The Harman Kardon Art of Sound Voting Terms and Conditions

The Harman Kardon Art of Sound Voting (“Voting”) is a voluntary vote that is subject to these Official Rules (“Official Rules”) as made available on the Harman Kardon website for the Participating Countries as indicated hereinafter (“Harman Kardon website”). The Voting is sponsored by HARMAN Consumer Nederland B.V. (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Sponsor”), a private limited company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having its registered office at Danzigerkade 16 G, 1013 AP Amsterdam, the Netherlands. These Official Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and the Sponsor with respect to any issues arising from the Contest. These Official Rules are provided to Entrants on the landing page of the Voting and the URL directing to these Official Rules are provided in the promotional materials.

No purchase is necessary to participate in the Voting. A purchase will not improve Entrant’s chances of winning.

1. Eligibility : The Voting is open to legal residents in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (“Participating Countries”), who are of the age of 18 or above at the time of the Voting , and who meet the requirements of these Official Rules (“Eligible Entrant”). Employees of Sponsor or any of its affiliated companies, subsidiaries and advertising/promotion agencies and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate. The Voting is subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and is void where prohibited.

How to Enter the Voting: By entering the Voting, the Eligible Entrant acknowledges that it has received prior notice of these rules as provided on the Voting landing page, has reviewed these Official Rules, and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules. To Enter the Voting, Eligible Entrants must (i) visit the Harman Kardon website and register for the Voting using their full name, date of birth, mobile phone number and email address under which they can be reached and (ii) vote for one of the ten (10) Finalist Entry submissions posted on the Harman Kardon website (*). Eligible Entrants can only cast one vote per Finalist Entry submission. Votes can be cast to more than one Finalist Entry submissions.

(*) In addition, all Eligible Entrants from Belgium and Sweden must correctly answer a question posted on the Harman Kardon website.

2. Voting Period : The Voting Period begins at 00:00 am (CET) on Wednesday, 15th June 2022 and ends at 23:59 pm (CET) on Saturday, 25th June 2022.

Votes must be received by the Voting Period End Date according to Sponsor’s internal time clock. Entries will not be considered if received after the Voting Period End Date regardless of cause.

At the close of the Voting period, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing by a representative of Sponsor of all qualified entries received.

Winners shall be notified per e-mail on or before 24th June 2022 using the information contained in the entry form, at Sponsor’s discretion. The Winner must respond within 48 hours after receipt of such notification

The failure to respond timely to any notification may result in forfeiture of the prize and, in such case, Sponsor may randomly select an alternate Winner from among the remaining eligible entries, up to three (3) attempts. Winner may also be sent a declaration of eligibility / liability / publicity release (“Release”). Unless restricted by law, Winners will be required to complete and return the Release within five (5) days from the date of notification. An alternate Winner may be randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries if a Winner: (i) cannot be reached; (ii) fails, where required, to obtain all signatures on the Release and to return the documents in a timely manner as required pursuant to these Terms and Conditions; or (iii) cannot accept or receive the prize for any reason. Winners will receive additional Prize arrangement details once eligibility is determined. In the event of a dispute about the identity of a Winner, each entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email account submitted at time of entry.

3. Prizes : In total, there will be five (5) grand winners selected amongst all Eligible Entrants. Limit of one (1) Grand Prize per Eligible Entrant. Sponsor will grant the Grand Prize to such designated winner subject to such winner fulfilling the eligibility requirements as set out in these Official Rules, completing, and returning a Declaration of Eligibility.

Prize Level

Prizes

Grand Prize

  • Two (2) round trip economy-class airfares to/from the destination airport closest to Finalists’ residence and a destination airport near Montreux determined by Sponsor at its sole discretion *;
  • Two (2) night's hotel accommodation for 2 persons including breakfast at a 5* Palace from 4 th July 2022 to 6th July 2022;
  • Free access to concerts performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival from 4th until 6 th July 2022;
  • Exclusive access to Harman Kardon Suites experiences for two persons; and
  • Free food and drinks provided during Harman sponsored events

(*) in the event a flight is not feasible due to the departure location of the Winner the Sponsor shall in its sole discretion designate another form of transportation. Sponsor only provides free flights from destination airports within the Participating Countries as listed above.

No substitution, transfer, or cash redemption of prize permitted, provided however that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value should the advertised prize become unavailable for any reason. Winner cannot assign or transfer their prize to another person or entity. Winner is solely responsible for any local taxes on prize and may be requested to sign a tax form upon Sponsor’s request. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. If there are not enough eligible entries, then less than the stated number of prizes, or no prize, will be awarded.

All costs not expressly stated above are the responsibility of each individual Winner. Delivery of Prize will be made after Sponsor verifies that Winner has met all eligibility requirements.

The Sponsor shall not be obliged to replace the Prize, the notification or its contents in which the Prize is awarded if it is lost after dispatch or destroyed.

Winner must abide by the terms, conditions and policies of the used social media platform and any other third-party service provided as part of the Prize. Sponsor and any of such third-party vendors who provide the services as part of the Prize reserve the right to remove the Prize or any part of the Prize or to refuse collaboration with a Winning Entrant who engage(s) in a disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person as part of the Contest.

4. Publicity : By participating in the Voting, any Eligible Entrant in the Voting agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and irrevocably grants the Sponsor and its respective successors, assigns and licensees, and assigns the right to use (unless prohibited by law) such Eligible Entrant’s, name, voice, photograph, video or film clips, biographical information and/or other visual likeness in any and all media or format now or hereafter known without further compensation (financial or otherwise), permission or notification for any purpose, including without limitation, commercial, advertising and promotional purposes as well as in, on or in connection with Sponsor’s website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook®, Harman Kardon Digital Gallery Suites at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival website and social media accounts, or the Contest or other promotions, and hereby releases the Sponsor, Meta and each of its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, governors, owners, distributors, retailers, agents, assignees, advertising/promotion agencies, representatives, and agents from any liability with respect thereto, to the extent permitted by law. During the Contest Period, the Sponsor may promote the Contest through various social media platforms including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook®, internet forums, weblogs, and Sponsor’s site.

5. Personal details: The Sponsor or its affiliates shall collect only those personal details that have been expressly and freely given by the Eligible Entrant in the context of this Voting. Personal details that are furnished shall be used only for the Voting and/or such purpose for which the Eligible Entrant has furnished the data. In particular, the Eligible Entrant agrees to allow Sponsor to process and publicise the name and image of Eligible Entrant and their country of citizenship and to reproduce and communicate to the public any Video featuring Eligible Entrant that Eligible Entrant submits to Sponsor as its Eligible Entry. The Sponsor shall handle the personal details in accordance with the applicable statutory requirements. These personal details shall not be furnished to third parties without prior consent, except in the event the Sponsor is obliged thereto on the basis of statutory provision or a court decision.

The Sponsor shall use the furnished personal details for the administration of this Voting only, unless Eligible Entrants have given permission for information to be used for marketing and promotional purposes including by GoSpooky who will be assisting with the administration and promotion of this Voting in accordance with these Official Rules

Please see our privacy policy, which can be found on the Harman Kardon website of the Participating Countries.

6. General Conditions : By participating in the Voting, Eligible Entrant acknowledges that it has reviewed and accepted these Official Terms and agrees to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Voting or these Official Rules. Any portion of the Voting may be canceled, suspended and/or modified, in whole or in part, if in Sponsor’s opinion any fraud, technical failure or other factor beyond Sponsor’s control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Voting. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Voting, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Voting, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Eligible Entrant may not enter with multiple identities or use any automated system, bot or other device or artifice to enter or obtain more than the maximum number of qualified entries. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. All national, local, or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this Voting will be the sole responsibility of Winning Entrant. Caution: any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Voting may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and will result in disqualification from participation in the Voting. Should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorney fees) to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution. In the event where fraud or manipulation is suspected, the Sponsor or its affiliates can also report to the competent authorities without further announcement. Complaints regarding the Voting can be addressed to Sponsor at the address listed above.

7. Limitations of Liability: If for any reason an entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Eligible Entrant's sole remedy is to submit another vote into the same Voting during the Voting Period. Eligible Entrant also agrees to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, governors, owners, distributors, retailers, assignees, advertising/promotion agencies, representatives and agents (collectively “Releasees”) from and against any claims, actions, liability, loss, injury or damages, disability, attorneys' fees, and costs of litigation and settlement, as well as any liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including, without limitation death to Eligible Entrant or any third party) or real property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by any reason, from: (i) use, redemption, acceptance, possession, ownership, or misuse of any prize, (ii) participation in any activity, event, or excursion offered in connection with the prize, (iii) use of any facility, service and/or accommodation related to the prize, or (iv) participation in any Voting-related activity or participation in this Voting. The Releasees shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or declarations, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize, or from participation in the Voting; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Voting. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Releasees are not responsible for computer malfunctions, network connections, email delivery problems, Sponsor or third party systems failure or incompatibility, typographical, technical or key-stroke errors, or interruptions in your internet service, and for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged or stolen notifications. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with the Voting as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, pandemic, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, or any federal, state or local government law, order, or regulation, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a "Force Majeure" event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Voting. If the Voting is terminated before the designated end date, Sponsor may (if possible) select the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the date of the event giving rise to the termination. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Nothing in these terms shall limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation or liability which may not be limited or excluded by law.

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