ELLE Canada Show us your Best Summer Style Photo Video Contest 2009

Complete Rules Regulations

The “Show us your Best Summer Style” is organized by ELLE Canada.com - property of Transcontinental Media G.P. (“Transcontinental”). It starts on June 29th and closes on July 26th at 11:59 pm (EDT). Any reference to time in this document indicates Eastern Daylight saving Time (EDT).

ELIGIBILITY

The photo must be head-to-toe and inspired by the spring/summer 2009 runway or designer fashion. It must feature only one person at a time. Post something that you wore recently on a given day, not something you've worn only once (like a bridemaid's dress). Bikini pictures are not admissible to the contest.

The Contest is open to all residents of Canada and is governed by Quebec/Canada law, eighteen (18) years of age and above who have reached the age of majority in the province in which they reside by the start date of this contest as identified above, with the exception of the employees, agents and/or representatives of Transcontinental, its distributors or affiliated companies, advertising agencies or any contributor to the Contest, as well as anyone with whom an employee, agent and/or representative is domiciled or any member of his or her immediate family. For these official rules, “immediate family” refers to the father, mother, brothers, sisters, children, husband, wife or partner of such an employee, agent and/or representative.

HOW TO ENTER

Enter by uploading a photo or video of you in your best summer style and filling out the entry form at www.summerstyle.ellecanada.com.

Online photo and video entries are limited to one per day per person for the duration of the contest. The maximum of the entries is 5. All online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) Wednesday, July 26, 2009. No purchase necessary.

JUDGING

The twelve (12) best photos or videos will be selected from all eligible entries by an ELLE Canada judging panel on Thursday, July 27, 2009, in Toronto, Ontario. The judging panel will choose the photos or videos based on their quality but also, the number of times they’ve been viewed by the public and the number of times they’ve been shared online.The 12 selected entries (the finalists) will be posted to www.summerstyle.ellecanada.com. on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Visitors to www.summerstyle.ellecanada.com. during the voting period will have the ability to vote on any single entrant only once within a 24 hour time-period. Users can vote for any number of entries during that 24 hour time period, but they are only able to cast a single vote for each entry. All votes must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) Wednesday, August 12, 2009. The winner will be the finalist who will have received most votes. All the users must register to vote.

The decisions of the judging organization are final with respect to all aspects of the contest. The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrants and individuals requesting a copy of contest rules. The odds of an entry being selected depend on the number and quality of eligible entries received by the contest closing date. All entries become the property of Transcontinental Media G.P. and none will be returned. ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.) and third parties may make the information on these entry forms available for promotional purposes unless entrants request.

PRIZE

One (1) first prize winner will be selected via online voting. The prize consists in a $750 CDN check!

Prize must be accepted as awarded, and are not transferable or convertible to cash, except at the option of ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.). Prize may not be sold or traded. Should the winner refuse a prize, the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies are released from any obligation related to the prize. Selected entrants will be notified by phone on or before Monday, August 10, 2009.The Contest Sponsors retain the right in their absolute discretion to make substitutions of equivalent kind or value in the event of the unavailability of any element of a prize for any reason whatsoever.

HOW TO WIN

Your online entry must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on the contest closing date, Sunday, July 26, 2009. To win a prize, selected entrants must have complied with the contest rules and must sign a standard liability/publicity release releasing the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies and the judging organization from any damage or loss that may result from entering this contest or accepting and/or utilizing a prize. Each prizewinner must return the completed forms within five (5) days of receipt.

If the completed forms are not returned within the deadline, if the selected entrant is not eligible for any reason or if the selected entrant cannot be contacted after two business days of the first attempt to contact the selected entrant, such entrant shall be disqualified and the Contest Sponsors shall have the right to select another entrant and the Contest Sponsors shall be released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard. The selected entrant will be disqualified and another potential winner drawn at random from all eligible entries. The newly selected potential winner must return completed release form within five (5) days of receipt. By entering, contestants consent to the use of their photographs, names, and places of residence, without compensation, in print, radio or televised publicity relating to the contest.

Only one prize per family, household or address will be awarded.

WHO CAN WIN

This contest is open to all residents of Canada aged 18 and older except employees, directors and officers (and those with whom they are domiciled) of the Contest Sponsors and their respective advertising and promotional agencies. The Contest Sponsors and their respective affiliates, their advertising and promotional agencies accept no responsibility in any case where their inability to satisfy these contest rules arises from any situation which is outside of their control including but not limited to a situation of strike, lock-out or other labour strife in the Contest Sponsors’ workplaces or in the workplaces of any organization or entity whose services are used for running this contest. The Contest Sponsors accept no responsibility for entries lost, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, delayed or destroyed or for the failure or malfunction of any hardware, software or telecommunication component relating to online entries. The Contest Sponsors have the right, subject to the approval of the Régie in Québec, to terminate or alter the rules of the contest at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

All entries become the property of ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.), which assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, postage-due or misdirected entries or for any failure of the websites during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.) on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the e-mail portion of this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.) corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any web site or to undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.) reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. Entrants agree to abide by the Contest Rules and the decisions of the independent judging panel, which are final.

QUEBEC CONTESTANTS

For residents of Québec, any dispute concerning the conduct or administration of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any dispute concerning the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

THE ENTRIES

The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. No correspondence will be entered into except with the selected entrants and individuals requesting a copy of contest rules. The odds of an entry being selected depend on the number of eligible entries received by the contest closing date. All entries become the property of ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.). The Contest Sponsors will be collecting data about entrants through the contest entry process. Any personal information will be handled in accordance with the privacy policy of ELLE Canada (Transcontinental Media G.P.). By entering the contest, each entrant consents to the collection, use and distribution of his/her personal information (information that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age and home address) by the Contest Sponsors for the purposes of implementing, administering and fulfilling the contest. The Contest Sponsors will not sell or transmit this information to third parties unless the entrant has specifically consented to same, the Contest Sponsors believe in good faith that it is required by law, to their affiliates (provided that such affiliates and their agents and advisors and their respective employees are restricted from using the information for any other purpose other than as described in these rules and regulations), or to their respective agents for data processing purposes, their respective professional advisors and promotional and marketing agencies (provided that such agents, professional advisors and promotional and marketing agencies are restricted from using the information for any purpose other than as described in these rules and regulations). Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest Sponsors should be addressed to: Transcontinental Chief Privacy Officer
1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3315
Montreal, Quebec, H3B 3N2
e-mail: chiefprivacyofficer@transcontinental.ca
fax: (514) 954-2802.