CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY RE/MAX HOME FOR A CURE - SPRING INTO ACTION CONTEST OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
(“Contest Rules” or “Rules”)

The Canadian Cancer Society RE/MAX HOME FOR A CURE - SPRING INTO ACTION CONTEST (herein referred to as the “Contest”) is intended to be conducted in Canada by the Canadian Cancer Society (“CCS” - herein after referred to as the “Contest Sponsor”) and shall be construed and evaluated according to applicable Canadian law. The Contest is open to legal residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, over the legal age of majority in their province/territory of residence. Do not enter the Contest if you are not a legal resident of Canada over the age of majority in your province/territory of residence. Contest is void in whole or in part outside of Canada, in Quebec and where prohibited by law. Entry in this Contest constitutes each entrant’s acceptance of, and agreement to be legally bound by, these Contest Rules.

1. Eligibility.

  • a. To be eligible for this Contest, an individual must be a legal resident of Canada, excluding Quebec, who is over the age of majority in his/her province/territory of residence. Employees, representatives and agents of Contest Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and the household members (whether related or not) and/or the immediate family of any of the above, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. For the purpose of these Contest Rules, “immediate family" means husband, wife, spouse, common law spouse, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, son and/or daughter, whether or not they reside in the same household.
  • b. The Contest Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of the Contest Sponsor may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Contest Sponsor for the purpose of this Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entry or entrant in its and their sole discretion, should any Entry or entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

2. CONTEST PERIOD.

The Contest closes at 11:59 PM PST, April 30, 2018, (the “Contest Period”).

3. HOW TO ENTER.

There are two (2) ways to earn and Entry or Entries (each, an “Entry” and collectively, the “Entries”) in the Contest as follows:

Eligibility for Entries:

  • i. New Online Registrant: (Someone who registers for the RE/MAX Home for a Cure program online) If you are a RE/MAX agent who newly registers to participate in the Home for a Cure Program will receive one (1) Entry.
  • ii. Increased Donor: (Someone who increases their donation amount for the RE/MAX Home for a Cure program) If you are a RE/MAX agent who is an existing participant in the Home for a Cure program who increases their donation per sale by $5 or more, you will receive one (1) Entry.
  • iii. There is no purchase necessary to participate in the Contest. To obtain one (1) Entry in the Contest without registering for the Canadian Cancer Society RE/MAX Home for a Cure, you must be a legal resident of Canada, excluding Quebec, over the age of majority in your province/territory of residence and must print your first name, last name, telephone number, complete mailing address (including postal code), age and signature on a plain white piece of paper and mail it (in an envelope with sufficient postage) along with a unique and original 100 word essay on the importance of the Canadian Cancer Society Home for a Cure Program: Canadian Cancer Society, ATTN: Corporate Programs 55 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7 (the “Request”). Upon receipt of your Request in accordance with these Contest Rules, you will receive one (1) Entry in the Contest. To be eligible, your Request must: (i) be sent and received separately in an envelope bearing sufficient postage (i.e. multiple Requests in the same envelope will be void); and (ii) be post-marked during the Contest Period and received by no later than April 30, 2018. The Released Parties (defined below) take no responsibility for any lost, stolen, delayed, illegible, damaged, misdirected, late or destroyed Requests (all of which are void).

HOW TO REGISTER/INCREASE DONATION ONLINE

To be eligible for the purposes of this Contest, all registrations and donation increases in relation to this Contest must be completed ONLINE through your account on the RE/MAX Launchpad https://launchpad.remax.com/SignIn.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f (the “Website”) during the Contest Period.

In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to deem the entrant to be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the entry. For the purpose of these Contest Rules, “authorized account holder” of an e-mail address is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. An entrant may be required to provide the Contest Sponsor with proof that the entrant is the authorized account holder of a particular e-mail address associated with the applicable entry.

Only one (1) e-mail address may be used for purposes of this Contest entry. Unless otherwise directed by Contest Sponsor, in its sole discretion, no communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except the entrant selected as the potential Winner (as defined below).

  • iv. PRIZE.

    • There will be one (1) prize available to be won consisting of one (1) Canon PowerShot SX610 HS camera, valued at $349.99.

5. ELIGIBLE WINNER SELECTION.

One (1) Winner shall be selected as follows:

  • a. The odds of being selected as the potential Winner are dependent upon the number of eligible Entries submitted and received in accordance with these Contest Rules. On May 7, 2018 in Toronto at approximately 12:00 PM EST (the “Draw Date”), a data pull for all eligible Entries will be completed and one (1) potential Winner will be selected by a random draw from all eligible Entries submitted and received in accordance with these Contest Rules.
  • b. Following the Draw Date, the Contest Sponsor or its representatives will make no less than three (3) attempts to contact the eligible Winner by phone and/or email, during the ten (10) day period (the “Contact Period”) immediately following the Draw Date. Upon notification, the eligible Winner must respond by telephone and/or email to the contact provided in the notification, and the eligible Winner’s response must be received by the Contest Sponsor by no later than 5:00 PM EST on the required return date stipulated in such notification. If the potential Winner does not respond in accordance with these Contest Rules, he/she may be disqualified, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsor, in which event he/she will not receive the Prize and another potential Winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries, in the Contest Sponsor’s sole discretion, whom the Contest Sponsor or its representatives will attempt to contact, and who must respond or will be subject to disqualification, in the same manner (adjusting timeframes, including the Contact Period, accordingly). Neither the Contest Sponsor, nor the Released Parties are responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of the eligible Winner to receive notification or for the Contest Sponsor to receive the eligible Winner’s response.
  • c. Before being declared the confirmed Winner, the eligible potential Winner will be required to answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question during a pre-arranged telephone call, and comply with the Contest Rules. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate based on the circumstances and/or to comply with applicable law. No individual will be declared a Winner until the Contest Sponsor officially confirms s/he as the Winner in accordance with the Contest Rules.
    • d. Once declared a Winner, the Winner(s) are no longer eligible to win any other Contest conducted in Canada by the Contest Sponsor and Prize Supplier until July 1, 2018.

6. RELEASE.

  • a. The Winner and his/her guest will be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that confirms Winner’s and/or guest’s:
    • ● eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules;
    • ● acceptance of the Prize as offered;
    • ● release of the Contest Sponsor and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, directors, officers, unit-holders, Prize Suppliers, agents, sponsors and administrators (the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense arising out of participation in this Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of the Prize or any portion thereof, including but not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising there from; and
    • ● grant to the Contest Sponsor and the Prize Supplier of the unrestricted right, in the Contest Sponsor’s individual discretion, to produce, reproduce, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute, adapt and otherwise use or re-use the Winner’s name, photograph, likeness, voice and biography, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, in connection with the Contest and the promotion and exploitation thereof.
  • b. The executed Release must be returned within five (5) business days of the verification as a Winner or the selected potential Winner may, in the sole discretion of the Contest Sponsor, be disqualified and the Prize be forfeited.

7. INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT.

By entering this Contest, each entrant releases and holds Released Parties harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to the entrant, Released Party or any other person or entity, including, without limitation, personal injury, death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any Prize, participation in this Contest, any breach of these Contest Rules, or in any Prize-related activity. Each entrant agrees to fully indemnify the Released Parties from any and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

  • a. The Released Parties assume no responsibility or liability for lost, late, misdirected or incomplete Entries, notifications, responses, replies requests or any Release, or for any telephone, hardware, software or technical malfunctions that may occur, including but not limited to malfunctions that may affect the transmission or non-transmission of an Entry. The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest. The Released Parties assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries. The Released Parties are not responsible for any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines on account of technical problems or otherwise.
  • b. The Released Parties are not responsible for any injury or damage caused to any entrant, person or entity relating to or resulting from participating or attempting to participate in the Contest. Entrant assumes liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive the Prize or any portion thereof. The Released Parties assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor, such as infection by tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest.

9. CONDUCT.

By entering this Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Contest Rules, which will be available at Canadian Cancer Society, 55 St Clair Avenue West, Suite 300 Toronto, ON M4V 2Y7 throughout the Contest Period. Each entrant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Contest Sponsor’s, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant found to be:

  • a. violating the Contest Rules;
  • b. tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest;
  • c. acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE RELATED TO THE CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, CONTEST SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

10. PRIVACY & USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

By participating in the Contest, the entrant:

  • a. grants to the Contest Sponsor the right to use his/her name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address (the “Personal Information”) for the purpose of administering the Contest, including, but not limited to, contacting the Winner;
  • b. grants to the Contest Sponsor the right to use his/her Personal Information for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the Contest, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without further compensation unless prohibited by law, and
  • c. acknowledges that the Contest Sponsor may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party agents and service providers of any of the Contest Sponsor in connection with any of the activities listed in (a) and (b) above.

The Contest Sponsor and any third party agents of the Contest Sponsor will use the entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes, and protect the entrant’s Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with the Canadian Cancer Society Privacy Policy available at: http://www.cancer.ca/en/about-our-site/privacy-policy/?region=on This section does not limit any other consent(s) that an individual may provide the CONTEST SPONSOR or others in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of their personal information.

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source code, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Sponsors/Suppliers and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited. The Contest Sponsor and RELAY FOR LIFE are trademarks of the Canadian Cancer Society.

12. TERMINATION AND AMENDMENTS

The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, to cancel, amend, modify or terminate all or any portion of this Contest at any time for any reason without prior notice. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to adjust any of the dates, timeframes and/or other Contest mechanics stipulated in these Contest Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any entrant or Entry with these Contest Rules, or as a result of any technical or other problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Contest Rules, or for any other reason.

13. LAW.

These are the official Contest Rules. This Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. These Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the Contest Sponsor.

14. LANGUAGE.

In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these English Contest Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, French version of these Contest Rules or point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of these English Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control.