ASCENSIA “THIS IS DIABETES, THIS IS WELLBEING”
Condiciones generales

BY MAKING A SUBMISSION IN THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW AND YOU WARRANT THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBMISSION.  THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT, SO READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING A SUBMISSION.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN DO NOT ENTER A SUBMISSION IN THE CAMPAIGN. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PRINT A COPY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE.

CONDICIONES JURÍDICAS:  The party accepting these Terms and Conditions and entering a Submission (as defined herein) in the Ascensia “This is Diabetes submission” (“submission”) is referred to as a “Participant” or “you.”  By making a Submission, you are agreeing to be bound by these legal terms (the “Terms and Conditions”).

Sponsor/Administrador: La presentación se gestiona por Platform Worldwide Limited de The Old Casino, 28 Fourth Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, Inglaterra, BN3 2PJ, Reino Unido (“Administrador”), en nombre de Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG de Peter Merian-Strasse 90, P.O. Box 4052, Basilea, Suiza (“Sponsor”). El Sponsor ha establecido una asociación con el Administrador para gestionar el proceso de presentación y la verificación inicial de todas las Presentaciones (definidas en este documento) para determinar su elegibilidad y conformidad con los Requisitos de Presentación (definidos en este documento) y con estos Términos y Condiciones.

DATOS DE PRESENTACIÓN:

Período de presentación de propuestas:20th October, 2024 through November 25, 2024
Período de presentación de propuestas:20th October 2024 at 12:00:00 am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)  through October 31, 2023 at 11:59:59 pm  Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
Release of Answers:Answers will be on Ascensia.com website and Ascensia’s and This is Diabetes social media channels from November 14, 2024 onwards

Sponsor reserves the right to modify, remove or add data to thisisdiabetes.com (“the Website”) . Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to extend or modify the dates of the campaign and/or Open Submission Period, and to change the terms of these Terms and Conditions governing any portion thereof taking place after the effective date of any such change  by such other reasonable means as Sponsor may determine.  Participants are urged to consult the Website regularly for changes during the campaign.

INFORMACIÓN GENERAL:  Participation is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations. No purchase necessary. The submission is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Up to 3 submissions can be made per Participant and submissions are only valid from single individuals, team entries will not be accepted. As a condition of participating, each Participant agrees to provide documentation or other proof of his/her/its eligibility as requested and within the timeframe requested in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to restrict any person or entity who fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions from participation in the submission.

The overall premise of the submission for Participants is to submit a question that is related to the World Diabetes Day 2024 theme: Diabetes and Wellbeing. A selection will be answered by way of social media posts where we hope that the answers will help many people.

ELIGIBILIDAD: Individual legal residents who are (i) eighteen (18) years or older and the age of majority in his or her jurisdiction of residence at the time of Submission and (ii) who have not been convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude and (iii) are not a healthcare professional (“Individual Participant”). For the purpose of this section healthcare professionals are individuals (with a clinical or non-clinical role; whether a government official, or employee or representative of a government agency or other public or private sector organization; including but not limited to, physicians, nurses, technicians, laboratory scientists, researchers, research co-ordinators or procurement professionals) that in the course of their professional activities may directly or indirectly purchase, lease, recommend, administer, use, supply, procure or determine the purchase or lease of, or who may prescribe medical technologies or related services.

¿Cómo entrar?: To make a submission, visit the Website during the Open Submission Period, accurately and truthfully complete all areas of the online Submitter Information Form (“Submission Form”), accept these Terms and Conditions, and follow the instructions for making a Submission as described on the Website and below.  As used herein, “Submission” means the Submission Form, including all solutions, information, documents or other materials submitted in connection with the submission, which should be an original work of art or photography, which the Participant owns the copyright rights to, which reflects the Wellbeing theme of the submission. Submissions will only be eligible if submitted during the Open Submission Period. Your Submission must include your contact information, and country of residence. Submissions may not be cancelled, removed, or revoked.  Sponsor is in no way obligated to review, use, or continue to use any Submission. Participants are responsible for any costs or expenses associated with preparing and submitting a Submission. All Submissions suspected of violating intellectual property rights, or any local or country law(s) will be ineligible.  Participants assume all risk of damaged, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, incorrect or misdirected Submissions.

PARTICIPACIÓN EN LA CAMPANÍA: A continuación se ofrece una descripción general del proceso de presentación de solicitudes:

Período de Presentación de Proyectos Abiertos 
Upon entering a Submission via the Website, you will receive an email confirming receipt of your Submission. Your Submission will be shared directly with the Administrator for initial review and screening to determine whether your Submission meets the eligibility criteria and Submission Requirements as described in these Terms and Conditions.  Administrator will pass only those Submissions which comply with these Terms and Conditions onto Sponsor for further review by Sponsor. These will then be reviewed by the expert panel to prepare answers. These will not be shared individually but on our social media and digital channels.

In the event that Administrator, in its sole discretion, determines that a Submission does not or may not meet the eligibility criteria or the Submission Requirements for the submission, Administrator may (a) disqualify the Submission, or (b) request that the Participant submit a revised Submission, for further consideration by Administrator.   

CONFIDENCIALIDAD:  As a Participant, you acknowledge no confidential photography or artwork should be submitted and if the photograph or artwork contains an image in which an individual is clearly identifiable that the Participant has the express permission of that individual to submit that piece of artwork or photograph depicting said individual to the submission.

DADOS DE CONTACTO: Si tiene alguna pregunta relacionada con este formulario de consentimiento o con la forma en que planeamos utilizar su información, puede comunicarse con: ascensia.communications@ascensia.com.

Si tiene alguna pregunta relacionada con la protección de datos, póngase en contacto con el Delegado de Protección de Datos en dp_office@phchd.com.

DERECHOS DE PIENSO: 

Except where prohibited by law, by making a Submission, you consent to the use by Sponsor and Administrator and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotions agencies, as applicable, and each of their respective agents, representatives, officers, directors, shareholders, and employees (collectively, “Sponsor Entities”), of the campaign, your name, location (city and state/province/territory/country), trademark (where applicable), photograph, biographical data, and/or other likeness for advertising, trade and promotional purposes in connection with the submission, without further compensation, in any media or format now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Internet and world wide web, without notice, consideration, review or approval and you release the Sponsor Entities from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, suits, judgments, damages, actions or other rights that you have, or may in the future have, related to such authorized uses. You agree that this consent is perpetual and cannot be revoked.  You agree that nothing in these Terms and Conditions grants you a right or license to use the Sponsor’s name or any Sponsor trademarks or service marks.

DATA PROTECTION: 

  1. El Patrocinador es el Controlador de Datos de sus datos personales. Esto significa que el Patrocinador decide para qué se utilizan sus datos personales y por qué.
  2. To participate, you need to provide certain personal data, such as name and contact details, to operate the campaign, and also publish their details, as set out in these Terms and Conditions. Use of your data is necessary for the performance of our contract with you when you enter the submission.
  3. Your email address will not be publicly shared and will only be used for communication regarding this campaign. It will not be used for marketing or any other purposes beyond this campaign. This ensures your personal information is kept secure and used strictly for the intended purpose of facilitating your participation.
  4. If your question is selected and published, we will include your name, country, and any image or video you have provided. If you’ve provided a social media handle, we may use it to tag you in the post. This content will be shared on the campaign’s social media channels and website as part of the promotion.
  5. We, and the partners we work with (including the UK-based Administrator), only use the information provided to operate the campaign, including to publicise it.
  6. Los detalles sobre cómo utilizamos sus datos se encuentran en Política de privacidad but if you would like to exercise any of your rights (including the right of erasure, right of access, or right to correct), or have any questions about how we use your data, please contact the Data Protection Officer: dp_office@phchd.com.
  7. You have the right to request access to the information we hold about you and to request corrections or deletions of information that is no longer required. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting Ascensia, in which case the image(s) featuring you will not be used in future materials but may continue to appear in materials already in circulation.
  8. Tiene derecho a presentar una queja sobre cuestiones de protección de datos ante la autoridad supervisora de su país.
  9. If your Submission is not answered, your details will be retained for 12 months after the end of the Submission, to highlight real life narratives on diabetes, in line with these Terms and Conditions. Data from entrants will be retained for five years for regulatory and compliance purposes, and their contributions will be retained in line with these Terms and Conditions.

GARANTÍAS: Al enviar un Contenido, usted declara y garantiza que toda la información que introduzca en el Formulario de Envío es verdadera y completa a su mejor conocimiento, que tiene el derecho y la autoridad para enviar un Contenido en su propio nombre y que su Contenido cumple con los siguientes requisitos (“Requisitos de Envío”):

  1. is your own original question; modification of an existing work does not qualify as different or original;
  2. no contiene información confidencial ni secretos comerciales (vuestros o de un tercero) y usted está presentando la información con la intención expresa de que no imponga obligaciones de confidencialidad al Patrocinador, al Administrador o a sus respectivos directivos, administradores, empleados, padres, filiales y afiliadas;
  3. no viola ninguna obligación de confidencialidad que le incumbe a otros;
  4. no viola ni infringe los derechos de patente, derechos de diseño industrial, derechos de autor, marcas comerciales, derechos a la privacidad, publicidad o cualquier otra propiedad intelectual o otros derechos de cualquier persona o entidad (viva o fallecida);
  5. for any image or photograph depicting an individual, that you have his/her/its/ their permission to submit for consideration;
  6. does not contain malicious code, such as viruses, timebombs, cancelbots, worms, Trojan horses or other potentially harmful programs or other material or information;
  7. no promoverá ni fomentará la infracción de ninguna ley, estatuto, ordenanza, reglamento o norma aplicable;
  8. no genera ninguna obligación de presentación de informes ni de pago de regalías a ningún tercero;
  9. no incluye información o contenido falso, fraudulento, engañoso o engañoso;
  10. no incluye marcas registradas, logotipos, embalajes ni material protegido por derechos de autor que no sea propiedad suya o que no haya sido utilizado sin permiso; no crea ni implica ninguna asociación indebida entre el Patrocinador y cualquier individuo, entidad o cualquier otra persona o sus productos o servicios;
  11. no sugiere, representa ni describe ningún comportamiento inapropiado o ilegal ni el uso de los productos o servicios del Patrocinador ni de otros productos o servicios;
  12. No desprecia a ninguna persona o entidad, incluyendo al Patrocinador, al Administrador o a cualquier otra persona vinculada a la presentación y administración de esta;
  13. no contiene texto inapropiado, indecente, obsceno, odioso, perjudicial, difamatorio, amenazante, despreciable, hostigador ilegalmente, calumnioso o difamatorio, según determine el Administrador o el Patrocinador;
  14. consiente de que su participación en la presentación y el acuerdo con estos Términos y Condiciones, así como el uso de su Presentación por parte del Patrocinador y el Administrador, no violarán ningún acuerdo al que usted sea signatario o parte.

A breach of any warranty set out in these Terms and Conditions will result in the corresponding Submission being invalid.  In addition, you agree to indemnify Sponsor and Sponsor Entities against all loss, damages and costs incurred by the Sponsor Entities arising from your breach of the warranty.

VERIFICACIÓN/AUDITORÍA: Participant understands and agrees that Sponsor or Administrator may (but is not required to) verify, audit or otherwise confirm Participant’s identity, registration information, eligibility or other information relating to any Participant or Submission that may aid Sponsor in selecting submission runner(s)-ups and winners.  Participant hereby consents to such verification efforts and shall reasonably cooperate fully and in good faith with Sponsor and Administrator throughout the duration of the submission.  Sponsor or Administrator, in their sole discretion, may suspend, remove or otherwise disqualify any Participant suspected of providing false, misleading or other information that may fail to comply with these Terms and Conditions, any applicable Website acceptable use policy or any other submission rules or regulations.  Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the submission or Website, as determined by Sponsor and Administrator, will be disqualified.

ATENCIÓN: CUALQUIER INTENTO DE UNA PERSONA PARA DAÑAR INTENCIONALMENTE EL SITIO WEB O MINAR LA OPERACIÓN LEGITIMADA DE LA CAMPAÑA SERÁ UNA VIOLACIÓN DE LA LEY CRIMINAL Y CIVIL APLICABLE. EN CASO DE QUE SE REALICE UN TIPO DE INTENTO, SPONSOR SE RESERVA EL DERECHO A RECLAMARSE LOS DAÑOS A CUALQUIER PERSONA DE LA MÁXIMA EXTENSIÓN DE LA LEY (Y A DESCALIFICAR A LA PERSONA DE LA PRESENTACIÓN, SI ES APTO).

 FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN WHICH SUCH CASE SUCH LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE RELEVANT JURISDICTION. 

Any Participant suspected, by Sponsor or Administrator, of attempting to circumvent these Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to using false email and/or addresses, multiple identities or other fraudulent or deceptive Submission methods, may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to the source of a Submission, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the person making the Submission.  The authorized “account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

NO OBLIGACIÓN: LIMITACIONES DE RESPONSABILIDAD: BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CAMPAIGN, YOU AGREE TO RELEASE, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR, SPONSOR ENTITIES, ADMINISTRATOR AND JUDGES FROM AND AGAINST ANY INJURIES, CLAIMS, ACTIONS, LIABILITY (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES), AND LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN, ASSOCIATION WITH OR SUBMISSION IN THE CAMPAIGN (INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS ALLEGING THAT YOUR SUBMISSION INFRINGES, MISAPPROPRIATES OR VIOLATES ANY THIRD PARTY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS). WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SPONSOR ENTITIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISCOMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS TECHNICAL FAILURES RELATED TO COMPUTER, TELEPHONE, CABLE, AND UNAVAILABLE NETWORK OR SERVER CONNECTIONS, RELATED TECHNICAL FAILURES, OR OTHER FAILURES RELATED TO HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR VIRUS, OR INCOMPLETE, LATE OR MISDIRECTED SUBMISSION. ANY COMPROMISE TO THE FAIR AND PROPER CONDUCT OF THIS CAMPAIGN MAY RESULT IN THE DISQUALIFICATION OF A SUBMISSION, TERMINATION OF THE CAMPAIGN, OR OTHER REMEDIAL ACTION, AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE SPONSOR. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT SPONSOR’S ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER SUBMISSION, EVEN IF SIMILAR TO YOUR SUBMISSION, SHALL NOT CREATA IN SPONSOR ANY LIABILITY TO YOU OR OTHERS. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SPONSOR IS NOT OBLIGATED TO TAKE ANY ACTION WHATSOEVER WITH REGARD TO YOUR SUBMISSION.

Separabilidad: La invalidez o la inexequibilidad de cualquier disposición de estos Términos y Condiciones no afectará a la validez o la aplicabilidad de cualquier otra disposición. En caso de que cualquier disposición se determine que es inválida o de otro modo inexequible o ilegal, estos Términos y Condiciones seguirán en vigor y serán interpretados de conformidad con sus términos, como si la disposición inválida o ilegal no se hubiera incluido en el presente documento.

RECONVENCIÓN: Al enviar su contribución, renuncia a todos los derechos para solicitar medidas cautelares o medidas equitativas, o para reclamar daños punitivos, incidentales o consecuentes, o honorarios de abogados.

LEY APLICABLE: You agree that these Terms and Conditions and the relationship between you and Sponsor shall be exclusively construed, interpreted and controlled by the laws of Switzerland.  All claims arising out of or related to the obligations created by these Terms and Conditions, whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be governed and decided by the courts of Basel Stadt, Switzerland. You acknowledge and agree that all aspects and content of your Submission shall be treated as if made in Switzerland and Swiss laws shall supersede the relevant laws of any country in which the Submission may have been conceived and/or made.  For Participants living outside of Switzerland, you specifically acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in these Terms and Conditions.