Contest Rules

Staples Small Business Giveaway - Rules and Regulations

Please read these Staples Solutionshop Giveaway (“Contest”) rules (“Rules”) in their entirety before entering the contest. Do not enter the Contest unless you agree to these Contest Rules. Participation in the Contest constitutes unconditional agreement and acceptance of these Contest Rules which are final on all matters relating to the Contest. By entering this Contest, you agree to be bound by the decisions of the Contest Judges which are final and binding in all respects. The Contest is sponsored by Staples Canada ULC (the “Sponsor”). The Contest commences 2023-1-24 at and closes 2023-2-7 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period”).

Eligibility

1. The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada who have reached the age of majority in their province/territory of residence on or before the start of the Contest Period. Employees, agents or representatives of the Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries and dealers, advertising and promotional agencies, suppliers of prizes, materials or services related to this Contest, as well as immediate family members of, or those domiciled with, any of the foregoing, are not eligible to enter this Contest. "Immediate family" is defined as parents, siblings, children and spouse.

To Enter

2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

During the Contest Period, entrants can enter the Contest by following @staplescanada on Instagram, liking the post and tagging their own or their friend's/family's small business account in the comments.

Limit of 1 entry per person during the Contest Period, regardless of email address used or method of entry. If it is discovered that you have entered more than once, only your first entry will be included in the Contest draw.

Prizes

There is one (1) prize to be won. Prize consists of:

(1) Staples Canada/Bureau en Gros gift card valued at $500 CAD

The winner will be selected by random draw by an authorized Sponsor representative or representatives (“Contest Judges”). The Prize must be accepted as described in these Contest Rules and may not be substituted for another prize or exchanged in whole or in part. The refusal by an entrant to accept a Prize, or part of the Prize, releases and forever discharges the Sponsor and its agents of all obligations related to the prize, including delivery. The Prize may not be sold or transferred and are not convertible to cash.

In the event that, for reasons beyond their control and not related to the winners, the Sponsor is unable to award a Prize as described in these Contest Rules, they will substitute a prize, in whole or in part, of similar nature and equal or greater value at their sole discretion.

4. Odds of winning a Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received by the end of the Contest Period.

5. Prize winners will be selected by random draw from all eligible entries on 2023-2-8 at 9:00 a.m. ET.

6. Attempts will be made to contact selected entrants by their social media account or email within 48 hours of the applicable draw date. If a selected entrant does not respond after 2 attempts within 5 consecutive days of the first attempt made to contact the selected entrant, their entry will be disqualified and the selected entrant will not win any prize and another entrant will be selected.  This process will continue until such time as a winner is declared or there are no remaining eligible entries to select from.

General Conditions

6. Online entries must be made by the original, manual keystrokes of the individual entrant. Use of mechanical assistance, form filling software or robotic assistance is prohibited. Proof of transmission of an entry does not constitute proof of delivery or receipt by Sponsor. In the event of dispute regarding who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address or social media account provided in their entry or quote. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

7. To be declared a winner and claim a Prize, the selected entrant for the Prize must:

(a) be reached by telephone, email or their social media account by the Contest Judges within the time prescribed above;

(b) be eligible according to these Contest Rules;

(c) be otherwise in compliance with these Contest Rules.

8. Failure to comply with any of the above conditions or otherwise with these Contest Rules, will result in the disqualification of the selected entrant and he/she will not receive any prize. In this event, at the sole discretion of Sponsor, a new random draw to award the Prize may be conducted from the remaining valid entries received in accordance with the Contest Rules until such time as a winner is declared or until there are no remaining eligible entries to select from. If, as a result of an error relating to the entry process, drawing or any other aspect of the Contest, there are more potential winners of the Prize than contemplated in the Contest Rules, there will be a random draw from amongst all eligible prize claimants at the end of the Contest Period to award the Prize.

9. By entering this Contest, each winner authorizes the Sponsor and its representatives to use, in any related publicity, their name, photograph, image, or likeness, any statements they may make regarding the prize, their place of residence (city and province/territory only) and/or their voice for advertising purposes worldwide in perpetuity and in any form of media including the Internet, without any form of further compensation. If a third-party is present in your photo, you consent on behalf the third-party for Sponsor to collect their image for the purposes of administering the Contest.

10. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned to entrants at any time. No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with entrants, except with the selected entrants.

11. By entering this Contest, selected entrants authorize the Sponsor and its representatives to contact them directly using contact information provided in their Contest entry.

12. The Contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to all federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. The Contest and these Contest Rules will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario. Any dispute arising hereunder shall be governed by the laws of Ontario, and except as provided in Rule 16 below, shall be adjudicated in the applicable court in Toronto, Ontario.

13. Entries are subject to verification by the Contest Judges. The Released Parties (as defined in Rule 7) are not liable for (i) late, lost, delayed, not received, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, stolen, fraudulent or illegible entries (all of which entries shall be automatically void and not eligible for a prize); (ii) failure to receive entries due to transmission failures, busy signals, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or technical failures of any kind, including, without limitation, malfunctioning of any network, servers, access providers, hardware or software, whether originating with sender or recipient; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or other property, related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Contest and breaches of privacy due to interference by third party computer "hackers". The Sponsor reserves the right, to void any entry and/or cancel or modify the Contest in whole or in part (without notice to entrants individually) for any reason including if, in its sole discretion, it determines that for any reason (such as tampering or infection by computer virus or any other cause beyond its control) the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, or fraud, technical failures, human, printing or distribution errors, or any other causes or occurrences have compromised the administration, safety, fairness or integrity of the Contest. The Contest Rules are subject to change at the discretion of the Sponsor, without notice to entrants individually. Any person entering this Contest or trying to do so by any means which go against the intention of these Contest Rules (example: computer hacking, fraudulent use of one or several access codes or obtaining such access codes through fraudulent means, etc.) will be automatically disqualified and the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law - including criminal prosecution.

14. By entering this Contest, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Contest Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and the Contest Judges, which are final, binding and conclusive on all matters related to this Contest.

15. Any litigation must be initiated in the City of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada.

16. In the event of any conflict with any Contest details contained in these Contest Rules and Contest details contained in any form of promotional materials or media (Contest Materials), the details of the Contest set forth in these Contest Rules shall prevail.

17. In the event of any discrepancies between the English language Contest Rules and any non-English language Contest Rules, the English Contest Rules shall prevail.

18. By entering this Contest, each entrant permits the Sponsor, its agents, promotional agencies, representatives, Contest judges and Sponsor subsidiaries and affiliates to collect the information submitted with their entry and to use it to administer the Contest. If the entrant so indicates, Sponsor its subsidiaries and affiliates may communicate with the entrant through various channels, including telephone, computer or mail using the contact information the entrant has provided to advise the entrant of those products or services that may be of interest to the entrant. Sponsor will respect entrant’s preferences otherwise recorded with it and entrant can unsubscribe at any time. For additional information please see Staples’ privacy policy at www.staples.ca

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By Staples Canada

January 23, 2023