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November 23, 2016

#RockstarRider Terms & Conditions

nejc@uber.com
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Uber #RockstarRider on Facebook and Twitter – Prize Draw

Terms & Conditions

  1. The Uber prize draw (the “Promotion”) is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over with an Uber account except employees of the Promoter, its families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the Promotion. Proof of age and/or identity and/or residency may be required.
  1. To take part in the Promotion, you must have a smartphone with GPS capability, have downloaded the Uber app, registered and have active internet connection. The terms and conditions at https://www.uber.com/legal/gbr/terms/ continue to apply to the extent applicable to this Promotion.
  1. No purchase necessary however a valid Twitter or Facebook account and internet access is required.
  1. All participants must live within a 10km radius of the centre of the following cities in the United Kingdom.
  • Belfast
  • Birmingham
  • Bristol
  • Cardiff
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Leeds
  • Leicester
  • London
  • Manchester
  • Merseyside
  • Newcastle
  • Nottingham
  • Stoke
  • Southampton
  • Portsmouth
  • Sheffield
  • York
  1. To enter:

Log onto your Facebook account (or create one for free), then comment underneath Uber’s promotional post, stating your city of residence, the hashtag “#RockstarRider” and tagging your friends who you like to spend a night out with.

OR

Log onto your Twitter account (or create one for free), and send a tweet to @UberUK which reads as follows (or contains all the same information):

“Hey, @UberUK, for a great night in [YOUR CITY’S NAME], I need a #RockstarRider and [your friend’s Twitter handles].

  1. By submitting your information to create a Twitter or Facebook account, you agree to the Twitter or Facebook terms of use and privacy notice. If you do not agree to such terms of use and privacy notice, you cannot create a Twitter or Facebook account, or participate in this Promotion.
  1. By entering the Promotion, participants give their permission for their entries being used by the Promoter without further compensation, over and above the award of the Prize (defined in paragraph 29). Copyright will remain with the entrant. However, by entering this Promotion, the entrant agrees to the Promoter publishing these entries on their website and possible further use on their website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms. They also agree to other possible promotional use in media of the Promoter’s choosing without any further payment, over and above the award of the prize.
  1. The opening date of the Promotion, and the time when the counting of entries will start, begins at 11am on 23 November 2016 and ends at 11am on 25 November 2016 (the “Promotion Period”). Entries received after this time will not be counted in the promotion prize draw (the “Prize Draw”).
  1. All entries must be received by the end of the Promotion Period to be valid and no liability is accepted for illegible, incomplete or late entries.
  1. Maximum of one entry per person during the Promotion Period on Facebook and Twitter. Any further entries submitted by one person will not be accepted and are ineligible to win.
  1. The Prize Draw shall take place on 25 November 2016 (the “Prize Date”). For the Prize Draw, the Promoters shall identify eighteen (18) winners of the Prize Draw who will be chosen at random by a computer process (each a “Winner”).
  1. Each Winner (1 in each city listed in point 3) will receive will receive the following items (the “Prize”), subject to these Terms and Conditions:

1x Instant printing camera

1x Case of champagne

1x Digital action camera

1x Wireless speakers

1x Portable coffee maker

1x Ping pong balls

1x Pong table

1x Cups for pong table

1x Supermarket voucher with £40 credit

1x Eye mask

1x Ear plugs

1x Family board game

1x Frying pan

1x Card game

1x Champagne flutes

1x Tub of sweets

1x Book

1x Blanket

1x Lighting

1x Piñata

1x Piñata blindfold

1x Piñata stick

1x Pack of party glasses

1x Filter water bottle

1x Effervescent tablets

Branded Uber merchandise

  1. Notification to Winners: Each Winner will be contacted via a direct message on Facebook or Twitter, or in reply to their original entry on Facebook or Twitter (depending on the method of entry) on Friday 25th November 2016. Winners will be asked to confirm: (i) their email and telephone number that is connected with their Uber account; (ii) that they give permission to have their photo taken with their Prize; (iii) that they are over 18 and will be able to provide age verification (e.g., passport or driver’s licence) on delivery of the Prize; and (iv) that they will be available to request and receive delivery of the Prize for free via the Uber app between 6pm-7pm on Friday 25th November 2016. They must confirm they are happy with all these terms by 2pm GMT on Friday 25th November 2016. If the Promoter cannot contact the Winner via the Twitter/Facebook account provided at entry or if the Winner does not provide necessary confirmations prior to 2pm on 25th November 2016, the Promoter reserves the right to draw an alternative winner.
  1. Delivery: Each Winner must be at their chosen delivery address (which will be confirmed to an Uber representative) to receive the Prize between 6pm and 7pm on Friday 25th November 2016. The Winner will be responsible for requesting the ride for the delivery of the Prize via their Uber app, by selecting the “ROCKSTAR” car vehicle view which will be viewable on the Uber app during the Prize collection period once the Winner has provided their Uber account details. To receive the Prize, the Winner must have the Uber app installed on their phone and have an account created in their name.
  1. The Prize is non-transferable, non-exchangeable and have no cash alternative in whole or in part.
  1. The Promoter assumes no responsibility for any typographical or other error in the administration of the Promotion or the Prize Draw, errors in processing entries, identifying the Winners, in the announcement of any Winner or the delivery of the Prize.
  1. The Promoter reserves the right to replace the Prize (or any part of it) with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control make it necessary to do so. The Prize (or any part of it) is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and not for sale, and no substitution by the Winner and no cash alternative is offered.
  1. The decision of the Promoter regarding any aspect of the Prize Draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
  1. Third party terms and conditions apply to any part of the Prize where applicable.
  1. The Winners’ name and country can be obtained by sending an communication to the Promoter via the in-app or website help function within 30 (thirty) days of the date of the closing date of the Prize Draw, subject to a winner having accepted the Prize.
  1. Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions upon entry. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the Prize to anyone in breach of these Terms and Conditions. Extensions of deadlines are not permitted at any time.
  1. The Promoter reserve the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the Promotion or the Prize Draw where it becomes necessary to do so.
  1. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate a participator accept any liability (whether direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, punitive or consequential) for any loss, damage, personal injury or death arising out of or in connection with any participant’s participation in the Promotion or taking up the Prize, whether such liability arises from any claim based upon contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, and whether or not the Promoter or its affiliates have been advised of the possibility of such loss, damage, personal injury or death. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  1. Any liability of the Promoter arising in connection with the Promotion shall be several and the Promoter accepts no joint and several liability in connection with the Promotion.
  1. Personal data supplied during the course of this Promotion may be passed on to third party suppliers only insofar as required for fulfilment/delivery/arrangement of the Prize.
  1. The Promoter reserves the right to modify and amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time during the Promotion Period.
  1. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision, or part thereof, of these Terms and Conditions will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision or part thereof. In the event that any provision, or part thereof, of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions, or parts thereof, will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Promoter’s failure to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions will not constitute a waiver of that term or any other provision of these Terms and Conditions.
  1. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in the Promotion–related materials and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions shall prevail, govern and control and the discrepancy will be resolved in Promoter’s sole and absolute discretion.
  1. Except where prohibited by law, participants agree that any dispute, conflict or controversy, howsoever arising out of or broadly in connection with or relating to the Promotion, the Prize Draw or the Prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and shall be first mandatorily submitted to settlement proceedings under the International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Rules (ICC Mediation Rules). If the said dispute has not been settled within sixty (60) days after a request for Mediation has been submitted under the said ICC Mediation Rules, such dispute shall be exclusively and finally resolved by arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Arbitration Rules). The ICC Rules’ Emergency Arbitrator provisions are excluded. The dispute shall be resolved by one arbitrator to be appointed in accordance with the ICC Rules. The place of arbitration shall be Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The language of the arbitration shall be English.
  2. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these terms and conditions, or the rights and obligations of the participants and the Promoter or its affiliates in connection with the Prize Draw or the Prize (whether contractual or non-contractual), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
  3. The Promoter of this Promotion is Uber B.V., of Vijzelstraat 68-78, 1017 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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