETOS® snack was altered in any way or the Entry/Photo was manipulated (Photo manipulation, also called "photoshopping" or before the rise of Photoshop software "airbrushing" is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception after the original photographing took place) in any way, participant may be disqualified, even if he/she was previously announced as a prize recipient. Sponsor reserves the right to require a potential winner to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person or Entry in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. The background check shall include the review of the original Entry submitted and all related files. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A WINNER OR ANY BEHAVIOR BY A WINNER THAT WILL BRING SPONSOR OR PROMOTION PARTIES INTO DISREPUTE (IN SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER'S DISQUALIFICATION AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
From time to time during the Contest Period, Sponsor may feature any/all Entries on Sponsor's Website(s), social media pages and/or channels, in Sponsor's sole discretion. Being selected as a featured Entry is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a winner nor does it entitle the featured participant(s) to any compensation or prize. Additionally, being selected as a winner in this Contest (the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest") does not guarantee selection as a winner in the Cheetos Museum Contest. Entries are judged separately for both Contests.
Data rates may apply if entering with a mobile phone or other Web-enabled device. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these and any other applicable charges. Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITE OR ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS, AT SPONSOR'S DISCRETION. Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Sponsor shall have full right and power to copy, publish, broadcast, display, distribute, use, edit, translate, alter, combine with other material, reuse and adapt any or all portions of the Entries in any way and for any purpose whatsoever, at any time, now or in the future, in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in any manner whatsoever and for any purpose. Entries that are not in accordance with the guidelines as stated herein or are not received during the Contest Period will be ineligible.
Multiple participants may not share the same email address or social media account. A potential winner may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address and/or social media account associated with a winning Entry and/or an eligible participant. Participants may not register/enter with multiple email addresses or social media accounts, nor may participants use any other device or artifice to register/enter under multiple identities. Any participant who attempts to enter with multiple email addresses or social media accounts under multiple identities will be disqualified and he/she will forfeit any prize won, in Sponsor's sole discretion.
4. ENTRY GUIDELINES: Entries must comply with these Official Rules and the Instagram Terms of Use and Community Guidelines or Twitter posting guidelines (http://instagram.com/legal/terms/ or https://support.twitter
By submitting an Entry, you warrant and represent that: (a) you have read or have had these Official Rules read to you and you are in agreement with these Official Rules; (b) it is your original work, (c) it has not been previously published, (d) you have received permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable persons who appear in your Entry and it does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (e) that you have obtained permission from any person whose name, likeness or image is used in your Entry; and (f) that publication of the Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party rights. Each participant will indemnify and hold Sponsor and Promotion Parties harmless from any claims to the contrary. Any participant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the participant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor's use of such Entry, in a form satisfactory to the Sponsor, upon request, prior to awarding of prize.
As determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, Entries must meet the following guidelines: (a) Must comply with these Official Rules; (b) Cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, political, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; (c) Cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (d) Cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (e) Cannot promote terrorist acts such as providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other such weapons or provide instructional information about illegal activities; (f) Cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging or slanderous remarks about Sponsor, its customers or its products, or other people, products or companies; (g) Cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others (except Sponsor's trademarks, logos or trade dress), or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (except Sponsor's products), without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, email addresses or street addresses; (h) Cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art, stills, or images published on or in television, movies, the Internet or other media, except such materials owned by Sponsor) without permission; (i) Cannot contain background artwork, unless it is an original work of the participant; (j) Cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than the participant, without permission; (k) Cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; (l) Cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
If you think that any Entry infringes your intellectual property rights, please follow the notification guidelines as stated herein. Frito Lay North America, Inc. investigates notices of alleged infringement and takes appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c) ("DMCA"). Frito-Lay's Designated Agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement is: By Mail: Jeanette Zimmer, 7701 Legacy Drive, Mail Drop 3A-421, Plano, Texas 75024. By Email: [email protected]. Your notice of claimed infringement must include the following information: (a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity, and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, as well as information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the copyright owner, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address; (e) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law; and (f) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. For more details on the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3). Under the DCMA, claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the material, court costs, and attorneys' fees.
ENTRIES POSTED ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITE(S) OR SOCIAL CHANNELS WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to participants. Sponsor reserves the right to waive the Entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion.
5. CONTEST JUDGING: Entries will be judged by Sponsor and/or Sponsor's marketing agency(ies) (the "Panel"). Entries will be judged solely on "How creative is your CHEETOS® snack shape description and image and how closely does the shape resemble your description" (the "Judging Criteria"). For each Entry Period, the Entry receiving the highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed a Grand Prize winner and the Entry receiving the second highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed a First Prize winner (subject to verification). In case of a tie, tied Entries will be judged by a new judge (as determined by the independent judging agency, in its sole discretion) based on the Judging Criteria to determine the winner of the tie. Limit one (1) Grand Prize per person. Limit one (1) First Prize per person.
6. PRIZE DETAILS:
Grand Prizes (10 total, 1 per Entry Period): $500.00, awarded in the form of a check, payable to winner.
First Prizes (10 total, 1 per Entry Period): $1.00, awarded in the form of a check, payable to winner.
A winner must accept prize as stated by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Total value of all prizes is $5,010.00.
7. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Prizes won by an eligible participant who is a minor in his or her state of residence may be awarded to a minor's parent or legal guardian. Sponsor's agency partner will contact potential winners via direct message or by commenting on a potential winner's post to request potential winner's name, address and/or email address. Potential winners will be required to follow the instructions within the notification message within twenty-four (24) hours of notification or prize may be forfeited. Sponsor is not responsible for any change in entrant's email address, social media account, mailing address and/or telephone number. Potential Grand Prize winners may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release (collectively, the "Affidavit") within seven (7) days. Upon receipt and verification of your Affidavit, the Panel reserves the right to request that a Grand Prize winner send in his/her CHEETOS® snack for verification. Sponsor's agency will send you a box and instructions (altogether, the "Box") on how to carefully package and mail in your CHEETOS® snack. The CHEETOS® snack you send in must be the same CHEETOS® snack appearing in your winning Entry/Photo. If required, your CHEETOS® snack submission must be received by the Panel within seven (7) calendar days of the delivery date of the Box at your residence (as documented by the shipping company). For your protection, it is suggested that you send in your CHEETOS® snack exactly as instructed and keep photos of your CHEETOS® snack and you packing the Box for your records. If your CHEETOS® snack submission is not received by the Panel within the allotted time frame, prize may be forfeited. All submitted CHEETOS® snacks from Grand Prize winners (if requested by Sponsor) become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
Sponsor is not responsible for suspended or discontinued wireless or Internet service which may result in a potential winner not receiving an initial prize notification; nor is Sponsor responsible for any change in participant's email address, mailing address or phone number or, if required by Sponsor, in Sponsor's sole discretion, a delay in the delivery of the Box needed to return the CHEETOS® snack. If (i) an attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential winner cannot be verified, (iii) a potential winner does not respond to the notification within twenty-four (24) hours (as stated above), (iv) any required documents or Box with CHEETOS® snack are not shipped within the required timeframe (if required), or (v) a potential winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the applicable prize may be forfeited, in Sponsor's sole discretion. If any prize is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability to award that prize.
By accepting a prize, each winner, agrees that his/her Entry will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Entry, including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Each winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all rights of "Droit Moral" or "Moral Rights of Authors" or any similar rights or principles of law that a winner may now or later have to his/her Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning Entry, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, each winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Entry and of the copyrights transferred and "Moral Rights of Authors" waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor's rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.
8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor for lost, late, mutilated, illegible, unintelligible incomplete, misdirected or postage-due mail or Entries. No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties resulting from participant's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: Hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, Internet connectivity or other online or network communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or other providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any online transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted transmissions; inaccessibility of the Website in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Website; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, or worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials. Use of Website is at user's own risk. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer resulting from participation in the Contest. In the event of an identity dispute of a participant, the Entry will be considered made by the authorized account holder of the social media account the Entry is submitted from at the time of entry. The "authorized account holder" is the person who is assigned to the Twitter or Instagram account by the online service provider.
By participating in the Contest, participants (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and Promotion Parties from any and all liability for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to or participation in the Contest, or possession, acceptance, use and/or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property-related cause of action. By accepting any prize, recipients (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) (a) agree that Sponsor and Promotion Parties shall be held harmless by winner against, any liability for injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest; from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize and (b) grant (and agree to confirm grant in writing promptly upon request) to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor's authority, and each of their respective designees the right to use his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements, and biographical information at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including the Internet without review, notification or approval, and additional compensation or consideration, unless prohibited by law. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest or prize is canceled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a "Force Majeure Event").
9. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winners are solely responsible for any taxes on the prize, and will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of the prize, if applicable. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. No transfer of prize is permitted. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to (a) cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, and (b) disqualify any individual who is responsible for such action. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all eligible Entries received up to time of such action in a manner as determined by an independent judging agency. This Contest is offered only in the United States and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts for Collin or Dallas Counties, Texas.
Please see Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://www.fritolay.co
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICIPANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE SPONSOR'S WEBSITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. WINNER'S LIST: For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by September 18, 2017 to: CHEETOS® Museum Social Media Contest Winner's List, 10 South 5th Street, 7th Floor, Dept. 881-761, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
11. SPONSOR: Frito-Lay, Inc. 7701 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024-4099.
© 2017 Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter or Instagram. You understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Twitter or Instagram. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding this Contest shall be directed to Sponsor and not to Twitter or Instagram.
Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Category Prizes:
Grand Prize (1 total, awarded to the winner of the Contest Voting): $50,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
"Semi-Finalist Prizes (20 total, 1 per Category per Entry Period): $5,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner. Limit one (1) Semi-Finalist Prize per person/household.
Puffs Category:
CHEETOS® Puffs Prize (1): $1,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
A winner must accept prize as stated by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Total value of all prizes is $151,000.
HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, purchase any CHEETOS® brand product and look for a uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack. Take a photo of the uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack ("Photo"). Next, submit your Photo and description of your CHEETOS® snack into one (1) of the following galleries: "Flamin' Hot", "Cheesy" or "Puffs", based on the type/flavor of your CHEETOS® snack (each a "Category"), via one (1) of the entry methods listed below. Altogether, the Photo and description shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Entry". To enter without making a purchase, see entry method (b) below.
Description must be in English and cannot exceed 200 characters. The CHEETOS® snack cannot be altered in any way and the CHEETOS® snack image may not be manipulated in any way.
SAVE THE ACTUAL CHEETOS® SNACK APPEARING IN THE PHOTO IF YOU ARE ENTERING VIA THE PURCHASE METHOD OF ENTRY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND IN YOUR CHEETOS® SNACK (FOR VERIFICATION AND ROUND 2 OF THE CONTEST JUDGING).
(a)
Website: Visit www.CheetosMuse
(b)
To participate without making a purchase, visit the Website, choose any CHEETOS® snack and follow the online instructions to submit an Entry (as defined above).
(c)
Social Media: Sponsor will offer additional methods of entries where you will be able to complete and submit your Entry via Twitter or Instagram. Use of Twitter or Instagram as an alternate method of entering this Contest shall also be subject to the applicable social media channel's terms. Upon submitting your Entry via Twitter or Instagram into the Contest, Sponsor will offer an ancillary contest, which will be subject to separate rules posted on the Website. Additionally, Sponsor's administrator will place your Entry into a Category, on your behalf, based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In most cases, Sponsor's administrator should be able to determine the correct Category solely based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In the case that your Entry is placed into the wrong Category, for any reason, Sponsor and Sponsor's administrator shall not be held liable for the outcome of the Judging due to such act. If you wish to ensure your Entry is placed into the appropriate Category for this Contest, please submit your Entry via the Website as stated above in 3(a). For details on how to enter the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest" via Twitter or Instagram, click on the Official Rules link for the Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest on the Website.
Exclusive Discount for the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop: Follow the online instructions to share your Entry via Facebook and/or Twitter. Each time you share an Entry, including hashtag #Contest, you will receive a 10% off coupon redeemable at the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop located within the Website. Coupon must be redeemed by 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 and is subject to terms and conditions as stated on the Website.
CHEETOS® MUSEUM CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BY ENTERING THE CHEETOS® MUSEUM CONTEST ("CONTEST") PARTICIPANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR AND/OR ITS INDEPENDENT JUDGING AGENCY, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents who are 13 years of age or older at the time of participation. The following persons are not eligible to participate: Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Frito-Lay, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors, Web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Contest (collectively, "Promotion Parties"), and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and/or "step") of each and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Contest).
2. CONTEST TIMING: The submission period begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) Central Time ("CT") on May 25, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 ("Contest Period"). The Contest Period consists of ten (10) entry periods (each an "Entry Period") as outlined in the table below. The voting period, to determine the Grand Prize winner, begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) CT on August 16, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 a.m. CT on August 27, 2017 (the "Voting Period"). The Sponsor's computer is the official timekeeping device for this Contest.
Entry Period
Starting Date/Time
Ending Date/Time
1
5/25/17, 12:00:00 p.m. CT
6/04/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
2
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/11/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/18/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
4
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/25/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
5
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/02/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
6
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/09/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
7
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/16/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
8
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/23/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
9
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/30/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
10
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
8/06/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, purchase any CHEETOS® brand product and look for a uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack. Take a photo of the uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack ("Photo"). Next, submit your Photo and description of your CHEETOS® snack into one (1) of the following galleries: "Flamin' Hot", "Cheesy" or "Puffs", based on the type/flavor of your CHEETOS® snack (each a "Category"), via one (1) of the entry methods listed below. Altogether, the Photo and description shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Entry". To enter without making a purchase, see entry method (b) below.
Description must be in English and cannot exceed 200 characters. The CHEETOS® snack cannot be altered in any way and the CHEETOS® snack image may not be manipulated in any way.
SAVE THE ACTUAL CHEETOS® SNACK APPEARING IN THE PHOTO IF YOU ARE ENTERING VIA THE PURCHASE METHOD OF ENTRY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND IN YOUR CHEETOS® SNACK (FOR VERIFICATION AND ROUND 2 OF THE CONTEST JUDGING).
(a)
Website: Visit www.CheetosMuse
(b)
To participate without making a purchase, visit the Website, choose any CHEETOS® snack and follow the online instructions to submit an Entry (as defined above).
(c)
Social Media: Sponsor will offer additional methods of entries where you will be able to complete and submit your Entry via Twitter or Instagram. Use of Twitter or Instagram as an alternate method of entering this Contest shall also be subject to the applicable social media channel's terms. Upon submitting your Entry via Twitter or Instagram into the Contest, Sponsor will offer an ancillary contest, which will be subject to separate rules posted on the Website. Additionally, Sponsor's administrator will place your Entry into a Category, on your behalf, based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In most cases, Sponsor's administrator should be able to determine the correct Category solely based on the color/type of the CHEETOS® snack. In the case that your Entry is placed into the wrong Category, for any reason, Sponsor and Sponsor's administrator shall not be held liable for the outcome of the Judging due to such act. If you wish to ensure your Entry is placed into the appropriate Category for this Contest, please submit your Entry via the Website as stated above in 3(a). For details on how to enter the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest" via Twitter or Instagram, click on the Official Rules link for the Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest on the Website.
Exclusive Discount for the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop: Follow the online instructions to share your Entry via Facebook and/or Twitter. Each time you share an Entry, including hashtag #Contest, you will receive a 10% off coupon redeemable at the CHEETOS® Museum Gift Shop located within the Website. Coupon must be redeemed by 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 and is subject to terms and conditions as stated on the Website.
By submitting an Entry, participant agrees that it conforms to these Official Rules and the Entry Guidelines specified in Section 4, and that Sponsor may disqualify participant from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that the Entry fails to conform to such guidelines. Limit fifty (50) Entries per person/email address per day. See Sections 5 and 6 for Judging Criteria. All Entries must be received and recorded within the Contest Period.
If the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines the CHEETOS® snack was altered in any way or the Entry/Photo was manipulated (Photo manipulation, also called "photoshopping" or before the rise of Photoshop software "airbrushing" is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception after the original photographing took place) in any way, participant may be disqualified, even if he/she was previously announced as a prize recipient. Sponsor reserves the right to require a potential Semi-Finalist to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person or Entry in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. The background check shall include the review of the original Entry submitted and all related files. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A SEMI-FINALIST OR ANY BEHAVIOR BY A SEMI-FINALIST THAT WILL BRING SPONSOR OR PROMOTION PARTIES INTO DISREPUTE (IN SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH SEMI-FINALIST'S DISQUALIFICATION AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A SEMI-FINALIST, FINALIST OR GRAND PRIZE WINNER (AS APPLICABLE) WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
From time to time during the Contest Period, Sponsor may feature any/all Entries on the Website and/or in Sponsor's social media pages and channels, in Sponsor's sole discretion. Being selected as a featured Entry is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a Semi-Finalist nor does it entitle the featured participant(s) to any compensation or prize.
Data rates may apply if entering with a mobile phone or other Web-enabled device. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these and any other applicable charges. Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITE OR ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS, AT SPONSOR'S DISCRETION. Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Sponsor shall have full right and power to copy, publish, broadcast, display, distribute, use, edit, translate, alter, combine with other material, reuse and adapt any or all portions of the Entries in any way and for any purpose whatsoever, at any time, now or in the future, in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in any manner whatsoever and for any purpose. Entries that are not in accordance with the guidelines as stated herein or are not received during the Contest Period will be ineligible.
Multiple participants may not share the same email address or social media account. A potential Semi-Finalist may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with a winning Entry and/or an eligible participant. Participants may not register/enter with multiple email addresses or social media accounts, nor may participants use any other device or artifice to register/enter under multiple identities. Any participant who attempts to enter with multiple email addresses or accounts under multiple identities will be disqualified and he/she will forfeit any prize won, in Sponsor's sole discretion.
4. ENTRY GUIDELINES: By submitting an Entry, you agree that your submission is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, and that Sponsor is free to disclose the ideas contained in the Entry on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen Entries.
By submitting an Entry you warrant and represent that: (a) you have read or have had these Official Rules read to you and you are in agreement with these Official Rules; (b) it is your original work, (c) it has not been previously published, (d) you have received permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable persons who appear in your Entry and it does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (e) that you have obtained permission from any person whose name, likeness or image is used in your Entry; and (f) that publication of the Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party rights. Each participant will indemnify and hold Sponsor and Promotion Parties harmless from any claims to the contrary. Any participant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the participant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor's use of such Entry, in a form satisfactory to the Sponsor, upon request, prior to awarding of prize.
As determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, Entries must meet the following guidelines: (a) Must comply with these Official Rules; (b) Cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, political, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; (c) Cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (d) Cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (e) Cannot promote terrorist acts such as providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other such weapons or provide instructional information about illegal activities; (f) Cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging or slanderous remarks about Sponsor, its customers or its products, or other people, products or companies; (g) Cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others (except Sponsor's trademarks, logos or trade dress), or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (except Sponsor's products), without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, email addresses or street addresses; (h) Cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art, stills, or images published on or in television, movies, the Internet or other media, except such materials owned by Sponsor) without permission; (i) Cannot contain background artwork, unless it is an original work of the participant; (j) Cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than the participant, without permission; (k) Cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; (l) Cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
If you think that any Entry infringes your intellectual property rights, please follow the notification guidelines as stated herein. Frito Lay North America, Inc. investigates notices of alleged infringement and takes appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c) ("DMCA"). Frito-Lay's Designated Agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement is: By Mail: Jeanette Zimmer, 7701 Legacy Drive, Mail Drop 3A-421, Plano, Texas 75024. By Email: [email protected]. Your notice of claimed infringement must include the following information: (a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity, and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, as well as information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the copyright owner, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address; (e) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law; and (f) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. For more details on the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3). Under the DCMA, claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the material, court costs, and attorneys' fees.
ENTRIES POSTED TO THE WEBSITE (IF ANY) WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to participants. Sponsor reserves the right to waive the Entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion.
5. CONTEST JUDGING-APPLICABLE TO THE PUFFS CATEGORY: For the Puffs Category only, all Entries received for the entire Contest Period will be judged by Sponsor and/or Sponsor's marketing agency(ies) (the "Panel"). Entries will be judged solely on "How creative is your Puffs CHEETOS® snack shape description and image". The Entry receiving the highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed the winner of the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize provided that he/she has met all of the requirements as stated in Section 9. In case of a tie, tied Entries will be judged based solely on "How creative is your Puffs CHEETOS® snack shape description and image" by a new judge (as determined by the independent judging agency, in its sole discretion) to determine the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner.
6. CONTEST JUDGING-APPLICABLE TO THE FLAMIN' HOT AND CHEESY CATEGORIES ONLY:
Contest Judging – Round 1 (to determine the Semi-Finalists):
For the Flamin' Hot Category and Cheesy Category and for each Entry Period, Entries will be judged by Sponsor and/or Sponsor's marketing agency(ies) (the "Panel"). Entries will be judged solely on "How creative is your CHEETOS® snack shape description and image and how closely does the shape resemble your description" (the "Judging Criteria"). For each Entry Period and Category (the Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories only), the Entry receiving the highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed a Semi-Finalist and will advance to Round 2 of the Contest Judging provided that he/she has met all of the Semi-Finalists' requirements as stated in Section 9. Entries (and their original score) will carry forward to subsequent Entry Periods. In case of a tie, tied Entries will be judged by a new judge (as determined by the independent judging agency, in its sole discretion) using the Judging Criteria stated above, to determine the winner of the tie. Limit one (1) Semi-Finalist Prize per person.
Contest Judging Round 2 (to determine Finalists):
In order to be eligible for Round 2 of the Contest Judging, Semi-Finalists will be required to send in their original CHEETOS® snack. See Section 9. Semi-Finalists' Entries (verified per these Official Rules), by Category (Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories only), will be re-judged by the Panel based on the Judging Criteria as stated above. The Semi-Finalist, in each Category (Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories only), who submitted the Entry receiving the highest score as awarded by the Panel in Round 2 of the Contest Judging will be deemed a Finalist and will advance to the Contest Voting portion of this Contest. In case of a tie, the same tie-breaking methodology described above will be utilized in Round 2.
7. CONTEST VOTING-APPLICABLE TO THE FLAMIN' HOT AND CHEESY CATEGORY FINALISTS ONLY (to determine the Grand Prize Winner): During the Voting Period, the Finalists' Entries as determined by the Panel in the Round 2 of the Contest Judging (described in Section 6) will be posted on the Website for public voting. Visitors to the Website will be able to vote for the Finalist's Entry they like best based on the Judging Criteria as stated in Section 6. To vote for a Finalist's Entry, click on the "Vote" button corresponding to that Finalist's Entry. Limit one (1) vote per device/platform (if applicable)/per day. The Finalist's Entry receiving the most votes at the conclusion of the Voting Period will be deemed the Grand Prize winner. In the case of a tie, the Finalist whose Entry received the higher score in the Round 2 of the Contest Judging will be deemed the Grand Prize winner. At Sponsor's discretion, additional voting platforms may be available via social media, to be determined by Sponsor at a later date. Check the Website on or after August 16, 2017 for additional information about how to vote for your favorite Finalist Entry. Regardless of the number of voting platforms available; each person is limited to one (1) vote per device per day per platform. Any use of robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like voting methods will void all such votes. Any attempt by a participant to vote more than the number of times authorized herein using multiple names or email addresses, paying or retaining third parties to create email accounts for the purposes of voting and/or any other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, shall give Sponsor the right to disqualify such participant in its reasonable discretion. Any attempt by any person to fraudulently circumvent the voting restrictions in order to cast multiple votes will result in disqualification of all such votes received and may result in disqualification of the participant for whom the improper votes were received if the Sponsor determines that that participant was involved in any way in the perpetration of such fraud.
8. PRIZE DETAILS:
Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Category Prizes:
Grand Prize (1 total, awarded to the winner of the Contest Voting): $50,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
"Semi-Finalist Prizes (20 total, 1 per Category per Entry Period): $5,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner. Limit one (1) Semi-Finalist Prize per person/household.
Puffs Category:
CHEETOS® Puffs Prize (1): $1,000, awarded in the form of a check or wire transfer, payable to winner.
A winner must accept prize as stated by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Total value of all prizes is $151,000.
Entry Periods 1 through 8: Your CHEETOS® snack submission must be received by the Panel within seven (7) calendar days of the delivery date of the Box at your residence (as documented by the shipping company).
Entry Periods 9 and 10: Your CHEETOS® snack submission must be received by the Panel within three (3) calendar days of the delivery date of the Box at your residence (as documented by the shipping company).
For Semi-Finalists in the Flamin' Hot and Cheesy Categories: If your CHEETOS® snack submission is not received by the Panel within the allotted time frame, your Entry will not be included in Round 2 of the Contest Judging. In the case where a Semi-Finalist does not comply with this requirement, Sponsor reserves the right to conduct Round 2 of the Contest Judging with less than ten (10) Semi-Finalists per Category. For your protection, it is suggested that you send in your CHEETOS® snack exactly as instructed and keep photos of your CHEETOS® snack and you packing the Box for your records.
Sponsor is not responsible for suspended or discontinued wireless or Internet service which may result in a potential Semi-Finalist not receiving an initial prize notification; nor is Sponsor responsible for any change in participant's email address, mailing address or phone number or a delay in the delivery of the Box needed to return the CHEETOS® snack. If (i) an attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential Semi-Finalist cannot be verified, (iii) any required documents or Boxes with CHEETOS® snacks are not received by judges/Panel within the required timeframe, or (iv) a potential Semi-Finalist or Grand Prize winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the applicable prize may be forfeited, in Sponsor's sole discretion. If any prize is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability to award that prize.
By accepting a prize, each Semi-Finalist, the Grand Prize winner, and the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner agrees that his/her Entry will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Entry, including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Each Semi-Finalist, the Grand Prize winner, and the CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all rights of "Droit Moral" or "Moral Rights of Authors" or any similar rights or principles of law that a Semi-Finalist, Grand Prize winner, or CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner may now or later have to his/her Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning Entry, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, each Semi-Finalist and the Grand Prize winner and CHEETOS® Puffs Prize winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Entry and of the copyrights transferred and "Moral Rights of Authors" waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor's rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.
10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor for lost, late, mutilated, illegible, unintelligible incomplete, misdirected or postage-due mail or Entries. No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties resulting from participant's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: Hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, Internet connectivity or other online or network communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or other providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any online transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted transmissions; inaccessibility of the Website in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Website; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, or worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials. Use of Website is at user's own risk. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer resulting from participation in the Contest. In the event of an identity dispute of a participant, the Entry will be considered made by the registered owner of the email address associated with the account used for entry. "Registered owner" is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.
By participating in the Contest, participants (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and Promotion Parties from any and all liability for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to or participation in the Contest, or possession, acceptance, use and/or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property-related cause of action. By accepting any prize, recipients (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) (a) agree that Sponsor and Promotion Parties shall be held harmless by winner against, any liability for injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest; from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize and (b) grant (and agree to confirm grant in writing promptly upon request) to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor's authority, and each of their respective designees the right to use his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements, and biographical information at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including the Internet without review, notification or approval, and additional compensation or consideration, unless prohibited by law. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest or prize is canceled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a "Force Majeure Event").
11. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winners are solely responsible for any taxes on the prize, and will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of the prize, if applicable. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. No transfer of prize is permitted. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to (a) cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, and (b) disqualify any individual who is responsible for such action. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all eligible Entries received up to time of such action in a manner as determined by an independent judging agency. This Contest is offered only in the United States and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts for Collin or Dallas Counties, Texas.
Please see Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://www.fritolay.co
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICIPANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THE WEBSITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
12. WINNER'S LIST: For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by September 18, 2017 to: CHEETOS® Museum Contest Winner's List, 10 South 5th Street, 7th Floor, Dept. 881-760, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
13. SPONSOR: Frito-Lay, Inc. 7701 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024-4099.
© 2017 Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
CHEETOS® MUSEUM SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND SHALL ONLY BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST UNLESS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BY ENTERING THE CHEETOS® MUSEUM SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST ("CONTEST") PARTICIPANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE CHEETOS MUSEUM CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR AND/OR ITS INDEPENDENT JUDGING AGENCY, WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents who are 13 years of age or older at the time of participation. The following persons are not eligible to participate: Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Frito-Lay, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, distributors, Web design, advertising, fulfillment, judging and promotion agencies involved in the administration, development, fulfillment and execution of this Contest (collectively, "Promotion Parties"), and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and/or "step") of each and those living in their same households (those persons whether related or not who live in the same residence for at least three months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Contest).
By participating in this Contest (the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest"), you are automatically entered into the Cheetos Museum Contest and you automatically agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the Cheetos Museum Contest Official Rules, both located at www.CheetosMuse
2. CONTEST TIMING: The submission period begins at 12:00:00 p.m. (noon) Central Time ("CT") on May 25, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 6, 2017 ("Contest Period"). The Contest Period consists of ten (10) entry periods (each an "Entry Period") as outlined in the table below. The Sponsor's computer is the official timekeeping device for this Contest.
Entry Period
Starting Date/Time
Ending Date/Time
1
5/25/17, 12:00:00 p.m. CT
6/04/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
2
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/11/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
3
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/18/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
4
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
6/25/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
5
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/02/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
6
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/09/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
7
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/16/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
8
5/25/17, 12:00:00 a.m. CT
7/23/17, 11:59:59 p.m. CT
9
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3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, purchase any CHEETOS® brand product and look for a uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack. Take a photo of the uniquely-shaped CHEETOS® snack ("Photo"). OR - To enter without making a purchase, visit www.CheetosMuse
Description must be in English and cannot exceed 200 characters (140 maximum character count on Twitter). The CHEETOS® snack cannot be altered in any way and the CHEETOS® snack image may not be manipulated in any way.
SAVE THE ACTUAL CHEETOS® SNACK APPEARING IN THE PHOTO IF YOU ARE ENTERING VIA THE PURCHASE METHOD OF ENTRY. YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO SEND IN YOUR CHEETOS® SNACK FOR VERIFICATION.
(a)
Twitter:
Tweet your Entry (as defined above) via Twitter with hashtags #CheetosMuseum #Contest. Participant must have a public profile on the Twitter account used to enter in order for Sponsor to be contacted by Sponsor if he/she is selected as a winner. There is no charge to sign up for Twitter. If you do not have a Twitter account, follow the onscreen instructions to register for a free Twitter account at http://twitter.com.
(b)
Instagram: Post your Entry (as defined above) on your personal Instagram page with hashtags #CheetosMuseum #Contest. Participant must have a public profile on the Instagram account used to enter in order for Sponsor to be contacted by Sponsor if he/she is selected as a winner. An Instagram account can be created for free by visiting http://instagram.com and following the appropriate link to download the free Instagram application.
You must include both hashtags in order for your Entry to be considered.
By submitting an Entry, participant agrees that it conforms to these Official Rules and the Entry Guidelines specified in Section 4, and that Sponsor may disqualify participant from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that the Entry fails to conform to such guidelines. Limit one (1) Entry per social media platform per person/email address per day. See Section 5 for Judging Criteria. All Entries must be received and recorded within the Contest Period.
If the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines the CHEETOS® snack was altered in any way or the Entry/Photo was manipulated (Photo manipulation, also called "photoshopping" or before the rise of Photoshop software "airbrushing" is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception after the original photographing took place) in any way, participant may be disqualified, even if he/she was previously announced as a prize recipient. Sponsor reserves the right to require a potential winner to submit to a confidential background check to confirm eligibility and help ensure that the use of any such person or Entry in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably on the Contest as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. The background check shall include the review of the original Entry submitted and all related files. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A WINNER OR ANY BEHAVIOR BY A WINNER THAT WILL BRING SPONSOR OR PROMOTION PARTIES INTO DISREPUTE (IN SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER'S DISQUALIFICATION AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
From time to time during the Contest Period, Sponsor may feature any/all Entries on Sponsor's Website(s), social media pages and/or channels, in Sponsor's sole discretion. Being selected as a featured Entry is unrelated to the Judging Criteria and does not guarantee selection as a winner nor does it entitle the featured participant(s) to any compensation or prize. Additionally, being selected as a winner in this Contest (the "Cheetos Museum Social Media Contest") does not guarantee selection as a winner in the Cheetos Museum Contest. Entries are judged separately for both Contests.
Data rates may apply if entering with a mobile phone or other Web-enabled device. Check with your wireless service provider for details on these and any other applicable charges. Participants are solely responsible for any such wireless charges.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITE OR ITS SOCIAL MEDIA ASSETS, AT SPONSOR'S DISCRETION. Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Sponsor shall have full right and power to copy, publish, broadcast, display, distribute, use, edit, translate, alter, combine with other material, reuse and adapt any or all portions of the Entries in any way and for any purpose whatsoever, at any time, now or in the future, in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in any manner whatsoever and for any purpose. Entries that are not in accordance with the guidelines as stated herein or are not received during the Contest Period will be ineligible.
Multiple participants may not share the same email address or social media account. A potential winner may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address and/or social media account associated with a winning Entry and/or an eligible participant. Participants may not register/enter with multiple email addresses or social media accounts, nor may participants use any other device or artifice to register/enter under multiple identities. Any participant who attempts to enter with multiple email addresses or social media accounts under multiple identities will be disqualified and he/she will forfeit any prize won, in Sponsor's sole discretion.
4. ENTRY GUIDELINES: Entries must comply with these Official Rules and the Instagram Terms of Use and Community Guidelines or Twitter posting guidelines (http://instagram.com/legal/terms/ or https://support.twitter
By submitting an Entry, you warrant and represent that: (a) you have read or have had these Official Rules read to you and you are in agreement with these Official Rules; (b) it is your original work, (c) it has not been previously published, (d) you have received permission for the use of the image/likeness of any and all identifiable persons who appear in your Entry and it does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (e) that you have obtained permission from any person whose name, likeness or image is used in your Entry; and (f) that publication of the Entry via various media including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights of any third party rights. Each participant will indemnify and hold Sponsor and Promotion Parties harmless from any claims to the contrary. Any participant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the participant (such as, but not limited to, depictions of buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including Sponsor's use of such Entry, in a form satisfactory to the Sponsor, upon request, prior to awarding of prize.
As determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, Entries must meet the following guidelines: (a) Must comply with these Official Rules; (b) Cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, political, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity; (c) Cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message; (d) Cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group; (e) Cannot promote terrorist acts such as providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other such weapons or provide instructional information about illegal activities; (f) Cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging or slanderous remarks about Sponsor, its customers or its products, or other people, products or companies; (g) Cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others (except Sponsor's trademarks, logos or trade dress), or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind (except Sponsor's products), without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, email addresses or street addresses; (h) Cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art, stills, or images published on or in television, movies, the Internet or other media, except such materials owned by Sponsor) without permission; (i) Cannot contain background artwork, unless it is an original work of the participant; (j) Cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than the participant, without permission; (k) Cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; (l) Cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
If you think that any Entry infringes your intellectual property rights, please follow the notification guidelines as stated herein. Frito Lay North America, Inc. investigates notices of alleged infringement and takes appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c) ("DMCA"). Frito-Lay's Designated Agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement is: By Mail: Jeanette Zimmer, 7701 Legacy Drive, Mail Drop 3A-421, Plano, Texas 75024. By Email: [email protected]. Your notice of claimed infringement must include the following information: (a) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (b) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity, and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, as well as information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (d) Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the copyright owner, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address; (e) A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or applicable law; and (f) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. For more details on the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3). Under the DCMA, claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the material, court costs, and attorneys' fees.
ENTRIES POSTED ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITE(S) OR SOCIAL CHANNELS WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to participants. Sponsor reserves the right to waive the Entry requirements set forth herein in its reasonable discretion.
5. CONTEST JUDGING: Entries will be judged by Sponsor and/or Sponsor's marketing agency(ies) (the "Panel"). Entries will be judged solely on "How creative is your CHEETOS® snack shape description and image and how closely does the shape resemble your description" (the "Judging Criteria"). For each Entry Period, the Entry receiving the highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed a Grand Prize winner and the Entry receiving the second highest score awarded by the Panel will be deemed a First Prize winner (subject to verification). In case of a tie, tied Entries will be judged by a new judge (as determined by the independent judging agency, in its sole discretion) based on the Judging Criteria to determine the winner of the tie. Limit one (1) Grand Prize per person. Limit one (1) First Prize per person.
6. PRIZE DETAILS:
Grand Prizes (10 total, 1 per Entry Period): $500.00, awarded in the form of a check, payable to winner.
First Prizes (10 total, 1 per Entry Period): $1.00, awarded in the form of a check, payable to winner.
A winner must accept prize as stated by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Total value of all prizes is $5,010.00.
7. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Prizes won by an eligible participant who is a minor in his or her state of residence may be awarded to a minor's parent or legal guardian. Sponsor's agency partner will contact potential winners via direct message or by commenting on a potential winner's post to request potential winner's name, address and/or email address. Potential winners will be required to follow the instructions within the notification message within twenty-four (24) hours of notification or prize may be forfeited. Sponsor is not responsible for any change in entrant's email address, social media account, mailing address and/or telephone number. Potential Grand Prize winners may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and, where lawful, a Publicity Release (collectively, the "Affidavit") within seven (7) days. Upon receipt and verification of your Affidavit, the Panel reserves the right to request that a Grand Prize winner send in his/her CHEETOS® snack for verification. Sponsor's agency will send you a box and instructions (altogether, the "Box") on how to carefully package and mail in your CHEETOS® snack. The CHEETOS® snack you send in must be the same CHEETOS® snack appearing in your winning Entry/Photo. If required, your CHEETOS® snack submission must be received by the Panel within seven (7) calendar days of the delivery date of the Box at your residence (as documented by the shipping company). For your protection, it is suggested that you send in your CHEETOS® snack exactly as instructed and keep photos of your CHEETOS® snack and you packing the Box for your records. If your CHEETOS® snack submission is not received by the Panel within the allotted time frame, prize may be forfeited. All submitted CHEETOS® snacks from Grand Prize winners (if requested by Sponsor) become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
Sponsor is not responsible for suspended or discontinued wireless or Internet service which may result in a potential winner not receiving an initial prize notification; nor is Sponsor responsible for any change in participant's email address, mailing address or phone number or, if required by Sponsor, in Sponsor's sole discretion, a delay in the delivery of the Box needed to return the CHEETOS® snack. If (i) an attempted notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential winner cannot be verified, (iii) a potential winner does not respond to the notification within twenty-four (24) hours (as stated above), (iv) any required documents or Box with CHEETOS® snack are not shipped within the required timeframe (if required), or (v) a potential winner is otherwise unable to accept the prize as stated, the applicable prize may be forfeited, in Sponsor's sole discretion. If any prize is returned as undeliverable, prize will be forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability to award that prize.
By accepting a prize, each winner, agrees that his/her Entry will be deemed a Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Entry, including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Each winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all rights of "Droit Moral" or "Moral Rights of Authors" or any similar rights or principles of law that a winner may now or later have to his/her Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning Entry, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, each winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Entry and of the copyrights transferred and "Moral Rights of Authors" waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor's rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.
8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: No responsibility is assumed by Sponsor for lost, late, mutilated, illegible, unintelligible incomplete, misdirected or postage-due mail or Entries. No liability or responsibility is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties resulting from participant's participation in or attempt to participate in the Contest or ability or inability to upload or download any information in connection with the Contest. No responsibility or liability is assumed by Sponsor or Promotion Parties for technical problems or technical malfunction arising in connection with any of the following occurrences which may affect the operation of the Contest: Hardware or software errors; faulty computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic, Internet connectivity or other online or network communication problems; errors or limitations of any Internet service providers, servers, hosts or other providers; garbled, jumbled or faulty data transmissions; failure of any online transmissions to be sent or received; lost, late, delayed or intercepted transmissions; inaccessibility of the Website in whole or in part for any reason; traffic congestion on the Internet or the Website; unauthorized human or non-human intervention of the operation of the Contest, including without limitation, unauthorized tampering, hacking, theft, virus, bugs, or worms; or destruction of any aspect of the Contest, or loss, miscount, misdirection, inaccessibility or unavailability of an email account used in connection with the Contest. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials. Use of Website is at user's own risk. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind which may be sustained to user's or any other person's computer resulting from participation in the Contest. In the event of an identity dispute of a participant, the Entry will be considered made by the authorized account holder of the social media account the Entry is submitted from at the time of entry. The "authorized account holder" is the person who is assigned to the Twitter or Instagram account by the online service provider.
By participating in the Contest, participants (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and Promotion Parties from any and all liability for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including, without limitation, property damage, personal injury and/or death which may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to or participation in the Contest, or possession, acceptance, use and/or misuse of prize or participation in any Contest-related activity and for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement or any other intellectual property-related cause of action. By accepting any prize, recipients (and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if participants are minors) (a) agree that Sponsor and Promotion Parties shall be held harmless by winner against, any liability for injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest; from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize and (b) grant (and agree to confirm grant in writing promptly upon request) to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor's authority, and each of their respective designees the right to use his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements, and biographical information at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including the Internet without review, notification or approval, and additional compensation or consideration, unless prohibited by law. Sponsor and Promotion Parties are not liable in the event that any portion of the Contest or prize is canceled due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other condition beyond their control (a "Force Majeure Event").
9. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Winners are solely responsible for any taxes on the prize, and will receive an IRS Form 1099 for the value of the prize, if applicable. No substitution of prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. No transfer of prize is permitted. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to (a) cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, and (b) disqualify any individual who is responsible for such action. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all eligible Entries received up to time of such action in a manner as determined by an independent judging agency. This Contest is offered only in the United States and all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts for Collin or Dallas Counties, Texas.
Please see Sponsor's privacy policy located at http://www.fritolay.co
LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICIPANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE SPONSOR'S WEBSITE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. WINNER'S LIST: For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by September 18, 2017 to: CHEETOS® Museum Social Media Contest Winner's List, 10 South 5th Street, 7th Floor, Dept. 881-761, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
11. SPONSOR: Frito-Lay, Inc. 7701 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024-4099.
© 2017 Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Twitter or Instagram. You understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Twitter or Instagram. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding this Contest shall be directed to Sponsor and not to Twitter or Instagram.
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1) Walking stick for hiking in the mountains
2) a low rider, hopping up and down
3) a bright orange flamingo, king of lawn art
Anyone know how any of those might be the least bit offensive? Not profane, not copyrighted, not derogatory. Cheeto folks rejecting things for no reason.
Edit: 4) Failuire notice this morning....are they throttling total entries? Feels like once I reached 20 entries, they stopped allowing them. Have no idea what I possibly could be doing wrong. I'm using the same stock image from the AMOE gallery time after time. So no way that image is considered a violation.
Sorry, your Cheetos shape may have been rejected for the following reasons:
Any third party that would require prior clearance, including but not limited to:
Competitive brands names mentioned by consumers or said brands (outside of approved brand mentions)
Restaurant names
Celebrities, athletes, musicians or artists
Sports teams or organizations
TV shows, networks
Movies, studios
Songs, lyrics
Anything trademarked
Politically incorrect, politically polarizing or culturally insensitive references
Profanity or vulgarity and references to illegal activities
An image of something other than a Cheetos snack was submitted
This Cheeto looks like a bright orange limo. 6 doors, partisian of glass. Out come the stars, you never know who might pop out next, maybe Chester?
And they declined it again. WTF? I think this sweepstakes is rigged/crooked. Just like the last one they are declining entries for no reason at all. I used the blue background cheeto from the list of allowable AMOE. Someone needs to get fired over them not following their own rules.
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so i can use an image from their gallery to save and submit and I wont need to prove it in any additional rounds? they will know it is a stock photo?