- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
- NC Ag Exports LinkedIn Giveaway (“Sweepstakes”) is open to all natural persons, who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry, and who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Void outside the United States, in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other United States territories and possessions. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.
- The Sweepstakes sponsor is the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Marketing Division (“Sponsor”), located at 2 West Edenton Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601, with a mailing address of 1020 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1020. Sponsor and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, agents, representatives, officers, directors, and employees, and any entity or individual involved in the development, production, implementation, administration, judging, or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes, including without limitation, the immediate family members of such individuals, are not eligible to participate.
- Entry Period. This Sweepstakes begins on June 1, 2022, at 8:00 A.M. and ends on June 22, 2022, at 11:59 P.M (“Entry Period”).
- How to Enter. During the Entry Period, visit the Sponsor’s LinkedIn posting titled NC Ag Exports LinkedIn Giveaway (“LinkedIn Post”) regarding the Sweepstakes, “like” the LinkedIn Post, “follow” Sponsor’s LinkedIn account NC Ag Exports LinkedIn Giveaway, and follow the instructions in the LinkedIn Post to electronically complete and submit the Sweepstakes entry form. You may follow Sponsor’s LinkedIn account through the follow feature through the LinkedIn Post. The LinkedIn Post can be found under Sponsor’s LinkedIn account at NC Ag Exports, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ncagexports/. If you already “follow” Sponsor on LinkedIn, you will still be eligible to participate. In the Sweepstakes entry form, you will be asked to provide basic contact information, including your name, age, street address, phone number, and email address. You must have a LinkedIn account to participate. A premium or paid LinkedIn account is not required. You must be the owner of the email account associated with the LinkedIn account from which your entry is made. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, LinkedIn. You understand you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to LinkedIn. All entries become the property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned.
- Limitations on Entries. LIMIT TO ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. No third-party entry or entry through any sweepstakes service is permitted. Any person who attempts or otherwise encourages the entry of multiple or false contact information under multiple identities or LinkedIn accounts or uses any device or artifice to enter or encourage multiple or false entries, as determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified.
- The prize is a collection of North Carolina specialty food products. The prize is estimated to have a value of $150.
- There will be one winner selected. At the end of the Entry Period, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period.
- Odds of Winning. The odds of winning any drawing will be determined by the number of eligible entries received.
- Notification of the Winner. Sweepstakes winner will be notified by email provided by the participant from Sponsor. An email will be sent to the winner’s email account as provided in the entry form within 14 days after the drawing. All decisions of Sponsor are final and binding. The winner must respond to Sponsor within 1 week from the date the notification is sent by Sponsor to claim their prize. Failure to contact Sponsor within that 1-week period will result in immediate disqualification of the selected participant and a new winner will be selected. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify the winner.
- Winner’s Name. The winner of the Sweepstakes will be announced by posting through Sponsor’s LinkedIn account after the winner is confirmed.
- Sponsor shall not be responsible for any entries in the Sweepstakes that are not properly entered due to data corruption or otherwise not received correctly, or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email, or on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet, including with respect to LinkedIn or any website or combination thereof. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any lost, misdirected, or late entries into the Sweepstakes.
- ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICIPANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER WITH, OR VANDALIZE ANY SPONSOR-OWNED WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION OR RELATED SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, THE ENTRY PROCESS, OR OTHERWISE INTERFERE WITH OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
- General Terms. By entering this Sweepstakes, you promise to abide by the Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor, which will be final and binding in all respects. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to refuse, disqualify, or withdraw any entry at any time. Sponsor will not be responsible for any injury, damage or loss of any kind arising out of your participation in the Sweepstakes.
- Mailing and Disclaimer. The prize will be sent by mail to the address provided by the participant in the entry form. Sponsor shall not be liable for any delays caused by shipping, damages, or loss of the prize during shipping, or any other delivery issues or failures.
- RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. YOU AGREE TO RELEASE, DISCHARGE, AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, AND ASSIGNS FROM AND AGAINST ANY OR ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, INJURIES, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATION IN OR ARISING OUT OF THE SWEEPSTAKES.
- EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, BY ACCEPTING PRIZE, WINNER GRANTS SPONSOR A PERPETUAL, WORLDWIDE, ROYALTY-FREE LICENSE TO USE WINNER’S NAME, PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, AND/OR LIKENESS WITHOUT FURTHER AUTHORIZATION, COMPENSATION, OR REMUNERATION OF ANY KIND FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND OTHER PUBLICITY PURPOSES IN ANY AND ALL MEDIA NOW OR HEREAFTER KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
- Public Records. Sponsor is subject to public records law of the State of North Carolina and information provided as part of entry into the Sweepstakes may be disclosed in accordance with the public records laws of the State of North Carolina.
- Choice of Law, Forum, and Venue. Any dispute or action arising out of the Sweepstake shall be brought in the State of North Carolina and be subject to the laws of the State of North Carolina. Venue shall be in Wake County, North Carolina.
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