Bentley Universitys

PreparedU Audience
Survey Giveaway
Official Rules
No Purchase Necessary To Enter Or Win.
Void Where Prohibited.
This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed
or administered by Amazon.com, Inc.
1. Giveaway Period/Description: The PreparedU Audience Survey Giveaway begins at
8:00:00 am Eastern Time (ET) on 10/7/15 and ends at 8:00:00 pm ET on 10/14/15, the
Giveaway Period.
2. Eligibility: The giveaway is only open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and
the District of Columbia who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry.
Employees, directors and officers of Bentley University (Sponsor) are not eligible. Void
wherever prohibited or restricted by law. The Giveaway is subject to all federal, state and local
laws. By entering the Giveaway, participants are bound by and agree to these Official Rules,
and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding.
3. How To Enter: Throughout the Giveaway Period, you may enter by completing the survey
sent to you by Bentley University. Only one entry per person. All entries must comply with these
Official Rules and meet the submission guidelines detailed below (Submission Guidelines) to
be eligible. Entries received from any person, regardless of email address used, in excess of the
stated limitation will be void. All entries must be received during the Giveaway Period to be
eligible. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned, and Sponsor will
not verify receipt of entries.
4. Submission Guidelines: Each entry that is submitted to the Giveaway must comply with
the following Submission Guidelines. Any entry that, in Sponsors sole and absolute discretion,
violates these Official Rules or the Submission Guidelines below will be disqualified and/or will
not be eligible to win a prize.
The entry MUST, in the sole discretion of Sponsor:
Be written in English;
The entry must NOT, in the sole discretion of Sponsor:
Contain material that violates or infringes upon anothers rights, including but not limited
to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights (including, without limitation, trademark
or copyright infringement);
Disparage Sponsor or its products or services, Sponsors competitors or their products
or services, or any other person or party affiliated with the Giveaway;

Contain the names, likenesses, Instagram/Twitter handles, associated hashtags, or

other indicia identifying any celebrities and/or other public or private figure, living or
dead, unless they are part of the activity portrayed in the photo;
Contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, profane, hateful, tortious,
defamatory, slanderous, controversial or libelous;
Contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or
individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, gender identity, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
Contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to applicable laws or
regulations; and/or
Contain material in which the Released Parties do not wish to associate themselves
with, in their sole discretion.

5. Approximate Retail Value (ARV)/Odds of Winning: 3 winners will be selected in a

random drawing on or about October 28, 2015 from among all entries received during the
Sweepstakes Period. Each winner will receive one $100 gift card to Amazon.com.
The total aggregate retail value of all prizes is $300. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash and
no substitution or transfer of such prizes by winner is permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute a similar prize of equal or greater value in its sole discretion. Winner is responsible for
federal, state, and local taxes, if any, on a prize based upon the value of the prize as set forth in
these rules and is also responsible for all other costs and expenses not explicitly stated herein
as being included. Any trademarks used in this promotion are the property of the respective
trademark owners and are used herein for identification purposes only. All details of all prizes
shall be in Sponsor's sole discretion, and certain restrictions may apply. Winners agree that all
prizes are being provided "as is," with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied.
Odds of winning will depend upon the number of entries received. Any entrant who is selected in
the random drawing shall be deemed a potential winner, and such entrant and his/her entry
shall be subject to verification and compliance with the requirements of these Official Rules.
Potential winners will be notified by email to the email address submitted at the time of entry. If
any prize notification is undeliverable or is not responded to within five days of delivery or in the
event of non-compliance with any of the requirements of these Official Rules, the prize will be
forfeited in its entirety and an alternate potential winner will be selected at random from the
remaining Eligible Entries received for the applicable drawing.
6. Winner Notification/Acceptance: All potential winners must comply with these Official
Rules as published in order to accept a prize and be confirmed as an official winner.
Administrator will notify the potential Prize winner(s) via an email from a Bentley University
email account to the winners email addresses. Amazon.com gift cards will be sent to winners
via the email addresses they provided. If in any instance, notification attempt(s) for the potential
prize winner(s) fails for any reason, or if a potential prize winner is found to have not complied
with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and an alternate potential winner will be
selected from among remaining eligible entries, if any. Further, winners shall indemnify the
Released Parties from any claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable
legal fees) arising from breach of these Official Rules.
7. General Rules: By participating in the Giveaway, participants agree to be bound by these
Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

8. Limitations of Liability: Participants, by participating in the Giveaway, release and agree

to hold the Released Parties harmless from and against any and all liability, claims or action of
any kind whatsoever, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death
and bodily injury, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of any prize and/or participating in this Giveaway or in any
Giveaway-related activity, whether sponsored, held by or paid for by a third party or by Sponsor.
Additionally, the Released Parties are not responsible for late, misdirected, or incomplete
entries, or for any virus contracted by an entrants computer through participation in the
Giveway or viewing the rules, for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by a
human or by a computer or Internet malfunction or interference, tampering, manipulation,
weather or natural disaster, acts of war, or by any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Giveaway, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission,
interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation; or for failed computer, satellite, telephone,
wireless or cable transmissions, lines or technical failure. Released Parties are not responsible
for any errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, electronic, computer, network,
typographical, printing, administrative or otherwise relating to or in connection with the
Giveaway, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with
the administration of the Giveaway, the verification of the participant or prize or in any
Giveaway-related activity or materials. The Released Parties are not responsible for lost,
interrupted or inaccessible or unavailable network, server, wireless service, Internet Service
Provider (ISP), website, or other connections or any combination thereof. Sponsor reserves the
right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects of tampering with the
participation process or the operation of the Giveaway, to be acting in violation of the Official
Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy,
abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of any devices, which subvert the
participation process, will void all participation by such methods, and disqualify any entrant
using such methods. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE
OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH
PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW. If, for any reason, the Giveaway is not capable of running as planned by reason of, but
not limited to, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, virus, bug, worm,
unauthorized human intervention or any other causes which Sponsor, in the sole opinion of
Sponsor, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper
conduct of this Giveaway, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Giveaway and post notice of the action where they deem fit.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS
FOR, AND ENTRANTS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER. IN NO EVENT SHALL
SPONSOR BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTRANT OR WINNER FOR DAMAGES THAT EXCEED
THE VALUE OF THE PRIZE TO BE AWARDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT IN THIS
GIVEAWAY. SPONSORS FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION IN THESE OFFICIAL
RULES WILL NOT BE DEEMED A WAIVER OF SUCH.
9. Governing Law and Venue: THE GIVEAWAY IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN
MASSACHUSETTS. IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED
THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL THEN BE RESOLVED BY
FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE EXPERIENCED AND

LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. ALL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT

PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY OF
MIDDLESEX. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES,
AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS
FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS
AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. EXCEPT
WHERE PROHIBITED, YOU AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND/OR
CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF, OR CONNECTED WITH THE GIVEAWAY OR ANY
PRIZE AWARD SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM
OF CLASS ACTION, AND EXCLUSIVELY BY THE APPROPRIATE COURT LOCATED IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
10. Privacy Policy/Terms: Any personally identifiable information collected during this
Giveaway will be collected by Sponsor and used by Sponsor, its affiliates, agents and marketers
for purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Giveaway as described in these
Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy as stated at
http://www.bentley.edu/offices/information-security-data-privacy/policy and as allowed by law.
11. Winners List: For a list of the winners, available after the Giveaway has ended, send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope by 09/08/15 to: Publisher, PreparedU Audience Survey
Giveaway Winners List, Bentley University, Marketing and Communications Dept., 175 Forest
Street, Waltham, MA 02452.
12. Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Giveaway is Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham,
MA 02452.
This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Amazon.com, Inc.