Terms and conditions for our photo competition January 2021
 
BASIC GUIDELINES
We, auroville.com, organize a photo contest open to all people around the world. The photos
must be around the theme of “New Beginnings”
From all entries we will select 3 first places and 3 second places. This total of 6 individuals
will each receive a gift hamper dedicated to this contest.
You, as participant, can submit max3 photos,from 1 to 31 January 2021, emailing them to.
networking@auroville.com. Photos must be in JPEG format, between 1 and 5MB.
In addition to these Rules, the contest is also subject to auroville.com general Terms and
Conditions as applicable.
 
AWARDING PROCESS
We reserve the right to assess and possibly disregard any submission at our discretion.
Our media team willreview all submitted photos, contact the winners and announce them on
auroville.com in February 2021. The decisionwill be final and binding on all participants. We
willpublish the winners’ photos on our platforms and will use them in any other way we may
deem appropriate.
We reserve the right at our discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest as
deemed appropriate, disqualify any participant, and/or select winners from all eligible photos
submitted prior to the termination, cancellation, modification or suspension.
 
PRIZES
The gift hamper dedicated to the contest will be shipped for free within India and
abroad, to the address you will specify. However, for shipping outside India, you
will be responsible for any applicable import duties, taxes or any other additional fees.
 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
You must submit only original photos created and/or taken by you. Photos must not contain
any materials owned or controlled by any third party for which you have not obtained a
license, notmust infringe the copyright, trademark, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or
intellectual property rights of any third person or entity.
Copyrightson submitted photos remain vested with the creators of the images. By submitting
your photos, you grant us a worldwide perpetual free license to publish and anyway use the
photos on all Auroville platforms and media for any purpose whatsoever.
 
LIABILITY
You will hold harmless, release, indemnify and discharge us, our partners, employees, and
representatives, from all liability, claims, judgments, demands, controversies, and
damageswhatsoever, arising out of or related in any way to your participation to the contest.
You waive any claims that may in any way relate to or result from your participation to the
contest, even if such injury or claim results from or is caused by our negligence or gross
negligence, in whole or in part, due to human error or otherwise.
You further agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim arising out of your
participation to the contest including, without limitation, all claims brought or asserted by any
third party as a result of any injury or loss associated with your participation to the contest.
Under no circumstance we will be liable for any:
a) lost, late, misdirected, stolen, illegible or incomplete submissions;
b) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of,
submitted photos;
c) problems, failures or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer
online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, email, 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;and/or
d) injury or damage to you or to any computer related to, resulting from or in connection with
the contest.
 
DATA PROTECTION
We will collect personal data about you. In addition to what is specified in our general
Privacy Policy which applies to this contest as well, we will use these data to update you on
the contest, contact the winners and send them the prizes.
 
GOVERNING LAW AND EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
These Rules, the contest and all submissionsare governed by Indian laws. Any relevant
dispute that can’t be amicably resolved will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
India courts.
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