Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING A PRIZE.
This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or
associated with Instagram or Facebook. Instagram and Facebook are not
affiliated with the Sponsor in any way.
1. Overview/Sweepstakes Period
The UScellular® “Galaxy Z Flip4, Z Fold4” Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”),
sponsored by UScellular (the “Sponsor”), begins on August 26, 2022 at
12:00:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) and ends on September 30, 2022 at
11:59:59 p.m. CT (the “Sweepstakes Period”).
The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws
and regulations. Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes entrant’s
full and unconditional agreement to abide by and be bound by these
Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which shall be final and binding
in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is void outside
the states listed in Rule 2, below and where prohibited by law.
2. Eligibility
The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of CA, IL, IA, KS, MD, ME,
MO, NE, NH, NC, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WI, and WV who:
(a) are at least 18 years of age at time of entry (19 years of age if a
resident of NE); and (b) are registered users of Instagram or Facebook
with a personal, publicly viewable account. If you do not have an
Instagram or Facebook account, you may open one free of charge at
www.Instagram.com or
www.facebook.com.
Your account may not be a shared or corporate account. Please note: You
must keep the Instagram handle or Facebook profile you used to enter
through the date on which the prizes are awarded.
Employees, officers and directors of UScellular, its subsidiaries,
affiliates, authorized agents, sales representatives, distributors,
advertising and promotional agencies, anyone involved with the design,
execution or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes, and members of the immediate
families (defined as including spouse, biological, adoptive and
step-parents, grandparents, siblings, children and grandchildren, and each
of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) or
households (whether related or not) of any of the above are NOT eligible
to participate in this Sweepstakes. Non-eligibility or non-compliance with
any of these Official Rules will result in disqualification.
3. How to Enter
During the Sweepstakes Period, the Sponsor will post an in-feed Reels
video on Instagram and Facebook on its Instagram and Facebook accounts
@UScellular. Follow all instructions to leave an appropriate comment on
one (1) of the posts (your ”Comment” or “entry”), and
you will be entered into the prize drawing described in Rule 5, below.
Your Comment must comply with the Comment Requirements and Restrictions
described in Rule 4, below.
Bonus Entry. An additional entry can be earned by
@mentioning three (3) adult friends in the comments section of the
Instagram post only. You must have a personal relationship with and
permission from the @mentioned friends to use their names in connection
with this Sweepstakes. Proof of permission may be required in any form
deemed reasonable and necessary by Sponsor.
Limit two (2) entries (one (1) regular entry and one (1) Bonus Entry)
per person for the entire Sweepstakes Period.
For the avoidance of doubt, you may not enter by leaving a comment on both
Instagram and Facebook, nor may you earn a Bonus Entry by @mentioning
friends on Facebook.
If you choose to enter using a mobile device, standard message and data
rates apply in accordance with your personal mobile service plan.
Check details of your plan prior to using a mobile device to enter. A
mobile device is not required to enter the Sweepstakes.
Comments will not be judged. Winners will be selected in a random drawing
as described in Rule 5, below.
Any attempt by any individual to exceed the above-indicated entry limit by
using multiple/different e-mail or IP addresses, Instagram or Facebook
accounts, identities, or any other methods will void that individual's
entry(ies) and that individual will be disqualified. In the event of
dispute as to the identity or eligibility of a potential winner, the
winning entry will be declared made by the "Authorized Account Holder" of
the Instagram or Facebook account used to enter the Sweepstakes provided
he/she is eligible according to these Official Rules. The “authorized
account holder” is the natural person in whose name the Instagram or
Facebook account was created.
4. Comment Requirements and Restrictions
Each Comment must conform to the following Requirements/Restrictions:
Comment cannot: (a) be derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender,
religious, professional or age group; (b) promote alcohol, marijuana,
illegal drugs, tobacco, or any activities that may be unsafe or dangerous;
(c) be offensive (in the opinion of the Sponsor), or endorse any form of
hate or hate group; (d) defame, misrepresent or disparage Sponsor or its
products/services, or other people, products, services or companies; (e)
contain trademarks owned by others (except Sponsor’s trademarks to the
limited extent allowed hereunder*), or advertise or promote any brand or
product of any kind (except Sponsor’s brand*), without permission, or
contain any personal identification, (other than that of the entrant as
may be required for the Comment), such as license plate numbers, personal
names, email addresses or street addresses; (f) contain copyrighted
materials owned by others without permission; (g) communicate messages or
images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which
Sponsor wishes to associate; (h) be unsuitable for family audiences and
for public display and dissemination, in the sole opinion of Sponsor; and
(i) include any indicia of any person, living or deceased, without
permission from that person or his/her estate.
The above list is not meant to be exhaustive. If a Comment is determined
by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of any of the
foregoing requirements, or unsuitable for inclusion in this Sweepstakes
for any reason, the Comment and related entrant will be disqualified from
the Sweepstakes. *LIMITED LICENSE: THE SPONSOR’S TRADEMARKS, BRANDS OR
PRODUCTS MAY BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES ONLY. NO OTHER
RIGHTS IN OR TO SPONSOR’S TRADEMARKS ARE GRANTED UNDER THESE OFFICIAL
RULES.
You are not required to reference Sponsor’s trademarks, brands or
product in your Comment.
COMMENTS SUBMITTED IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE
THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT; THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE
VIEWS OF SPONSOR.
By submitting a Comment, entrant hereby warrants and represents as
follows: (i) Comment conforms to all Requirements and Restrictions set
forth herein; (j) Comment is entrant’s original creation (modifying,
enhancing or altering a third party’s preexisting work does not qualify as
entrant’s original creation; (k) Comment was created solely by entrant;
(l) Comment has not been previously published or won any awards; (m)
Comment does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of
privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any
person or entity; and (n) publication of the Comment, or portions thereof,
via various media, including Web posting, will not infringe on the rights
of any third party. Each entrant hereby releases, indemnifies and holds
Sponsor harmless from and against any claims contrary to the above
warranties and representations.
All incomplete or non-compliant Comments, and the entrants who submitted
them, will be disqualified.
5. Prize Drawing/Prizes/Odds
On or about October 1, 2022, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from
among all eligible entries received through Instagram and Facebook,
combined, to select six (6) potential winners of the following prize: Each
verified winner will receive either one (1) of three (3) available Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip4 devices or one (1) of three (3) available Samsung Galaxy Z
Fold4 devices. The specific prize each winner will receive will be decided
by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. The Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”)
of each prize is as follows: Z Flip4 ARV: $999.99; and Z Fold4 ARV:
$1,799.99. Total ARV of all prizes: $8,399.94. The awarding of each prize
is subject to verification of each winner’s eligibility and compliance
with these Official Rules. The odds of winning a prize depend on the
number of eligible entries received via Instagram and Facebook, combined.
The prizes consist only of the items described above. All other expenses
related to the acceptance and use of the prize that are not specified
above as being included in the prize will be the responsibility of each
winner.
6. Winner Notification/Prize Claim
Each winner will be notified by Instagram or Facebook Direct Message
(depending on the method by which s/he entered) within approximately two
(2) days following the date of the drawing and may be required to sign and
return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release within
a specified time period as a condition of receiving his/her prize. Failure
to comply will result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize. If
disqualified, the winner’s prize will be awarded to an alternate winner in
a random drawing from among the remaining entries.
Prizes cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted, sold, offered at
auction or redeemed for cash except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as
described herein. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of
equal or greater value if an advertised prize becomes unavailable.
All federal, state and local income taxes on the prizes are the
responsibility of each winner.
The prizes will be shipped to the address within the 50 U.S./D.C. (no P.O.
Boxes permitted) that each winner provided to Sponsor via Instagram or
Facebook Direct Message within approximately 4-6 weeks following the
confirmation of winner’s eligibility and compliance with these Official
Rules.
All prizes are awarded “as is” without representation, warranty or
guarantee, of any kind, express or implied, in fact or in law, on the part
of the Sponsor. Winners agree to look to the manufacturer of the prize and
not the Sponsor for any warranty on the prize or for any damages arising
out of acceptance or use of the prize.
7. Release
Acceptance of a prize constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s use of
his/her name, limited biographical information, city and state, voice,
statements and/or filmed, taped or otherwise recorded likeness in commerce
and in all media worldwide, including but not limited to social media, for
advertising/publicity/trade purposes without additional compensation,
notice or approval.
By submitting an entry, you warrant and represent that you have complied
with all of these Official Rules, and agree to release Sponsor, Instagram,
Facebook and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries,
affiliates, advertising/promotion agencies and the directors, officers,
employees and agents of each of the foregoing (collectively the “Released
Parties”) from and against any and all claims and liability for any
injuries, including but not limited to personal injury, death, loss or
damage of any kind arising from or in connection with participation in the
Sweepstakes, or the acceptance, possession, use and or misuse of a prize,
if applicable, and/or claims based on right of publicity/right of privacy
or defamation.
8. Rights Granted to Sponsor
By submitting a Comment, each entrant hereby grants to the Sponsor a
non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid, universal license to use, copy,
sublicense, transmit, distribute, publicly or privately perform, publish,
edit, delete, make derivative works from or display such Comment, or any
portion thereof, in any media worldwide, including but not limited to the
internet, without compensation or limitation and without any further
notice or right of approval. Each entrant agrees that the results and
proceeds of such use shall become the property of Sponsor and shall be
freely assignable by Sponsor. Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the
above-mentioned rights. Each entrant releases and holds Sponsor harmless
from and against any and all claims or liability arising from or in
connection with any use of entrant’s Comment. Each entrant further
acknowledges that Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or
related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees,
or obtained from sources other than the entrant’s Comment.
Each entrant expressly waives all rights to review or approve any use that
Sponsor makes of his/her Comment in accordance with these Official Rules.
By submitting a Comment, each entrant further agrees to waive all rights
of attribution if his/her Comment is used by Sponsor or anyone Sponsor
authorizes, and to waive any moral rights in the Comment.
By submitting a Comment, each entrant further agrees that his/her Comment
is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction, and will not place
Sponsor under any obligations other than those contained in these Official
Rules, and that Sponsor is free to disclose the ideas contained in the
Comment on a non-confidential basis to anyone. Each entrant further
acknowledges that he/she will not instigate, support, maintain, or
authorize any action or lawsuit against Sponsor on the basis that any use
of his/her Comment infringes any of his/her rights as creator of such
Comment.
By submitting a Comment, each entrant understands and acknowledges that
he/she will not now or in the future be paid or compensated in any way for
the Comment or for granting the Sponsor any of the rights set forth in
these Official Rules.
Sponsor may, at any time, require any entrant to execute documents to
confirm the grant of rights hereunder; failure to do so may result in
disqualification.
9. Miscellaneous
The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) electronic transmissions
or Comments/entries that are lost, late, stolen, incomplete, illegible,
damaged, garbled, destroyed, misdirected, or not received by Sponsor for
any reason; (b) any problems or technical malfunctions, errors, omissions,
interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission,
communication failures or human error that may occur in the transmission,
receipt or processing of entries (including but not limited to any such
occurrences on either the Instagram or Facebook platforms), or for
deletion, theft or destruction of, unauthorized access to, or alteration
of, entries; (c) failed or unavailable hardware, network, or software; (d)
causes beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control that jeopardize the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this
Sweepstakes; (e) any entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly
allowed under these Official Rules (all such entries will be
disqualified); (f) incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether
caused by entrants, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (g) any
typographical or other error in any printing or advertising relating to
the Sweepstakes, in the administration or execution of the Sweepstakes, or
in the announcement of the prize winners; or (h) cheating or fraud by any
participant.
If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes cannot be executed as planned,
including but not limited to any printing, administrative, human or other
error of any kind, transmission failure, infection by computer virus,
bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures,
pandemic, social media mandate or platform failure/error, any other causes
beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupt or affect the security,
administration, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes,
or if the Sweepstakes is compromised or becomes corrupted in any way,
electronically or otherwise, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and,
if terminated before the intended end date of the Sweepstakes Period, to
select the potential winners in a random drawing from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received prior to the date/time of termination.
Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any
individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Sweepstakes, to be acting in violation of these Official
Rules or any laws, or to be attempting to undermine the legitimate
operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception,
misappropriation, infringement, or any other unfair playing practices or
poor sportsmanship, or to be acting with the intention of annoying,
abusing, threatening, or harassing any other participants or Sponsor.
10. Privacy
Any personally identifiable information collected in connection with an
entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes will be used by Sponsor, its
affiliates, and agents only for purposes of the proper administration and
fulfillment of the Sweepstakes, as described in these Official Rules, and
in any manner consistent with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, available at
http://www.uscellular.com/site/privacy/index.html.
11. Disputes/Venue/Governing Law
By participating, entrants agree that: (a) any and all disputes, claims
and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, this Sweepstakes
or the prizes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form
of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate federal, state or
local court located in Cook County, Illinois; (b) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including but not limited to costs associated with entering this
Sweepstakes , but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) to the extent
allowed by applicable law, under no circumstances will entrant be
permitted to obtain awards for, and entrants hereby waive all rights to
claim, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages and/or any other
damages, other than out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have
damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participants’
rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in
connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect
to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of Illinois or any
other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than Illinois.
In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures
or other statements contained in any Sweepstakes-related materials or made
by Sponsor’s representatives, and the terms and conditions of these
Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
12. Severability
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official
Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or
otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise
remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as
if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
13. Winners List
To obtain a list of winners, please email a request to Social Team at
socialteam@uscellular.com by November 1, 2022.
14. Sponsor
The Sweepstakes is sponsored solely by UScellular, 8410 W. Bryn Mawr,
Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60631.
Any questions, comments or complaints regarding this Sweepstakes must be
directed to the Sponsor only, and NOT to Instagram or Facebook.
©2022 U.S. Cellular. All rights reserved.