Terms and Conditions – Competition, Giveaway, Price Draw, Promotion

May 2021

Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

1.1 These rules apply to all competitions, prize draws, promotions, giveaways, and suchlike that are promoted on and run through our website or social media channels.

1.2 To enter a competition you must enter as directed on our website or social media channels.

1.3 Our competitions are free to enter (no purchase required, unless otherwise stated).

1.4 Promotions on social media are in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or any other social network. You are providing your information to International Campus GmbH the parent company of HVNS and not to any other party. The information provided will be used in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.


2. Eligibility and entry restrictions

2.1 To be eligible to enter a competition:

(a) Entrants must be a real person, at least 18 years old and permanently reside in Germany or other country (proof of address or age may be required).

(b) Entrants must not be our employee, relatives of our employees or person involved in the running of the competition.

(c) Competition entrants for our promotions on social media must have a genuine account and must ‘like’ the HVNS social network page (Facebook, Instagram etc.) as part of the entry process.

2.2 The maximum number of entries to a competition per person is 1.


3. Start and closing dates

3.1 A competition shall open and close for entries at the time and on the date specified on our website and/or social media channels. Unless otherwise stated, these times and dates are set to those for CET (Central European Time).

3.2 Any entries received before the opening or after the closing of the competition will be invalid and will not be entered into the competition.

3.3 No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.

3.4 We reserve the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of our control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by us.

3.5 Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of all terms and conditions.


4. Judging

4.1 Competition entries shall be judged, or winners selected on the basis of those criteria specified on our website and/ or social media channels in relation to the competition.

4.2 If a competition entrant does not meet the eligibility requirements or is subject to any entry restrictions, that entrant shall not be entitled to be adjudged a winner and will not be entitled to a prize in any circumstances.

4.3 Our decision, by the judges nominated and changed, at its free discretion, by International Campus GmbH, in respect all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence/argument about the decision will be entered into. The judges are free to choose a suitable method to decide.

4.4 The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by German law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Germany.


5. Winners and prizes

5.1 Competition prizes for each competition shall be specified on our website or social media channels.

5.2 Competition prize winners will be notified of the competition result by email (if address is asked for/provided) or by direct message on social media not more than 30 days following the closing date of the competition and will receive their prize not more than 60 days following that closing date.

5.3 Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the prize winner for 14 days but if the winner fails to respond to our notification attempts within this time or provide an address for delivery of the prize or fails to meet any of the eligibility requirements or is otherwise unable to comply with the competition terms and conditions, we reserve the right to disqualify that entrant and offer the prize to the next eligible entrant and thereafter until a winner is found.

5.4 The result of a competition will be announced on our website and/or social media channel within 30 days following the closing date of the competition. The announcement may include the name and the prize details of each winner.

5.5 No cash alternative to the prizes will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with other of equivalent value without giving notice.

6. Copyright and moral rights

6.1 You warrant to us that you created your competition entries, that you own all of the copyright in those entries, and that our use of these entries in accordance with these rules will not infringe any person’s intellectual property rights or other legal rights.

6.2 You grant to us the ownership to your entry, if transferrable by law, and, in any case, an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to copy, store, edit, distribute, transmit and publish your competition entries.

6.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you irrevocable and unconditionally waive your rights to be identified as the author of your competition entries and to object to any derogatory treatment of your competition entries.

7. Publicity

7.1 We may undertake publicity activities relating to competitions and prize awards. The winner therefore agrees to the use of their name, photograph, and prize details.

7.2 All other personal details collected as part of the competition will be used in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.


8. Our details

8.1 This competition is run by:

International Campus GmbH
Blumenstrasse 28, 80331 Munich
info@ic-campus.com