The Hobbit Competition Terms and Conditions

1.    This competition is run by Yahoo! UK Limited (company number 03244285), 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8AD, United Kingdom ("Yahoo!").  

2.    By entering this competition you agree to these terms and conditions which will at that time become binding between you and Yahoo!.  Your participation in the competition is in consideration for Yahoo! allowing you to enter it and giving you the opportunity to win. 

3.    Yahoo! will send confirmation of your entry into this competition and these terms and conditions to the email address provided upon entry.

4.    No purchase is necessary in order to enter the competition. There is no fee charged to enter into this competition other than the cost of you accessing the Internet which you would otherwise have. The purchase of any product or service will not affect the likelihood of you winning a prize.

Competition Entry Criteria

5.    You must be over 16 and a resident of the United Kingdom to enter into this competition and receive the prize if you win (entries from Northern Ireland will not be included). Employees of Yahoo! or Warner Bros Entertainment Limited (“Warner”) or any of their group companies or its agencies associated with this promotion are not eligible to enter or participate. Entrants will be deemed be the natural person to whom the email address (provided on entry) is registered. Only one entry per person is permitted.

6.    To be eligible, you must submit your application as detailed on the competition entry submission page at . Entries must be received not later than 1300 hours (UK time) on 7 December 2012 at which time the offer of this competition will end.

Competition Prize

7.    The prize for the competition is four tickets to the UK Royal Premiere of The Hobbit Film in London on Wednesday 12 December 2012, return travel by standard class rail to London from the nearest railway to the winner’s home on 12 December 2012 and one night’s accommodation in London on 12 December 2012 (based on 4 people sharing 2 rooms, breakfast included) (subject to availability) (“the Prize”). 

8.    The Prize does not include anything not detailed in paragraph 7 above, including but not limited to spending money, insurance, any arrangements regarding passports and visas or the costs and expenses of anyone accompanying the Prize winner (including any parent or guardian that is required to accompany a child).

9.    The Prize winner or one of the guests will be required to provide a credit card for imprint by the hotel to cover all incidentals. The required dress code for the UK royal premiere is:

9.1.    for men: a black jacket, white shirt, black tie and black shoes (tuxedos and smoking jackets are optional); and
9.2.    for women: formal evening wear.

10.    Prize details are correct at the date of this Agreement.  Events may occur that render the Media Promotion itself or the awarding of Prizes impossible due to unforeseen circumstances or reasons beyond the control of Yahoo!.  In this situation, Yahoo! may at its discretion vary or amend the Prize so as to provide reasonable alternative Prizes and the Prize winner agrees that no liability shall attach to Yahoo! or parties connected to Yahoo! as a result.

11.    Any pictures used to promote the Prize are for information only. The winner must comply with Yahoo!’s instructions about the Prize, such as how to conduct themselves while participating in the Prize. Prize winners may be required to take part in reasonable post-competition publicity for Warner and may be filmed, photographed or otherwise recorded by Warner or other third parties for publicity and he/she consents to the use of his/her personal data for such purposes.

12.    The Prize is non transferable and non assignable. The winner must not sell or transfer the Prize to another person or offer or use the Prize in connection with any further competition, contest or promotion. There is no cash alternative instead of the Prize. 

Choosing and Notifying the Winner

13.    Yahoo! will select one winner at random from amongst the complete entries on 7 December 2012. Yahoo!'s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The winners will be contacted via email and their details may also be posted on the Yahoo! website.

14.    Every reasonable effort will be made to contact the winners. If a winner cannot be contacted within 48 hours of the relevant competition end date, the Prize will revert to Yahoo! and may be awarded to another entrant at Yahoo!’s absolute discretion.

15.    The Prize winner may be required to sign a Prize Acceptance Form before the Prize is awarded. If a Prize winner is under the age of 18 years, a parent or guardian may be required to sign a Prize Acceptance Form before the Prize is awarded. Any Prize winner who is under 18 must be accompanied on the trip by a parent or guardian who is 18 years or older.

Use of Personal Information

16.    Your personal information will be used by Yahoo! to conduct the competition, for participation in the Prize and in accordance with Yahoo!'s Privacy Policy, currently located at http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/uk, subject to the following, which shall be in addition to the Privacy Policy:

16.1.    if you are the winner of the Prize, Yahoo! may use your information collected during the Promotion for marketing or promotional purposes, including using your name and likeness to announce the winners online as described above in section 13
16.2.    if you are the winner of the Prize, Yahoo! shall pass your details to Warner for the purposes of Prize fulfilment. Warner may ask you to take part reasonable post-competition publicity as described in section 11 and you may be filmed, photographed or otherwise recorded by Warner or other third parties for publicity and you consent to the use of your personal data for such purposes.;
16.3.    You agree to the processing by Yahoo! and their affiliates of personal information about you submitted when you enter this competition or collected if you participate in a Prize (including without limitation information about your physical or mental health, racial or ethnic origins, religious or similar beliefs, sexual life, political opinions, trade union membership, criminal convictions or alleged criminal activity, as applicable), for the purposes and in the manner set out above or in that Yahoo! Privacy Policy (including the disclosures of such information or transfer of it to jurisdictions which may not provide the same legal protection as in the United Kingdom or the country in which you are located).
16.4.    You agree to the processing by Yahoo! and their affiliates of personal information about you submitted when you enter this competition  or collected if you participate in a prize (including without limitation information about your physical or mental health, racial or ethnic origins, religious or similar beliefs, sexual life, political opinions, trade union membership, criminal convictions or alleged criminal activity, as applicable), for the purposes and in the manner set out above or in that Yahoo! Privacy Policy (including the disclosures of such information or transfer of it to jurisdictions which may not provide the same legal protection as in the United Kingdom or the country in which you are located).

17.    Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Yahoo! is not responsible for any loss or damage associated with you entering into this competition, the carrying out of the draw or the provision or otherwise of any aspect of any prize or any act or omission of any other person or party, and all warranties, conditions and representations (of any kind) not expressly set out in these terms and conditions are hereby excluded.

18.    Yahoo! may terminate these terms and conditions, the competition or any prize if you do not comply with any of these terms and conditions or are unlikely to do so, if Yahoo! decides in its absolute discretion to withdraw the competition before any winners are notified, or thereafter if any circumstances beyond Yahoo!’s reasonable control prevent or restrict Yahoo! or any other person or party from providing the prize or any aspect of the prize.

19.    You agree that (unless applicable law requires otherwise) any right that you have under applicable law to cancel ends when the winner of the competition is announced. If thereafter you cannot participate in any prize for reasons beyond your reasonable control, you must notify Yahoo! and Yahoo! may in its absolute discretion give that prize to someone else.

20.    You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations, or subcontract your obligations, under these terms and conditions, such as giving a prize to anyone else, without Yahoo!’s prior written consent.  Yahoo! may assign or transfer its rights or obligations, or subcontract its obligations, under these terms and conditions without your consent.

21.    Yahoo! or its licensors retain and reserves all rights in and to each website, and all aspects of the competition and each prize, including all derivatives, developments, modifications and improvements.

22.    These terms and conditions, and any instructions from Yahoo!, constitute the entire agreement between you and Yahoo!, superseding any prior agreements between you and Yahoo!. Any failure or delay by Yahoo! in exercising or enforcing, or partial exercise or enforcement of, any right or provision of these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision (or waive any further exercise or enforcement) or any other right or provision. If any provision of these terms and conditions is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision and the other provisions of the terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect.

23.    These terms and conditions and all matters arising from or in connection with them are governed by English law and the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction in the event of any such dispute.