Contest Rules
Organizer. This Contest is organized solely by Bridge Academy USA LLC.
Contest Time and Place. Entries are accepted on Instagram from October 3, 2022 to October 21, 2022 at 11:59PM ET.
Grand Prize. The Grand Prize for the Contest is a free 10-week online course in either Minecraft or Roblox.
Eligibility Requirements. This Contest is open to all legal US residents age 18 or older. In addition, eligible Contestants must have completed all of the Contest requirements listed in the initial Instagram post, including, but not limited to, following the official Bridge To STEM Instagram account. Verification of completion of Contest requirements shall be made at the time the winner is selected.
Limitations. The Contest is not open to anyone holding a formal relationship with Bridge Academy USA LLC, including contractors, employees, suppliers, or their immediate family. Past participation in a Bridge To STEM or Bridge Academy course or camp does not prevent eligibility.
No Purchase Necessary. Participation in the Contest is not conditional upon the purchase of goods or services from the Organizer.
Forum. This Contest is held on the official Bridge To STEM Instagram account, available at https://www.instagram.com/bridgetostem/. Contestants may enter to win by responding to a contest Instagram post within a contest round according to the specific contest entry posted in the Organizer's Instagram post at the beginning of the contest round.
Winner Selection. One (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected to win the Grand Prize. Winner will be randomly selected by computer program from a list of all Contestants who meet the Eligibility Requirements. The exact mechanics of each individual contest will be described by the Organizer in an Instagram post each time each contest is announced.
Notification and Prize Delivery. The Winner will be notified via Instagram message no later than seven (7) calendar days following the close of the entry period. If the Winner does not respond to the prize notification within five (5) days of being notified by the Organizer, his/her prize will be forfeited to the Organizer without compensation. Upon confirmation of Winner’s desired course selection, Organizer will enroll Winner (or Winner’s designee) in said course, subject to availability. If there are no open seats in Winner’s selected course, Organizer will provide Winner with a reasonably acceptable alternative replacement course.
The winner is not entitled to any other prize from the Organizer other than as stated above or to any other consideration.
Entry Rules. The Organizer further reserves the right to exclude any Contestant whose conduct or Instagram profile contravenes the official Instagram Terms of Use. If such violation is found or suspected, such account will be reported as fraudulent and any issuance of prizes will be suspended pending the opinion of the administrator or responsible Instagram employee. The Organizer advises Contestants not to break any laws in entering the Contest, not to risk any legal penalties and to behave in a responsible, polite and courteous manner. The Organizer shall be entitled at any time to inspect and subsequently disqualify or exclude from the Contest any Contestant with an entry that it determines to be inappropriate for any of the above reasons or any other reason, without any compensation and without any obligation to provide reasons for such decision. This also applies to entries that are technically unusable for the competition.
Copyright and other rights: By entering the Contest, Contestants agree and grant a nonexclusive free license to the Organizer, without limitation in time, territory or quantity, to publish his/her entry, including the author's name and/or Instagram handle, on the Internet in connection with the Contest. The Contestant also acknowledges that once published, the entry may be distributed on the Internet outside the will of the Organizer and the Organizer shall not be liable for such distribution. The Contestant warrants at all times that he/she is the sole author of the entry posted by him/her or that he/she has the consent of the author and all persons involved in the creation of the work to use it under the terms and to the extent stated herein and that he/she is particularly entitled to grant such consent to the Organizer. In the event of further use of such work by the Organizer beyond that specified above, the Contestant agrees to confirm in writing the right to use the copyrighted work in question by the Organizer following a request made by the Organizer, provided that the Contestant consents to such use. No additional financial or nonfinancial remuneration or consideration is due to the Contestant for such use.
Privacy Policy. The processing of personal data will last for the duration of the Contest or, in the case of the Winner, for the period provided for by the applicable generally binding legislation, if such processing is imposed or permitted by such legislation. The Organizer is also interested in including the winners in its marketing database for the purpose of sending promotional communications. The personal data of the winners in the scope of name, surname and email address will be processed for this purpose after the end of the competition, for a period of 5 years from the end of the competition.
As a data subject, the contestant has the following rights:
- the right of access to personal data, according to which he/she can obtain information from the organizer as to whether his/her personal data are processed, for what purpose, what is the scope of the data that are processed and to whom these personal data have been disclosed, if any,
- the right to have inaccurate or incorrect data corrected or incomplete data completed,
- the right to erasure of the data if the purpose of the processing ceases to exist or if the personal data of the Contestant is processed unlawfully,
- the right to restrict the processing of the Contestant's personal data,
- the right to data portability, according to which the Contestant may obtain the personal data concerning him/her in a structured and machine-readable format, either for himself/herself or for another data controller,
- the right to object to the processing or profiling of the Contestant's personal data,
- the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, which is the Office for Personal Data Protection.
The Organizer is entitled to check the truthfulness of any data provided by the Contestant in the framework of the Contest at any time. In the event of false information or any other breach of these rules by the Contestant, the Organizer shall be entitled not to allow the Contestant to participate in the Contest or to exclude the Contestant from the Contest or not to issue the prize to the Contestant without any compensation. The Organizer's decision to take such action is final. Contestants are not entitled to claim cash or any other consideration in lieu of the prize. The Organizer is under no other obligation to the Contestants and they are not entitled to any other consideration from the Organizer other than as set out in these rules. Prizes are not legally enforceable. The quality of the prizes is the responsibility of the Organizer, who will also handle any claims. The Organizer is not responsible for the functionality of Instagram, the delivery of messages or prizes. Any claims or objections are subject to the final decision of the Organizer. The Organizer reserves the right to shorten, postpone, suspend or cancel the Contest without refund or to unilaterally amend or supplement the rules throughout the duration of the Contest by announcing the change on the Contest Instagram pages where the current and complete rules will be available. This Contest is in no way sponsored, administered by or affiliated with the electronic social networking site Instagram. Contestant understands that he/she is providing his/her information to the contest Organizer and not to the Instagram social network. Any questions, comments or complaints about the Contest must be directed to the Organizer and not to Instagram.
Effective Date. These Contest Rules are effective as of October 2nd, 2022.