The TheTorontoBeaches.com Official Online Contest Rules |
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited by law. Entrants residing in areas the contest is void are ineligible to win prizes. Only one entry is allowed per person. Multiple entries from the same person will void all entries from that person. All entries become the property of TheTorontoBeaches.com. |
2. REGISTRATION.The TheTorontoBeaches.com Win a 2 Night Stay at a 2 Bedroom Cottage on Balsam Lake (the "Contest") commences on 12:01 am EDT on Monday, June 23rd, 2014, and closes at 11:59 pm EDT on Monday, July 7th, 2014. The contest draw will take place on Wednesday July 9, 2014 at approximately 2:00 p.m. EDT from all eligible entries received by the contest closing date. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received from all entrants. |
3. CONTEST ENTRY. -After creating an account, click on the Groups tab and then click on the Contest group. -Post a message in the group describing your favourite thing to do at the Beach. 1) Creation of a new account in the Socalize section of ww.thetorontobeaches.com website. You must include a valid email and phone number where you can be reached. You will only be contacted by phone if you are the winner of the contest. 2) Posting a message in the Contest group describing your favourite thing to do at the Beach.
Entries must be received between 12:01 a.m. EDT on Monday June 23rd, 2014, and 11:59 pm EDT on Monday July7th, 2014. Click the ENTER CONTEST GIF image which will lead to. http://www.thetorontobeaches.com/socialize.html Once you have created an account and posted a message in the Contest group, you have successfully entered the contest. |
4. SECURITY. If you are entering the contest via the Internet, you may only enter this Contest if your browser permits connection to a secure, industry- standard SSL-enabled server. TheTorontoBeaches.com assume no responsibility for tampering, theft, defects, human errors including extreme negligence, deletions, technical or telephone problems, undeliverable messages, computer errors, lost, misdirected, late or incomplete entries or for any online difficulties that may result in the failure to consider an entrant for any of the prizes offered. Further, TheTorontoBeaches.com. reserves the right to modify or cancel this contest without prior notice and is not responsible for production or printing errors, technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions including lost, misappropriated or corrupted entries, virus damage or any other damage which may limit a participant’s ability to participate in the contest. TheTorontoBeaches.com is not responsible for entries that are incomplete, lost, misdirected or destroyed. |
5. PRIZES. Limit of one (1) main prize to be won and the approximate retail value of the prize is as follows: Win a 2 Night Stay at a 2 Bedroom Cottage on Balsam Lake, valued at:$300.00 for 2 nights. |
7. PRIZE ELIGIBILITY. The contest is open to any resident of Canada. Contest is void where prohibited by law. Odds of being selected are dependent on the total number of eligible entries received by the contest closing date. You are not eligible if you are: a) an employee, contractor, agent and/or representative of the Sponsor(s), TheTorontoBeaches.com, their respective affiliates, associated companies, advertising or promotional agencies, internet service providers and their distributors, any promotional or prize suppliers; b) a member of the immediate family (defined as a mother, father, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and husband or wife) or household of any of the above persons. Limit of one prize per household. The prize available to be won is listed above. |
8. SKILL-TESTING QUESTION. Before being declared a winner, a selected entrant must first correctly answer without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time limited mathematical skill testing question to be administered by telephone. |
9. PRIZE SUBSTITUTION. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. No substitution of prizes is permitted except by TheTorontoBeaches.com in its sole discretion. TheTorontoBeaches.com reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Prizes are not redeemable for cash or credit, in whole or in part. |
10. NOTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION. Prize winners will be notified by e-mail and possibly by telephone, at the e-mail address or telephone number indicated on their respective entry Registration Forms. In the event that a prize is not claimed by a selected entrant within 2 days of first phone call after minimum of three call attempts by TheTorontoBeaches.com, or the independent judging organization, or if the selected entrant does not otherwise comply with the rules and regulations, another random draw or draws will be conducted to select a replacement winner in the same manner. Prizes will be distributed within sixty (60) days after the prize winner claims his or her prize. Prizes will only be delivered to the confirmed winners. All decisions of the Contest Judge and TheTorontoBeaches.com shall be final. |
11. CONDITIONS. By entering the Contest you agree that TheTorontoBeaches.com may use the information provided by you on your entry form. Based on this understanding, you agree that from time to time TheTorontoBeaches.com may communicate with you by e-mail, regular mail, telephone or fax. You will periodically be sent emails for the life of the Contest notifying you of prizes and winners. You may remove yourself from the Contest and any further communication from the Contest by emailing us to remove you if you are online. Information provided by Contest entrants will not be shared with anyone except as set forth in these Rules and in the Privacy Statement. |
12. GENERAL RULES “This contest is only open to those 19 years of age and older” • Entrants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification. |
13. LAWS AND REGULATIONS. All federal, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations apply. Any Contest entries not complying with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or regulations will be considered to be null and void. All applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. By participating in this contest, the entrant acknowledges that they have read the rules and agreed to abide by their terms and by the decisions of TheTorontoBeaches.com. All decisions of TheTorontoBeaches.com are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. TheTorontoBeaches.com reserves the right to suspend or terminate this contest if it becomes unfeasible or corrupted for any reason, including a computer virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of TheTorontoBeaches.com or their Internet service providers which affect the administration, security, fairness or conduct of the Contest. |
14. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. The entries received via the Internet, entrants will be deemed to be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted on the Registration Form at the time of registration. "Authorized account holder" is the natural person to whom an e-mail address is assigned by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution etc.) responsible for assigning individual e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. All entries become the property of TheTorontoBeaches.com and will not be returned to entrants. A potential winner may be requested to provide TheTorontoBeaches.com with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry. |
15. PUBLICITY, USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. By accepting a prize, the winner |
16. CONDUCT. By entering the Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Entrants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification. Entrants further agree to be bound by the decisions of TheTorontoBeaches.com, which shall be final and binding in all respects. TheTorontoBeaches.com reserves the right at their sole discretion to disqualify any individual they find to be |
17. CAUTION: Any attempt by an entrant or any other person to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, TheTorontoBeaches.com |
18. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. By entering, entrants acknowledge and agree that the TheTorontoBeaches.com and the releases shall not be responsible for, and entrants shall hold them harmless from, any and all claims, damages, including compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential or other damages, liabilities, costs and expenses ("losses")with respect to or in any way arising from or in connection with the contest or related prizes. TheTorontoBeaches.com and releases are not responsible for any losses in connection with (i) incorrect or inaccurate information for any reason, including if caused by web site users or programming associated with or utilized in the contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the contest,(ii) problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or communications line failure, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment (kiosks), software, data transmission failure of email, or any technical problems or traffic congestions, (iii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction or authorized access to, or alterations or, entries or (iv) damages to entrants or to any other person, including damages to their computer system, related to or resulting from entering, participating or downloading materials in this contest. For greater certainty, TheTorontoBeaches.com is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, illegible, incomprehensible or misdirected entries, bugs, failures in servers, hardware or software transmission failure or loss, delayed or corrupted data transmission. |
19. IF, FOR ANY REASON, the contest cannot run as planned or the prizes cannot be awarded, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of TheTorontoBeaaches.com which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the contest. TheTorontoBeaches.com reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest at any time without prior notice to the entrants. In such event no entrants will be selected or eligible to win any prize after the date of such termination and winners will not be provided with a substitute prize or cash equivalent, restrictions, conditions, and limitations apply. |
20. ENTRY FORM FOR CONTEST. By submitting this entry, I declare that I have read and understand the contest rules and regulations presented here and agree to be bound by their terms and conditions. |
21. Security Statement. To maximize security for our visitors, www.TheTorontoBeaches.com supports versions of Mozilla, Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browsers that use 128-bit encryption. Older browsers will still create a secure SSL connection at 40, 56 or 128 bits depending on the precise browser version. |
This site has reasonable security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a physically secure area that is constantly monitored for physical break-ins. It employs the latest 128-Bit SSL encryption technology. Information passed between users and our server using SSL-enabled browsers is encrypted and securely transmitted. However entrants with older browsers (non-SSL-enabled) or operating from behind corporate firewalls may not be able to establish a secure session with our server and therefore opt to engage in a non-secure transfer of information between themselves and our server. Click here for more information on the Security associated with this web site. |
22. Children's Guidelines: Our Website respects the rights of children. WE DO NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information from or about children. WE DO NOT entice children by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge information. |
23. Choice/Opt-Out: Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners, at the point where we request information about the visitor. |
24. Correct/Update: This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided. You can send an email with your requested changes to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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