Dental and Oral Health

Name the Health Department’s Molar Mascot Contest rules and regulations

Sept.10-Sept. 21, 2018

Name the Health Department’s Molar Mascot Contest. Please read these Official Rules and Regulations before entering the Contest. Participation in the Contest constitutes full and unconditional agreement and acceptance of these Official Rules and Regulations, which are final on all matters relating to the Contest.

Contest Sponsor

Durham Region Health Department ("Contest Sponsor"), the Regional Municipality of Durham, its employees, Regional Council Members, agents and assigns shall not be held responsible for any costs, losses, damages or expenses arising by reason of accident, negligence, printing, administrative or other errors that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to modify, amend, suspend or terminate this Contest at any time, without prior notice, with no obligation or liability.

Contest Duration

The Contest starts on Sept. 10, 2018 at 8 a.m. and ends Sept. 21, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.
Entries received prior to or after the Contest duration will be disqualified.

Eligibility

The Contest is open to residents of the Regional Municipality of Durham.

How to Enter

To enter the Contest follow @DurhamRegionHealth on Facebook or Instagram "like" the Contest post and submit an original name suggestion for our molar mascot in the comments section of the Contest post. Once a user has followed the account and commented their suggested Mascot name, the user will be automatically entered into the Contest. A user who followed the account and posted a name will be considered a participant in the Contest. All names submitted will be reviewed by a panel judges and a name will be selected as the winner. Criteria for consideration will be appropriateness, creativity and originality for a female or male tooth mascot. Selection of the judges are final. All entries become the sole property of the Durham Region Health Department.

Responses must be received on the Durham Region Health Department’s Facebook or Instagram pages within the Contest Duration (See above).

Each name entered will be considered as one entry for the participant.

No responsibility is assumed by the Contest Sponsor, its employees, Regional Council members, agents and assigns, for any disruption to telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software or failure for any entry to be received because of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet as well as lost, misdirected or late entries which for any reason are not received or which are illegible or incomplete.

Prize Description

Oral B GENIUS Electric Toothbrush.

Selection of Winner

The Contest Sponsor will pick the winning name through a panel of judges.

If there is more than one entry with the same name, the winning name will be randomly selected from eligible Contest entries.

The Contest winner will be contacted by 4 p.m. on Wednesday Sept.26, 2018 after the Contest ends. The Contest winner will be announced on the Health Department’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

The Contest winner will be contacted by staff from Durham Region Health Department either privately via Facebook or Instagram direct message or through the Contest post and asked to pick up their prize at the Durham Region Oral Health Division office located at 1615 Dundas Street East, Whitby ON.

The Contest Sponsor's decisions as to all matters related to administration of the Contest and selection of the winner(s) is final.

General Terms and Conditions

Participation in the Contest is conditional upon acceptance of the following terms and conditions:

The Contest is governed by the laws of Canada and the Province of Ontario, excluding conflicts of laws principles. All federal, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Contest void where prohibited. Contest may only be entered in or from Ontario by residents of the Regional Municipality of Durham and entries originating from any other jurisdiction are not eligible for entry.

The Contest Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to remove any comments or posts on the Content Sponsor's Facebook, Instagram or Twitter pages by any Participant, that the Contest Sponsor deems inappropriate, offensive or contrary to any law whatsoever and such removal will deem the Participant to be disqualified from the Contest.

Information posted on social media sites can be read by anyone and as such anonymity/confidentiality of sender and any information contained within the correspondence cannot be guaranteed. The collection and use of contact information will be for the sole purpose of awarding the prize to the winning participant(s) pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER M.56, as amended from time to time.

The Contest Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion, to add to, remove, modify or otherwise change the Contest at any time without notice if fraud or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Contest as determined by the Contest Sponsor in its sole discretion. Continued participation in the Contest will constitute acceptance of the changes.

If a person is dissatisfied with any portion of the Contest or disagrees with any of these General Terms and Conditions or its other Rules and Regulations, the sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue participation in the Contest.

The Participant is solely and uniquely liable for the quality, accuracy, completeness and/or timeliness of the information contained in their Contest entry submission. The Participant is responsible for any errors, omissions and/or misrepresentations contained in any of the information they provide. The Contest Sponsor assumes no liability for any common law or statutory breach arising from the information provided and/or any acts or omissions done in connection with participation in this Contest.

By participating in the Contest, participants release, indemnify and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor, its respective employees, Regional Council Members, agents and assigns from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, including death, arising from or in connection with the Contest or receipt or use and/or misuse of any prize.

The Contest Sponsor, its employees, Regional Council Members, agents and assigns are not liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including as a result of the Participant's participation in the Durham Region Health Department’s Name the Molar Mascot Contest whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise.

By participating in the Contest, participants consent to receive a private message on Facebook or Instagram from Durham Region Health Department. If the Contest winner can not be contacted by this method, the winner will also be contacted through the post.

The participants and Contest Sponsor acknowledge that the Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Facebook.

Participation in the Contest constitutes the participant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and Regulations and General Terms and Conditions.

By participating in the Contest, and as a condition of being awarded a prize, except where prohibited by law, the Winner grants the Sponsor an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license and right, to publicize, broadcast, display and/or otherwise use the Promotion participant’s name and entry and biographical material (collectively, “Licensed Rights”) in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional consent, review, compensation, permission or approval of Winner.