MIDPEN EXPLORE CHALLENGE RULES
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District invites preserve visitors to enter the OuterSpatial Midpen Explore Challenge ("Contest"), part of the public agency’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU ARE ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO ALL RULES AND CONDITIONS ("RULES").
The Contest is open to participants regardless of residence or citizenship, so long as the laws of their jurisdiction allow participation. At the time of entry, you must be physically located within the boundaries of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s jurisdiction. Employees of Midpen are not eligible to participate.
HOW TO ENTER
Starting June 30th, 2022, you may enter the Contest on the OuterSpatial App via the challenges section. Each “Check-in” at a Midpen preserve counts for one entry into the Contest (Max. 24 entries per person). You do not need to be physically present at a preserve to check in.
To participate in the Midpen Explore Challenge using the OuterSpatial App, you must:
Download the OuterSpatial App
Give the app permission to access your location. You will be prompted to grant this permission when you start participating in the challenge. You can update this setting at any time in the app settings.
Give the app permission to share your email with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
CONTEST PRIZES
The winner of the Midpen Explore Challenge will be randomly chosen from all entries on December 1, 2022. The winner will receive a $30 gift certificate to the Midpen webstore.
Prize is non-transferable; no substitutions allowed. All federal, state, or other tax liabilities are the responsibility of the winner. All details of any prize not specified herein shall be determined solely by Midpen.
LEGAL CONDITIONS
By entering #SpottedAtMidpen (“Contest”), participants agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District ("Midpen"), its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives, from any and all third party liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand, or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Contest (collectively, "Losses"), including without limitation any third party claim for copyright infringement or a violation of an individual’s right to privacy and/or publicity right. The Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Each participant in the Contest ("Participant") is responsible for ensuring that he or she has the right to submit entries to the Contest per these rules. You agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved with Midpen, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, before a court of competent jurisdiction located in Santa Clara, California, which court shall apply the laws of California without regard for rules of conflicts of law. IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, PARTICIPANT SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES, OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN PARTICIPANT'S ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (IF ANY) ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED. The Contest and the Midpen’s website are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
Midpen is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the Contest, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. Midpen assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. Midpen is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, servers, providers, computer on-line systems, software, or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, including injury or damage to participant's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or uploading images or information in the Contest.
If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of completion as planned, including but not limited to, any reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Midpen that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the photo competition, Midpen reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.
QUESTIONS
Questions and inquiries about Contest rules can be emailed to info@openspace.org
