Social Media Giveaway

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. THIS GIVEAWAY IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES (EXCLUDING MARYLAND) AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID IN ALASKA, HAWAII, MARYLAND, AND WHEREVER PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

1. Eligibility

The Mount Rigi Social Media Giveaway is open only to legal residents of the 48 Contiguous United States (excluding Maryland) and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older at the time of entry. Void in Alaska, Hawaii, Maryland, and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.

Employees, officers and directors of the following entities and members of their immediate families (defined as parent, child, sibling, spouse) or same households (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate in the Giveaway, either by entering themselves or as a tagged friend of other entrants, or to win prizes: Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd (“Sponsor”), its parent company, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, as well as alcohol beverage licensees, including alcohol beverage suppliers, importers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers.

By participating in the Giveaway, entrants, as well as tagged friends of entrants, agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and the independent judging organization (“Administrator”), which shall be final and binding in all respects. All federal, state and local laws apply.

2. Giveaway Period

Giveaway begins on August 1, 2024. The actual start time of each Giveaway depends on when the Mount Rigi Social Media Giveaway post is made to the official Mount Rigi Instagram page, as discussed below.

3. How to Enter

To participate in the Giveaway, you must have internet access, and an Instagram account set to public is required for Giveaway entry. If you do not have an Instagram account, you may open one for free at instagram.com, subject to Instagram’s Terms of Use, available at help.instagram.com. A compatible mobile device is required to download and use the Instagram app. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram.

Entrants can enter the Giveaway on one or more days of the Giveaway Period as follows: access the official Mount Rigi Instagram page at instagram.com/mountrigi (@mountrigi). To enter, you must follow @mountrigi, if you do not already, like the Mount Rigi Social Media Giveaway post, comment on the post with #mountrigi, and tag at least one friend who is a legal U.S. resident, is 21 years of age or older, meets the eligibility requirements in Rule 1, is personally known to you, and whom you believe is interested in Mount Rigi products.

You must obtain the tagged friend’s consent beforehand. Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd relies on the entrant’s representation that the tagged friend is 21 years of age or older. If Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd determines that this is not accurate, it may disqualify the entrant from the Giveaway, prohibit that entrant from participating in future promotions, and otherwise protect its legal rights.

For clarity, a tagged friend may be a resident of any U.S. state, including Alaska, Hawaii or Maryland.

Be sure to include #mountrigi when posting a comment, so as to signify that you are entering a promotional Giveaway sponsored by Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd in support of its Mount Rigi products.

Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, damaged, stolen, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, inaccessible, incorrect or garbled entries or other Giveaway materials, all of which are void. Facsimiles or mechanical reproductions will not be accepted. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.

Information collected in connection with this Giveaway will be used in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and these Official Rules. In the event of any discrepancy between the Privacy Policy and these Official Rules, the Privacy Policy shall prevail. You should also consult the Instagram Privacy Policy.

4. Submission Guidelines

A comment must tag at least one friend as described in Rule 3. If a comment tags no friend, no entry will be received. If a comment tags more than one friend, the comment will result in an entry only if each tagged friend satisfies the criteria in Rule 3. The number of friends tagged does not affect an entrant’s odds of winning.

If a comment is posted anywhere on Instagram other than in response to the Mount Rigi Social Media Giveaway post on @mountrigi, that comment will not result in an entry. If a comment does not include #mountrigi, that comment will not result in an entry. Optional additional content must comply with the Content Restrictions below.

Content Restrictions

  • The comment must be original and must not violate trademark, copyright, privacy, publicity or other third-party rights. This includes obtaining the consent of tagged friends beforehand.
  • The comment must not be inappropriate, obscene or otherwise unfit for publication, including hate speech, sexist or misogynist content, profanity, advocacy of violence, drug use or any illegal act.
  • The comment must be relevant to the Mount Rigi Social Media Giveaway post for the applicable day of the Giveaway Period.
  • The comment must not adversely affect the business reputation or goodwill of Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd or its products.
  • The comment must not reference persons consuming alcoholic beverages.
  • The comment must not state or imply that consumption of alcoholic beverages is appropriate in conjunction with a task requiring concentration or physical coordination, such as operating a motor vehicle.
  • The comment must not reference persons who are not of legal drinking age.
  • The comment must not include material that may appeal to persons who are not of legal drinking age.

Subject only to rights retained by Meta Platforms, Inc., where applicable, entrant grants Sponsor and its designees a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable and sublicenseable right and license to use, perform, exhibit, reproduce and otherwise exploit the comment in any manner and in any distribution channels, venues or media now known or later developed, without further notice or compensation to entrant. Entrant waives any moral rights of authors in the comment pursuant to U.S. law.

Entrant further agrees, upon Sponsor’s request and without compensation, to sign any necessary and appropriate documents to effect, perfect or record that grant of license rights.

INSTAGRAM COMMENTS AND ENTRIES REPRESENT SOLELY THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE APPLICABLE ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OR OPINIONS OF SPONSOR. SPONSOR DISCLAIMS LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH COMMENTS, INCLUDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MODERATING, MONITORING OR REVIEWING COMMENTS POSTED BY ENTRANTS. SPONSOR WILL NOT EDIT OR MODIFY COMMENTS POSTED FOR THE GIVEAWAY IN CONNECTION WITH ADMINISTRATION OF THIS GIVEAWAY.

5. Entry Restrictions

A person may enter as often as they wish, provided that each comment tags a different individual in compliance with Rule 3 and the entrant uses only one Instagram account. A person may enter personally and also be a tagged friend of one or more other entrants. Violation of these restrictions will result in voiding non-compliant entries.

Sponsor may void all entries, disqualify an entrant from the Giveaway, and prohibit that entrant from future promotions if Sponsor determines that a person has engaged in egregious, blatant or repeated violations of the entry restrictions. Disqualification of an entrant does not affect the ability of other entrants to tag that individual as a friend.

Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt or proof of entry. Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed or similar means are prohibited and will be disqualified. Use of third-party entities, such as commercial Giveaway services, to enter on a person’s behalf voids the entry and may result in disqualification.

In the event of a dispute over the identity of an entrant, the entry will be deemed submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address associated with the Instagram account used to enter. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person assigned to that email address by an internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the relevant domain.

If participating via mobile device, message and data rates may apply. You may be charged by your wireless carrier for participating via mobile device. Consult your wireless carrier’s pricing plan before participating. Not all mobile devices offer wireless internet access, and access may not be available in all areas.

6. Prizes

One prize will be available to be awarded. The winner will receive one cap branded “Mount Rigi – Flavor of the Alps.” The actual prize may differ from the image used in Giveaway advertising. The approximate retail value of the prize is $30.00.

Alcoholic beverages are not part of the prize. The prize will only be shipped or awarded to a verified winner with a street address within the 50 United States, excluding Maryland, or the District of Columbia. All costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use that are not specified here are the sole responsibility of the winner.

7. Winner Determination and Odds

Winners will be selected via random drawing, with a separate random drawing for each Giveaway Period. The decisions of Sponsor and Administrator will be final in all matters relating to this Giveaway. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable random drawing.

Potential winners will be notified by direct message from @mountrigi. It is the individual’s responsibility to ensure that their Instagram privacy settings allow @mountrigi to notify them by direct message, including setting their Instagram profile to public.

Potential winners must respond to the direct-message notification within two days of the date indicated in the notification. Depending on the prize, a winner may be required to sign a release or, before a Notary Public, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and Publicity Release, where lawful, within two business days.

Potential winners must provide valid government-issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license or passport. Failure to comply, or inability to contact a potential winner, may result in prize forfeiture. An alternate winner may then be selected from the remaining eligible entries.

Except where prohibited, acceptance of a prize constitutes a winner’s consent to use of their name, likeness and biographical data for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation.

8. Prize Restrictions

Limit of one prize per family, household or address. Entry constitutes an entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to abide by and accept these Official Rules. No prize substitution or cash redemption is permitted except at Sponsor’s sole discretion due to unavailability, and only then for a prize or prize component of comparable value.

A prize is not transferable except as expressly stated here or with Sponsor’s prior written consent. All federal, state and local taxes on a prize are the sole responsibility of each winner. Each winner accepts sole responsibility for any miscellaneous costs relating to acceptance of a prize.

Taxes on a prize are each winner’s sole responsibility. If a person wins prizes with a value of $600 or more, they may be issued a W-9 IRS Tax Form and subsequent 1099 IRS Form. Upon receipt of a prize, each winner must comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.

SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, CONCERNING ANY PRIZE FURNISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GIVEAWAY. EACH PRIZE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. SPONSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

9. Releases

By participating, entrant indemnifies, releases and agrees to hold harmless Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd, its parent company, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, their directors, officers, agents, representatives, shareholders, employees, successors and assigns, and Meta Platforms, Inc. from liability arising from participation in the Giveaway, any Giveaway-related activity, and acceptance, receipt, possession or use or misuse of any prize.

10. Limitations of Liability

Sponsor’s computer is the official clock for all purposes of the Giveaway. Sponsor assumes no responsibility under any legal theory for incomplete, incorrect or inaccurate information; technical or human error; interruption or transmission failure; unauthorized access to or alteration of a website or entries; technical malfunctions; traffic congestion; injury or damage to a participant’s device; entries rendered inaccessible through Instagram functionality; or late, lost, illegible, incomplete, damaged, inaccessible, corrupted or garbled entries. Such entries are void.

11. Force Majeure

If one or more days of the Giveaway cannot run as planned for reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including natural disaster, pandemic, unauthorized intervention, fraud or civil commotion, Sponsor may cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway. Sponsor may select winners fairly and equitably from eligible entries received before the action taken. Notice of such action will be posted on the official Mount Rigi Instagram page.

12. Tampering

ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE A WEBSITE, UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS GIVEAWAY OR DEFRAUD SPONSOR IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SPONSOR MAY DISQUALIFY THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON, PROHIBIT THEM FROM FUTURE PROMOTIONS AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

13. Additional Conditions of Participation

Sponsor is not responsible for typographical, technical or other errors in Giveaway materials, administration or prize announcements. In the event of a discrepancy between Giveaway materials and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail. Sponsor’s failure to enforce a provision does not constitute a waiver of that provision.

If a court of competent jurisdiction deems a provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be replaced with a valid and enforceable substitute that most closely approximates Sponsor’s original intent. The invalidity of one provision does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

14. Disputes

Any dispute arising from or in relation to this Giveaway that cannot be resolved by the parties may be brought before the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Disputes shall be resolved individually, without any form of class action. Claims, judgments and awards are limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred in participating in the Giveaway, if any, and exclude attorney’s fees, punitive, incidental, consequential and injunctive relief to the extent permitted by law.

15. Winners List

For a winners list, please email hello@mountrigi.ch.

Sponsor: Distillerie Mount Rigi Ltd, Switzerland

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