Terms and Conditions
SCHEDULE
GENERAL
Promotion: M&M’S Australia CD Social Media Competition
Promoter: Mars Australia Pty Ltd t/as Mars Wrigley Confectionery (ABN 48 008 454 313) of Tower 2, Collins Square, 727 Collins Street, Docklands, Melbourne VIC 3008, telephone +61 2 9847 9111.
Who can enter? Entry is open to Australian residents only who are aged 18 or over at the time of entering the promotion.
Who can't enter? Directors, officers, management, and employees (and their immediate families) of:
- the Promoter; and
- the agencies, companies or participating premises associated with this competition.
Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step-parent, grandparent, step grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or 1st cousin.
WHEN AND WHERE WILL THE PROMOTION RUN?
Promotional Period: The promotion starts at 9am AEDT on 11th January 2024 and ends at 12pm AEDT on 17th January 2024. No entries will be accepted after this time.
Where will the Promotion Run? This promotion will run on the M&M’S Australia Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/mmsaustralia/
ENTRY DETAILS
How to Enter: This competition is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winner. To enter the promotion, entrants must, during the Promotional Period:
- be following M&M’S Australia @mmsaustralia on Instagram (at https://www.instagram.com/mmsaustralia/); and
- comment on the competition post which can be found on M&M’S Australia Instagram page (at https://www.instagram.com/mmsaustralia/) and guess our new flavour in 100 words or less
All content posted on Instagram must be in accordance with Instagram terms.
Any content that is submitted as part of an entry must not:
i. be offensive or be likely to cause offence to any person or group of persons;
ii. promote or depict illegal or negligent activity;
iii. infringe the rights (including intellectual property rights, performer's rights or rights of reputation) of any person, whether as a result of being communicated to the public or otherwise.
iv. Entrants can only enter in their own individual capacity and from a social media account which they hold in their own name. Entering under a false name/s may invalidate the entry. Multiple entries under different names may also invalidate all entries at the Promoter’s discretion. The use of automatic entry software, mechanical or electronic devices that allows an individual to automatically enter the competition is prohibited and may render all entries submitted by that individual invalid.
What are the Entry Limits? The promotion can be entered up to two (2) times per day per person during the Promotional Period.
WINNER DETERMINATION DETAILS
How are prizes awarded? Winners will be determined by a panel of judges based on the most accurate and entertaining response.
The judging will take place at Mars Wrigley Offices Melbourne (Tower 2, Collins Square, 727 Collins Street, Docklands, Melbourne VIC 3008) on 18th January 2024.
Entrants are restricted to winning one (1) Prize only.
Winners will be notified in writing via private message on Instagram within two (2) business days of judging.
The judges’ decision is final and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.
PRIZE DETAILS
Prize Details: There will be five (5) prizes.
Each winner will receive 5 x 180g bags of M&M’S (in our new flavour) (RRP $5 each inc GST).
Total Prize Pool: The total prize pool is valued at up to AUD $125 (RRP, including GST).
Prize Terms: Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. Winner(s) cannot change, vary, substitute or extend any element of the prize (in whole or in part).
NOTIFICATION & PUBLICATION
Notification of Winners: Winners will be notified by private message on Instagram within two (2) business days of judging. This message will include instructions as to how the winner is to claim the prize.
PRIZE DELIVERY
Prize Delivery: Once a provisional winner is deemed by the Promoter to have complied with these Terms and Conditions, the Promoter will declare them a winner and will deliver the relevant prize no later than 14 days after the winner is notified.
The prizes will be sent by tracked post and winners will be provided with the tracking details.
The Promoter takes no responsibility for an incorrect physical address being provided when entering the promotion, and once dispatched the Promoter is not liable for any prize that has been delayed, lost, stolen, damaged or tampered with in any way.
The address provided for delivery must be within Australia and not be a PO Box.
PRIZE CLAIM DETAILS
Prize Claim Details: All prizes must be claimed by 12:00pm AEDT on 31st January 2024 (“Prize Claim Date”). If the prize is not claimed by the Prize Claim Date, the prize will be forfeited, and the provisional winner will not be entitled to a prize. In the event of any unclaimed prize/s, the Promoter is within their rights to determine an alternative winner. Any alternative winners will be notified by 28th January 2024.
Terms and Conditions
1. These Terms and Conditions must be read together with the Schedule for this promotion. The Schedule prevails to the extent of any inconsistency with these Terms and Conditions.
2. By participating in this promotion, you accept these Terms and Conditions.
Eligibility
3. You can only enter this promotion if you meet the eligibility requirements set out in the Schedule.
4. Directors, management, employees, officers and contractors (and their immediate families) of the Promoter, or of the agencies or organisations associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter. “Immediate families” means spouse, parent, natural or adopted child, and sibling (whether natural or adopted by a parent), whether or not they live in the same household as the director, manger, employee, officer or contractor.
5. By entering this promotion, if requested you agree to declare to the Promoter all past, current or potential conflicts of interest (if any) or any serious social misconduct or behavior that in a normal persons opinion may compromise the integrity or diminish the good name and reputation of the Promoter or its products and brands, is contrary to law or otherwise inappropriate.
Entry
6. The promotion will be conducted during the Promotional Period.
7. All entries must be received by the Promoter during the Promotional Period. Entries are deemed to have been received at the time of receipt into the Promoter’s database and not at the time of transmission by the entrant.
8. You can only submit your entry in accordance with the “How to Enter” section of the Schedule. The Promoter will not accept entries in any other form. Once submitted, you cannot change, alter or delete your entry.
9. Incomplete and ineligible entries will be deemed invalid. Entries will also be deemed invalid if they breach these Terms and Conditions as determined by the Promoter in its sole discretion or any other instructions or guidelines notified by the Promoter during the entry process for the promotion.
10. You are responsible for all costs associated with entering this promotion, including but not limited to Internet costs.
Entry Content
11. You are required to take full responsibility for the content of your entry and for ensuring that your entry complies with these Terms and Conditions and any other instructions provided by the Promoter. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “entry content” includes any content (including text, photos, videos and email messages) that you submit, upload, transmit, publish, communicate or use in connection with your entry into the Promotion.
12. Your entry must be your own original work. The Promoter reserves the right to verify, or to require you to verify, that your entry is your own original work. If an entry cannot be verified to the Promoter’s satisfaction, the entry will be deemed invalid.
13. Your entry must not:
a. include any content which may diminish the good name and reputation of the Promoter or its products and brands;
b. feature any image or voice of any other person without that person’s express consent. You confirm that if such content is included in your entry, you have obtained the express consent of the relevant person/s;
c. include any content that is in violation of any law or regulation;
d. be fraudulent, deceptive or misleading in any way;
e. include any content that infringes the rights of any person;
f. be obscene, offensive, defamatory, discriminatory, indecent or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate (which includes, without limitation, any content involving nudity, malice, excessive violence or swearing);
g. include any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, any audio-visual or sound recording, or any other item in which copyright subsists, unless you are entitled to use such content. If you have any doubts about whether to include any content (for example, recorded music) you must not include it. By including such content in your entry, you warrant to the Promoter that you have the permission of the relevant copyright owner to do so and that this permission allows the Promoter to use the entry to publicise the promotion and for any other purpose as set out in these Terms and Conditions; and
h. feature any third party products, third party trade marks, names, logos or branding.
14. The Promoter may, in its absolute discretion, edit, modify, delete, remove or take-down any part of an entry at any time.
15. By entering this promotion, you agree to assign all rights in your entry to the Promoter and you consent to the Promoter (or the agencies/companies associated with the Promoter) using the entry in any manner the Promoter wishes (including modifying, adapting or publishing the entry, whether in original or modified form, in whole or in part or not at all), in marketing, advertising and promotional materials, on the Promoter’s websites and social media platforms or in any other manner as determined by the Promoter, without payment to you (of royalties, compensation or otherwise) on a perpetual, world-wide and irrevocable basis.
Determining and notifying winners
16. Winners will be determined and notified as set out in the Schedule.
17. The Promoter and the companies and agencies associated with this promotion may also publish the name and state/territory of residence for winners on their websites, social media platforms and in trade publications. By entering this promotion, each entrant consents to this and requests that his or her full address not be published.
Prizes
18. The prize(s) are as specified in the Schedule. The prize(s) are subject to any additional terms and conditions as specified in the Schedule.
19. Prizes will be delivered to the address provided by the winner at the time of entry or completing the verification process (whichever is most recent).
20. Once dispatched and awarded to a winner, the Promoter is not liable for any prize that has been lost, stolen, damaged, defaced or tampered with in any way.
Claiming prizes
21. Prizes must be claimed in accordance with the Prize Claim Details section of the Schedule.
22. If a prize is not accepted or claimed in accordance with the Prize Claim Details, the relevant winner’s entry will be deemed invalid and the Promoter reserves the right to distribute the relevant unclaimed prize in accordance with the details specified in the Schedule, subject to any directions given by any relevant gaming authority. Winners of unclaimed prizes will be notified and published in accordance with the details set out in the Schedule.
General
23. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any problems or technical malfunction of any communication network or for any late, lost, incomplete, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible, corrupted or misdirected entries, claims or correspondence whether due to error, omission, alteration, tampering, deletion, theft, destruction, transmission interruption, communications failure or otherwise. The Promoter has no control over telephone communications, networks or lines and accepts no responsibility for any problems associated with them, whether due to traffic congestion, technical malfunction or otherwise. The Promoter is not liable for any consequences of user error including (without limitation) any costs incurred.
24. The Promoter may, at its sole discretion, declare any or all entries made by an entrant invalid, prohibit further participation by an entrant or winner in this promotion, or invalidate a provisional winner if the entrant/winner:
a. fails to verify their personal details and/or eligibility to enter the Promotion to the Promoter's satisfaction;
b. tampers with or benefits from any tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion (including where entrants share their Proof of Purchase to enter the Promotion or where entrants use multiple names, addresses or aliases to register multiple entries);
c. submits an entry which in the Promoter's opinion is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
d acts in a disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person;
e. engages in conduct in entering the Promotion which in the Promoter’s opinion is fraudulent, misleading or deceptive;
f. or engages in conduct which may, in the opinion of the Promoter, compromise the integrity or diminish the good name and reputation of the Promoter or its products and brands, is contrary to law or otherwise inappropriate.
25. Entrants and winners must comply with the verification requirements set out in the Schedule as part of the entry verification or prize claim process. Failure to comply with these requirements to the Promoter’s satisfaction will result in your entry and/or prize claim being declared invalid (and, at the Promoter’s discretion, in all of your entries/prize claims being declared invalid).
26. All entries will be the property of the Promoter and will not be returned.
27. Prizes are not transferable, exchangeable for any other item or size and cannot be redeemed for cash or any other form of compensation (unless cash is specified). The value of each prize is accurate as at the time of preparation of this material, is the RRP value and is inclusive of GST. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in the value of a prize after that time. If a prize (including the available and/or desired size) is unavailable for any reason, the Promoter may substitute it for another item of equal or higher value, subject to the approval of any relevant gaming authorities as required.
28. If a winner (or a companion, as applicable) does not take an element of a prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter, then that element of the prize will be forfeited by the winner and their companion(s) as applicable and neither cash nor any other form of compensation will be supplied in lieu of that element of the prize. The Promoter accepts no other liability or responsibility for any loss incurred by a winner or any other party if any prize (or any part of a prize) is unavailable for any reason.
29. If requested by the Promoter, entrants and winners (and their companion(s), if applicable) must sign (or procure that their parent/guardian signs) an indemnity and exclusion of liability form provided by the Promoter, in favour of the Promoter and all parties involved in this promotion and/or providing the prize, before they participate in the Promotion and/or the prize. If they or their parent/guardian do not sign that form within the time specified by the Promoter, they will not be able to participate and the relevant entrant’s or winner’s entry or claim will be deemed invalid. Where an entry is declared invalid prior to the Prize Claim Date, the Promoter may determine a new winner in accordance with these terms.
30. If requested by the Promoter, entrants and winners (and their companion(s), if applicable) must participate in all promotional activity (such as publicity and photography) surrounding this Promotion or their winning of a prize, free of charge, and they consent to the Promoter and its associated companies and agencies using their name and image in promotional material, on the Promoter’s websites, social media platforms and in trade publications.
31. If for any reason any aspect of this promotion does not or is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the Promoter may in its sole discretion cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion, or invalidate any affected entries, subject to the approval of the relevant gaming authorities, if required.
32. The Promoter’s decisions in connection with the promotion are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
33. Entrants acknowledge that there may be inherent risks in some aspects of the Promotion or the prize and that participation in the promotion or accepting the prize may involve participating in dangerous activities. By entering this promotion and/or accepting the prize, entrants accept that risk for themselves and for their companion(s) (if applicable).
34. The Promoter, its associated agencies and companies and the agencies and companies associated with this Promotion will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, damage, personal injury or death which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person’s negligence) in connection with this Promotion or accepting or using a prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (in which case that liability is limited to the minimum allowable by law).
35. Prizes will only be delivered to addresses in Australia, as applicable. The Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any damage to or delay in transit of prizes.
36. The Promoter may at its absolute discretion prohibit an entrant’s participation in this promotion, cancel or suspend a prize or other cease to provide any prize to a winner if the entrant or winner (or any companion) is (in the Promoter’s opinion) under the influence of alcohol or drugs, behaves aggressively or disruptively, or behaves in a manner which may diminish the good name and reputation of the Promoter or its products and brands, or is contrary to law or is otherwise inappropriate.
37. The Promoter collects personal information ("PI") when you submit an entry to this Promotion. The Promoter uses your PI in order to conduct the promotion and may, for this purpose, disclose such PI to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors, service providers, prize suppliers and, as required, to Australian regulatory authorities. The Promoter may use your PI to provide prizes, for consumer care and research purposes, and for other purposes, as described in the Promoter’s Privacy Policy.Entry is conditional on providing this PI. The Promoter will also use and handle PI as set out in its Privacy Policy, which can be viewed at http://www.mars.com/global/policies/privacy/pp-australia-en. The Privacy Policy also contains information about how entrants may opt out, access, update or correct their PI, how entrants may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles or any other applicable law and how those complaints will be dealt with. All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter may disclose PI to the Promoter’s family of companies and to the Promoter’s vendors or service providers, which may be entities outside of Australia, see the Promoter’s Privacy Policy for details. The Promoter requires these companies to comply with the Australian privacy laws that apply to your PI. For the removal of doubt, the Promoter will only use PI as set out above and in accordance with its Privacy Policy, the Promoter will not sell PI to third parties
38. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from the prize winnings. Independent financial advice should be sought. Where the operation of this Promotion results in, for GST purposes, supplies being made for non-monetary consideration, entrants agree to follow the Australian Taxation Office’s stated view that where the parties are at arm’s length, goods and services exchanged are of equal GST inclusive market values.
39. Entry and continued participation in the promotion is dependent on the entrant following and acting in accordance with the Instagram Terms of Use, (http://instagram.com/legal/terms/). This promotion adheres to the terms and conditions set out in the Instagram promotion guidelines which can be found at: http://help.instagram.com/179379842258600. Any questions or comments regarding the promotion must be directed to the Promoter, not to Instagram. The entrant releases Instagram and its associated companies from all liabilities arising in respect of the promotion. Entrants acknowledge that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.
If you need to contact us, or have any questions, please use the online contact form or the other contact details on our Contact Page at http://international.mars.com/australia/en/about-mars/contact-us.