December 2024 Contest Rules/Terms and Conditions
These rules are the standard terms and conditions applicable to the contests and
giveaways (each a “contest” and collectively the “contests) administered by Ambar
Surrey Restaurant (Sponsor), BC, Canada.
The contest is valid from 1st December 2024 to 23rd December 2024 and is intended to be
conducted at our two restaurants located in the cities of Surrey and White Rock, BC only and
shall be construed and evaluated according to applicable Canadian law. Your bill/invoice is
necessary to enter the contest as per the contest terms.
Entry in the contests constitutes acceptance of these contest rules (the “contest rules”).
- ELIGIBILITY: – To be eligible to enter a Contest, an individual must:
o be a legal resident of Canada.
o if applicable, be the sole owner of all rights, title, and interest (including
copyright) in and to the Work (as defined below) submitted in connection with
the Contest; and
o have a valid phone number, and Facebook or Instagram or other social media
account at the time of entry.
o Consent to sharing personal information for participating in the contest and
future communication from Ambar Surrey.
o Consent to receiving marketing emails, calls, or text messages from Ambar
Surrey.
Employees of Ambar Surrey Restaurants, related advertising and promotional agencies, and
Contest prize providers (all such entities being individually and collectively referred to
hereafter as the “Sponsors”), a person who has been confirmed as a winner of one (1) Ambar
Surrey administered the contest within one (1) month preceding the indicated Contest start date
and/or a household member of any of the above are is not eligible to enter or participate in
the Contests unless otherwise specified by the Sponsors.
The Sponsors shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to
participate in the Contests. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All
personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsors for the purpose
of the Contests must be truthful, complete, accurate, and in no way misleading. The
Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an
entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate, or misleading personal
details and/or information. - CONTEST PERIODS. Each Contest entry period (each a “Contest Period”) shall
start on 1st December 2024 and end at 11:59 pm on 23rd December 2024, and as
announced on the different media channels or as indicated on
www.ambarsurrey.com (the “Contest Website”) or as shared by the staff of the
Sponsor, after which time the Contest will be closed and no other entries shall be
accepted. - HOW TO ENTER.
Purchase & Timelines: – Dine in at one of our restaurants, and fill in your information on
the Contest Page of our website to enter the Contest. To enter prior to the end of an
applicable Contest Period, enter your information through the QR Code visible at
the restaurants.
Entry Limit: – One (1) entry per person per Contest Period, unless otherwise
indicated. In the case of multiple entries, only the first eligible entry will be
considered and the remainder will be void.
Property: – All entries, including, if applicable, any story and/or photographs
submitted in connection with the Contest entry (the “Work”), become the sole
property of the Sponsors and will not be returned for any reason. Entries must be
received prior to the indicated Contest Period entry deadline. Entries will be
declared invalid if they are late, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular,
mutilated, forged, garbled, or mechanically or electronically reproduced. No
communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants except with
those selected as potential Contest winners.
No Objectionable Material: – If Work has been submitted by an entrant in connection
with the Contest, each entrant agrees that the Sponsors may post the Work on
Sponsor-owned or controlled websites, viewing galleries, and/or social media
platforms. Each entrant further represents and warrants that (i) the Work does not
contain any material that is libelous, defamatory, profane, or obscene; (ii) the Work
is original and all right, title, and interest (including copyright) therein and thereto
is owned and/or controlled by the entrant to the full extent necessary to enable the
Sponsors to use the Work as contemplated by these Contest Rules; and (iii) the
Work does not infringe upon the intellectual property or other statutory or common
law rights of any third party.
Authorization: – Each selected entrant may be required to provide the Sponsors with
proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the phone
number associated with the winning entry.
Prize Value: – Each Contest prize shall have an approximate retail value of a minimum
of $1 CAD and shall be announced on different media channels, at the beginning of
the Contest Period. Winners shall not be entitled to receive the difference between
the actual prize value and the approximate prize value. No cash prize will be given.
Communication: – Winners will be contacted by the Sponsors with instructions on
how to claim the prize.
Award Acceptance: – Prizes must be accepted as awarded within the set time period
shared by the Sponsors during the above communication and cannot be
transferred, assigned, substituted, or redeemed for cash, except at the sole
discretion of the Sponsors. Any unused portion of a prize will be forfeited and have
no cash value. The Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to substitute
a prize of equal or greater value if a prize (or any portion thereof) cannot be awarded
for any reason. It will be the sole responsibility of the winner to collect the prize.
Winners will have to come to a specific Ambar Surrey restaurant location as per
communication by the Sponsor on the prize collection procedure. The Sponsor
(Ambar Surrey) will not be responsible for the delivery of the prize.
The winner will bear all the applicable taxes or fees, or any extra costs associated
with maintenance or procurement of the prize, on their own.
Liability: – The Sponsors shall not assume any liability for lost, damaged, or
misdirected prizes or the quality of the prize received by the winner.
Gift Cards/Vouchers: – In the case of gift cards or gift certificates or gift vouchers,
the terms by which the gift cards or gift certificates may be redeemed are governed
by the applicable retailer or service provider, the Sponsors are not responsible for
administering or ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the gift
cards or gift certificates or gift vouchers. - PRIZE CONDITIONS.
All incidental costs and expenses not specifically referred to herein as part of the
prize description (the “Expenses”) are the sole responsibility of the prize winner
and/or guest(s), where applicable. All prize elements are subject to availability and
substitution. The winner shall not seek reimbursement for the Expenses from the
Sponsors. - WINNER SELECTION.
Following the end of the applicable Contest Period, the Sponsors will select one (1)
entrant (or more, if applicable, based on the number of prizes available to be won)
by a random draw from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period,
unless otherwise indicated. Each entrant shall be eligible to win only one (1) prize.
The odds of being selected as a potential winner are dependent upon the number
of eligible entries received for the Contest. Any remaining entries will not be carried
over for entry in the next Contest.
Before being declared a winner, the selected entrant(s) shall be required to correctly
answer, without the assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a
time-limited verification question to be administered during a pre-arranged
telephone call or by e-mail, to comply with these Contest Rules and may be
required to sign and return the Release (described below).
If the selected entrant does not respond within three modes of communication
(phone calls from the Sponsor), they will be disqualified and will not receive a
prize and another entrant may be selected (as determined by the Sponsors in its
sole discretion) until such time as an entrant satisfies the terms set out herein. The
Sponsors are not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected
entrant to receive notification or for the Sponsors to receive a selected entrant’s
response.
If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing, or any other aspect of
a Contest, there are more selected entrants than contemplated in these Contest
Rules, there will be a random draw amongst all eligible prize claimants to award
the correct number of prizes. - AGREEMENT WITH THE WINNERS. Winners (and if applicable, any guest of the
winner) may be required to execute a legal agreement and release (“Release”) that
confirms their: (i) eligibility for the Contest and compliance with these Contest Rules;
(ii) acceptance of the prize as offered; (iii) release of the Sponsors, if applicable,
Facebook and Instagram or other social media companies, and each of their
respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and/or related companies and
each of their employees, directors, officers, suppliers, agents, administrators,
licensees, representatives, advertising, media buying and promotional agencies
(collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages,
cost or expense arising out of participation in the Contest, participation in any
Contest-related activity or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize, including but
not limited to costs, injuries, losses related to personal injuries, death, damage to,
loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal
in a false light, or from any and all claims of third parties arising therefrom; and (iv)
grant to the Sponsors of the unrestricted right to produce, reproduce, convert,
publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, distribute,
translate, adapt, and otherwise use or re-use the submitted Work, his or her name,
image, likeness, comments, voice and/or biography in any and all media now known
or hereafter devised in connection with publicity related to the Contest. The executed
Release(s) must be returned within two (2) business days of the date indicated on the
accompanying letter of notification or verification as a winner, or the selected
individual(s) will be disqualified and any rights he or she may have to the prize will be
forfeited. - INDEMNIFICATION BY ENTRANT. By entering a Contest, each entrant releases and
holds the Releasees harmless from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or
damage of any kind to the entrants or any other person, including personal injury,
death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from
the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, participation in the
Contest, any breach of the Contest Rules, or in any prize-related activity. Each
entrant agrees to fully indemnify Releasees from any and all claims by third parties
relating to the Contest, without limitation. - RIGHTS CLEARANCE. By providing the Work to the Sponsors in connection with the
Contest (if applicable), each entrant shall retain all rights, title, and interest
(including copyright) in and to the Work, and shall grant to the Sponsors a
worldwide, gratuitous, irrevocable, and exclusive license to copy, use, modify,
reproduce, display, adapt and transmit the Work for use in all media now known or
hereafter devised in perpetuity beginning on the date of entry, including, but not
limited to, in connection with the administration, promotion, and exploitation of
the Contest. The entrant hereby confirms that the Work is an original work, solely
created by the entrant and that no third party participated as an author, co-author,
photographer, or otherwise in the creation of the Work or any part thereof. The
Sponsors assume no responsibility for any claims of infringement of rights to
copyright, privacy, and/or personality, and all such liability shall remain with the
entrant. In addition, each entrant represents to Sponsors that the Work does not
infringe any copyright interest of any third party and that the Work is not defamatory
or obscene, and does not violate any laws relating to hate speech or otherwise.
Sponsors reserve the right to exclude any Work on the basis of concerns relating to
the rights of third parties, including but not limited to privacy, copyright,
defamation, rights of personality, obscenity, or hate speech, as determined by
Sponsors in their sole discretion. - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for
lost, late, unintelligible/illegible, falsified, damaged, misdirected, or incomplete
entries, notifications, responses, replies or any Release, or for any computer,
online, software, telephone, hardware or technical malfunctions that may occur,
including but not limited to malfunctions that may affect the transmission or nontransmission
of an entry. The Sponsors are not responsible for any incorrect or
inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any
technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest. The
Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or
destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsors are
not responsible for any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any
telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer
equipment, software, e-mail, players, or browsers, on account of technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any website, or on account of any
combination of the foregoing or otherwise. The Sponsors are not responsible for
any injury or damage to any entrant or to any computer related to or resulting from
participating or downloading materials related to the Contest. Entrant assumes
liability for injuries caused or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest,
or by the acceptance, possession, use of, or failure to receive any prize. The
Sponsors assume no responsibility or liability in the event that the Contest cannot
be conducted as planned for any reason, including those reasons beyond the
control of the Sponsors, such as infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or corruption of the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest and/or
the Contest Website. - SOLE DISCRETION OF THE SPONSORS. By participating in a Contest, each entrant
agrees to be bound by the Contest Rules. Entrants further agree to be bound by the
decisions of the Sponsors, which shall be final and binding in all respects. The
Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant found
to be: (a) violating the Contest Rules; (b) tampering or attempting to tamper with
the entry process or the operation of the Contest, the Contest Website, or any
related promotional website; (c) violating the terms of service, conditions of use
and/or general rules or guidelines of any the Sponsor’s property or service; and/or
(d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy,
abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST WEBSITE OR ANY
RELATED WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST
MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE
MADE, THE SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION. If applicable, winners (and guests, if applicable) must at all times
behave appropriately when taking part in the prize and observe the Contest Rules and
any other rules or regulations in force at any prize-related locations. The Sponsors
reserve the right to remove from any prize-related locations, any winner and/or guest
who breaks such rules and/or fails to behave appropriately and to disqualify such
winner and/or guest. - PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
By participating in the Contest, each entrant: (i) grants to the Sponsors the right to
use his/her personal information provided when he/she enters the Contest and the
Work (if applicable) (collectively the “Personal Information”) for the purpose of
administering the Contest, including but not limited to contacting and announcing
the winners and coordinating the provision of the Contest prize; (ii) grants to the
Sponsors the right to use his/her Personal Information for publicity and
promotional purposes relating to the Contest in any and all media without further
compensation unless prohibited by law; and (iii) acknowledges that the Sponsors
may disclose his/her Personal Information to third-party agents and service
providers of the Sponsors in connection with any of the activities listed in (i) and/or
(ii) above.
The Sponsor will use each entrant’s Personal Information only for identified purposes
and protect each entrant’s Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with
the Privacy Policy at: ambarsurrey.com/privacy - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. All intellectual property, including but not limited to
trade-marks, trade names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages,
source code, drawings, illustrations, slogans, and representations are owned by
the Sponsors and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying
or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express
written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited. - TERMINATION. The Sponsor reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to terminate
any Contest, in whole or in part, and/or modify, amend or suspend a Contest,
and/or the Contest Rules in any way, at any time, for any reason without prior
notice. - ADHERE TO B.C. LAWS. These are the official Contest Rules. The Contests are
subject to applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. The
Contest Rules are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any
applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity
having jurisdiction over the Sponsors and/or the Contests. All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the
Contest Rules or the rights and obligations as between the entrant and the
Sponsors in connection with the Contests shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the province of B.C., Canada including procedural
provisions without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or
provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction’s laws. - LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency
between the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules and disclosures or other
statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited
to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, television, print or online advertising,
the terms and conditions of the Contest Rules shall prevail, govern and control. - SOCIAL MEDIA. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by
any social media platforms on which the Contest may have been promoted and/or
publicized, including but not limited to Facebook and/or Instagram and/or other
social media companies. Any personal information provided in connection with the
Contest is being provided to the Sponsors and not to Facebook and/or Instagram
and/or other social media companies. Any questions or comments regarding a
Contest must be directed to the Sponsors and not to any of the social media
platforms on which the Contest may have been advertised or administered.