Legal bases for participation in flash fiction contest on the occasion of Book’s Day
1.- COMPANY ORGANIZING THE RAFFLE
The company EDP SPAIN, S.A. with registered office at: Oviedo, Plaza del Fresno 2, (3307 – ASTURIAS) and C.I.F.: A-33473752 organizes, with promotional purposes, the Flash fiction Contest in EDP’s social media(henceforth, “The Raffle”). This promotion is nationwide, it will be developed through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and it is exclusive for users that are residents in Spain and of legal age, as set out in the section about participation requirements.
Contact information
Holder: EDP ESPAÑA, S.A. (hereinafter "EDP" and/or the "Holder") ∙ C.I.F.: A-33473752 ∙ Registered Office: Oviedo, Plaza del Fresno 2, (33007 - ASTURIAS) ∙ Registration Data: Commercial Registry of Asturias, Page AS-14614 ∙ URL https://espana.edp.com/es ∙ Phone number: 902 830 100 ∙ E-mail: redessociales@edpenergia.es
2.- TEMPORAL SCOPE
The promotion will begin on April 23, 2020, at 11:00 and end on April 26, 2020 at 23:59 (UTC Madrid).
The raffle will be held on April 27, 2020, among the users that have met all the requirements set out in the present rules, and winners will be announced.
3.- PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND RAFFLE PROCEDURES
Participants must follow the dynamics below:
- Write a flash fiction that begins with the words “Everything will be alright”. In addition, the story must contain the word “energy”
On Facebook: participants must answer to the post enabled for the promotion and following the requirements mentioned in 3.1. Both written texts and videos will be valid, as long as they tell the flash fiction, and do not go over 100 words.
On Twitter: participants must post a tweet following the requirements mentioned in 3.1. Both written texts and videos will be valid, as long as they tell the flash fiction and do not go over 280 characters. In this network it is mandatory to include the hashtag #microrrelatosEDP.
On Instagram: participants must publish a post or answer to the post enabled for the promotion, following the requirements mentioned in 3.1. Both written texts and videos will be valid, as long as they tell the flash fiction, and do not go over 100 words. In this network it is mandatory to include the hashtag #microrrelatosEDP.
Participation requirements will be the following:
- Those who reside in Spain and are over 18 may participate through their Facebook and Instagram accounts.
- Group EDP employees cannot participate nor become winners. Should this be the case, EDP reserves the right to skip the winner from the list and award it to the next alternate.
- In order to be able to communicate with winners and alternates, users who participate in the Raffle authorize EDP on Facebook (@EnergiaEDP), on Twitter (@EnergiaEDP) and on Instagram (@energia.edp) to send them direct messages and public mentions in order to inform them of their status as winners and request their contact information. In case he/she is not reachable via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and does not provide by private message or email such necessary data within 24 hours after EDP has tried to contact him/her, the prize will pass to the next alternate or will be declared void at EDP's decision, which will be irrevocable.
- Valid participations must fulfill the requirements mentioned above.
- EDP will carry out the Raffle (two in total, one per social network) using the platform https://www.easypromosapp.com/es/ among all the generated comments validly issued in accordance with these Rules.
4.- RAFFLE’S AND PRIZES’ CONDITIONS
3 winners (a total of 9 winners) and 1 alternate will be chosen per social media, through a random raffle carried out by the platform https://www.easypromosapp.com/es/ on April 27, 2020.
EDP may disqualify those who are found not to meet the requirements, if the case arises, or if it is not possible to contact the winner within 24 hours after EDP has attempted to contact the winner in accordance with these Rules, in which case the prize will be passed on to the next alternate or declared void, at EDP's discretion.
Each prize consists of a 50€ virtual gift card to use in the web of La Casa del Libro. A total of 9 gift cards will be drawn among the selected winners, 3 on Facebook, 3 on Twitter and 3 on Instagram.
Winners, once the prize is confirmed by EDP through a private message on Facebook and Instagram or a communication on Twitter, and once they have provided the needed data, will receive the prize via e-mail to the given address.
- EDP reserves the right to publicly announce the raffle’s result. EDP reserves the right to send private messages and public mentions on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and to mention the winner in its web to communicate the Raffle’s result. The participation in this promotion entails EDP’s access to the name and/or image of the given successful participants, in case that EDP would require it, in marketing or journalistic communications regarding the promotion.
- In the event that, on the occasion of this promotion, the participating user makes any kind of comment or uses any image of any kind, he/she certifies that he/she has the necessary rights and/or permissions to publish such comment, being the author of the text and/or multimedia material or, when applicable, having permission of its author, and certifies as well that he/she has obtained the permission of any person mentioned or portrayed in the publication’s image.
- The participant user authorizes EDP to share, repost and spread his/her publication and its content in the communication platforms of the company (social media profiles and web), as well as the images that it may contain, without any restriction or compensation.
- As required by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, (i) the use of multiple or newly created accounts will mean the automatic disqualification; (ii) as well as the repeatedly publication of the same comment in the same social network.
- There won’t be any cash refund of the prize’s value.
- One person can only be winner in one social network. In this case, EDP reserves the right to skip the winner from the list and award the prize to the next alternate.
- The participation in the raffle entails the acceptation of all points of these legal bases. If the winners do not provide the necessary data to EDP, the prize may pass to the next alternate or be declared void and this decision will be irrevocable.
5.- DEQUALIFICATIONS AND PENALIZATIONS
1. If it was demonstrated that any of the participants did not meet the requirements demanded, or that the data provided to participate were not valid, their participation would be considered void and they would automatically be excluded from the raffle, losing any right over the prizes granted in it.
2. In case of breaking the behavior rules gathered in the legal notice of EDP’s Social Networks https://espana.edp.com/es/noticias/2019/04/16/bases-legales-de-las-redes-sociales-de-edp-espana (that include - but are not limited to – the prohibition of insults, spam and rude comments), EDP reserves the right to disqualify the winners. Comments or opinions which content is considered inadequate, offensive, abusive or discriminatory, or may vulnerate third-party-rights, will not be allowed. Nor will be allowed comments or multimedia material against private individuals, that undermine the principles of the right to honor, to personal and family privacy and to one’s own image. EDP does not take responsibility of the damages caused by the comments that participants make in the raffle, and that could hurt the sensibility of other participants anytime.
3. Those comments that do not adjust to the Raffle’s subject may also be disqualified.
6.- RESPONSIBILITY’S EXEMPTION
By way of example, but not limited to, EDP is not responsible for possible loses, theft, delays or any other circumstance attributable to third parties that may affect the development of this raffle, nor for the use made by the participant with respect to the prize obtained from such. EDP assumes no responsibility in cases of force majeure or fortuitous event that could prevent the realization of the raffle or the total or partial enjoyment of the prize. At all times the provisions of the legal notice of EDP Social Networks apply, visible in the link of the publication enabled for the raffle or in the following link https://espana.edp.com/es/noticias/2019/04/16/bases-legales-de-las-redes-sociales-de-edp-espana
7.- FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM
The Raffle is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and participants release Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, from any and all liability for any damages arising from the Raffle.
8.- PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
In accordance with the current regulation in terms of personal data protection, the user is informed that, since the moment he/she takes part in the Raffle, he/she gives specific and unequivocal free consent to the processing of all his/her data by EDP to participate in the present raffle. All data requested by EDP for the participation in the Raffle are mandatory. Additionally, the person concerned is informed that he/she may exercise his/her rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection or limitation, as well as his/her right of his/her data portability, through the email address comunicacionesrgpd@edpenergia.es, as well as through a written request to EDP, to the following address: Plaza del Fresno, 2, 33007 Oviedo, indicating the reference “Sorteo concurso microrrelatos EDP”.
Likewise, when the person concerned considers that EDP has infringed the rights recognized by the applicable data protection regulations, may bring a claim before the Data Protection Officer (dpd@edpenergia.es) or before the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
9.- CHANGES.
EDP reserves the right to modify or to broaden the promotional basis, as long as it does not harm or diminish the participants rights in the raffle. EDP reserves the right to cancel or extend the promotion, as long as it does not harm or diminish the participants rights in the promotion. Likewise, EDP may, as long as there is a justified cause, cancel the promotion before its closure date, committing to communicate well in advance the new basis, conditions, or, in its case, the definitive cancellation.
10.- APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
These legal bases shall be governed in accordance with Spanish law. The Courts and Tribunals of the city of Oviedo will be competent to resolve any claim or controversy that may arise in relation to the validity, interpretation or fulfillment of these rules.
11.- ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES
Participation in this Promotion implies the express acceptance of all the rules contained in these legal bases. The manifestation of non-acceptance or total or partial non-conformity with these Rules will imply the exclusion of the participant and, consequently, EDP will be released from the fulfillment of any obligation contracted with said participant.