Social Media Competition Rules

GENERAL RULES FOR COMPETITIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITES of FUERGY Industries j. s. a., under the brands FUERGY and INFIMEO

I. Introductory provision

1. The organizer of the competition is FUERGY Industries j. s. a., with its registered office at Pribinova 34, Bratislava – Staré mesto 811 09, ID No.: 52 083 799, registered in the Business Register of the City Court Bratislava III, Section: Sja, Insert No.: 65/B (hereinafter referred to as the “Organizer” or “Operator“).
2. The competition takes place within the territory of the Slovak Republic via social media platforms, in particular (but not exclusively) Facebook and Instagram (hereinafter referred to as “Social network” or collectively “Social networks“) or via the websites www.fuergy.com and www.infimeo.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Websites“).
3. The purpose of these competition rules on social media is to regulate the legal relationships between participants and the Operator. By participating in any competition announced by the Operator, the participant expresses consent to these rules, as well as to the specific rules and conditions of the competition stated in the competition announcement, and undertakes to comply with them.

II. Conditions of participation

1. Only a natural person with a delivery address in the territory of the Slovak Republic, who is registered on social networks, maintains an active social media account for the entire duration of the competition, and complies with the competition rules may become a participant (hereinafter referred to as the “Participant”).
2. The Participant undertakes to comply with all terms of use of the Facebook social network published at www.facebook.com/terms.php or Instagram terms published at
   https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870

III. Conditions for entering the competition

1. Only persons over 18 years of age at the time the competition is published may participate.
2. Before entering the competition, the Participant must be the owner of a personal profile on the relevant social network, established in accordance with the terms of that social network.
3. Participation in the competition is conditional upon:
   • Granting consent to the processing of personal data for the purposes of fulfilling contractual or statutory obligations of the Operator. Participation in the competition in accordance with these rules is deemed to constitute such consent;
   • Compliance with the terms of use of the relevant social network.
4. Any sharing of the competition post on the Participant’s personal profile or in other groups, tagging friends, tagging other persons or pages, distributing the competition content, or following the Operator’s social media profiles is voluntary and does not constitute a condition for participation in the competition.

IV. Duration of the competition

1. The duration of the competition is defined in the competition announcement (post). The competition begins at the time of its publication on social media unless stated otherwise. The end of the competition is specified in the competition announcement.
2. A Participant may enter the competition once or repeatedly in accordance with the rules set by the Organizer, exclusively via their own social media profile maintained in accordance with social network rules and the conditions published in the competition announcement.

V. Prize Award Conditions

1. The principle of the competition, the conditions that must be fulfilled in order to be eligible for a prize and the details of the prize are published in the competition announcement published by the Operator.
2. The name and surname or profile name (nickname) of the winner(s) will be announced after the end of the competition, no later than 30 days, either in a comment under the competition post, as a separate post on the Operator’s social media, or as a separate notice on the Operator’s Websites.
3. The winner(s) must claim the prize and confirm interest in accepting it within 30 days of announcement by email at info@fuergy.com or info@infimeo.com.
4. Before awarding the prize, the Organizer reserves the right to request proof that the winner is the rightful recipient and has fulfilled all competition conditions. In disputed cases, the Organizer reserves the final decision regarding prize award.
5. The right to the prize expires if a breach of these Competition Rules is identified at any time before prize delivery, or if the winner fails to claim the prize within 30 days pursuant to this Article V. The right expires even if the winner did not become aware of the prize.
6. Failure to comply with the obligations under this Article V results in forfeiture of the prize without compensation. The Organizer reserves the right to select an alternate winner unless stated otherwise.

VI. Additional Competition Conditions

1. Complaints regarding the competition may be submitted in writing to info@fuergy.com or info@infimeo.com within 3 business days of the competition’s end. Complaints submitted later will not be considered.
2. Persons who do not meet participation conditions or act in violation of these rules will be excluded. If such a person becomes a winner (e.g., due to duplicate accounts), they are not entitled to the prize.
3. The Operator reserves the right to exclude participants without stating reasons if their behavior or social media profile shows signs of unfair or fraudulent conduct (e.g., duplicate accounts).
4. The Operator further reserves the right to exclude participants whose conduct or profile violates social network rules. In such cases or suspected violations, the account may be reported as fraudulent and prize delivery suspended pending platform review.
5. The competition Operator shall not be liable for any technical issues related to participation in the competition, in particular the proper and uninterrupted functioning of social media platforms. The operator shall also not be liable for the delivery of any notification message informing participants of a win, nor for the delivery of prizes sent via postal service providers or courier companies.
6. Participation in the competition does not constitute a legal entitlement to a prize. Prizes are not legally enforceable and are awarded at the sole discretion of the Organizer.
7. Participants are not entitled to claim financial or any other consideration in lieu of prizes and are not entitled to any other consideration from the Organizer other than as set out in these rules.
8. In order to claim the prize, the winner(s) are obliged to inform the Organiser of their name and surname, address for delivery of the prize, email and telephone contact.
9. IWhere prizes are delivered by standard postal services or similar transport within the territory of the Slovak Republic, the delivery costs shall be borne by the Operator. If the prize cannot be delivered to the address provided by the winner due to reasons attributable to the winner, the winner shall be obliged to reimburse the operator for the costs incurred for re-sending and packaging the prize. The Operator shall not be obliged to attempt re-delivery of the prize unless the winner provides a correct delivery address and pays the aforementioned costs.

VII. Personal Data Protection

1. By participating in the competition on the organizer’s social media platforms and websites, the participant confirms that they have familiarized themselves with these Social Media Competition Rules and agrees to their wording.
2. The participant acknowledges that, upon acceptance of these rules or by entering the competition, the Operator is entitled, in the position of data controller, to process the participant’s personal data to the extent of first name and surname, gender, email address, telephone contact, social media username, and, in the case of a winner, also the delivery address, all for the purpose of organizing and conducting the competition, in particular for verifying the participant’s participation in the competition and compliance with these rules, evaluating the competition and announcing the winners, as well as contacting them, handing over prizes, and publishing information on social media.
3. The legal basis for the processing of personal data is based on the performance of the contractual relationship arising from the contestant’s participation in the competition under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and Act No.18/2018 Coll. on the Personal Data Protection and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended.
4. In order to participate in the competition, the Participant is obliged to provide the competition Pperator with their personal data to the extent specified by the Operator, for the purpose of fulfilling the Operator’s obligations and ensuring the proper course of the competition.
5. All personal data of the Participant will be stored only for the period necessary to fulfill the Operator’s obligations and to protect their rights.
6. The participant has the right to request access to personal data relating to them, the right to rectification of personal data, the right to erasure of personal data, the right to restriction of processing, the right to object to the processing of personal data, as well as the right to data portability. More information on the conditions of data processing by the operator is published on the following websites: Privacy Policy | FUERGY and Privacy Policy | Infimeo.
7. Personal data may be processed automatically or by authorized employees of the competition Operator. The participant further acknowledges that the provided personal data may be disclosed to Slovenská pošta, a.s., in connection with the delivery of prizes.
8. The Participant also acknowledges their right to request confirmation from the operator regarding the processing of the above-mentioned personal data, the right to access such data, the right to have them corrected or supplemented, blocked or restricted, or erased, as well as the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority of the Slovak Republic, which is the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic. The participant also has the right to request the operator to transfer the personal data they have provided to the operator in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and the right to request that such data be transmitted directly to another controller, where technically feasible.
9. For questions and for exercising your rights in relation to personal data, please use the email addresses: info@fuergy.com or info@infimeo.com
10. The participant acknowledges that by providing personal data via the social networks Facebook and Instagram, such data will also be further processed by these platforms as independent data controllers, in accordance with their own privacy policies. The organizer has no influence over the scope and method of data processing by these companies and is not a joint controller. More information on data processing can be found in the privacy policies of Meta Platforms on the relevant websites.

VIII. Rights to Submitted Content

1. The Participant undertakes to enter the competition only with content (e.g. text, photograph, video) of which they are the author or for which they have the right to use and license such content.
2. By submitting a competition entry, the participant grants the organizer a free-of-charge, non-exclusive, time-unlimited and territorially unlimited license to use such content for purposes related to the competition and its promotion, in all forms of use, including publication on social media and websites. The organizer is entitled to modify, process, combine the content with other works, and publish it under its own name. The organizer may assign the license or grant sublicenses to third parties.
3. If the competition entry contains elements of a personal nature, such as personal documents, likeness, or audio or audiovisual recordings, the participant, by submitting the competition entry, grants the operator a free consent for a period of 3 years to use such personal elements for the operator’s marketing purposes. This consent may be withdrawn at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to its withdrawal.

IX. Other Provisions

1. The Operator reserves the right to change, cancel or otherwise modify the competition and prizes at any time during the competition.
2. The rules of the competition are subject to change or amendment during the course of the competition.
3. The competition Operator shall not be liable for any damages or any pecuniary or non-pecuniary losses caused by the preparation or conduct of any competition activities, participation in the competition, or prizes won in the competition or in connection therewith. The Operator shall not be liable for loss, non-delivery, delay, or damage to a prize during transportation.
4. The Operator shall not be liable for any factual or legal defects of the prize.
5. The Participant acknowledges that no legal entitlement to a prize arises and that the prize cannot be claimed or enforced through the general courts of the Slovak Republic or by any similar means.
6. The Operator reserves the right to exclude a participant from the competition at any time without any entitlement to compensation or to the provision of a prize, and to delete their entries from any websites or social media platforms on which the competition is published or operated, if the Participant breaches these rules, breaches the terms of the social media platform, or if their conduct within the competition is contrary to the legitimate interests of the operator or other participants, or contrary to the legal order of the Slovak Republic or good morals.
7. The competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Meta Platforms Inc. (operator of Facebook and Instagram), has no association with it, and Meta Platforms Inc. has no obligations towards participants.
8. Meta Platforms Inc. (operator of Facebook and Instagram) does not provide any user support or responses to complaints or suggestions from participants.
9. Any questions, suggestions, complaints, or comments regarding the competition may be addressed exclusively to the Operator at info@fuergy.com and info@infimeo.com.