Pass Giveaway Terms and Conditions

SXSW London Pass Giveaway Terms and Conditions 

1.      The Promoter

1.1.           This Competition is operated and managed by SXSW London Limited (a company registered in England and Wales with the company number 16034054). (SXSW London, We or Us). You can find everything you need to know about us and this Competition on our website (https://www.sxswlondon.com/about) and in these Terms. If you have any questions or comments in respect of us or this Competition, you can contact us via our Customer Service Team (available https://www.sxswlondon.com/about#5WNfoCAb0J7yDn2wdZGdYZ).

2.      The Competition

2.1.           The title of the competition is “SXSW London Pass Giveaway” (the Competition).

3.      How to enter

3.1.           The Competition will run from 13:00 on 22nd May (the Opening Date) to 13:00 on 27th May (the Closing Date) inclusive.

3.2.           All competition entries must be received by Us no later than midnight on the Closing Date. We reserve the right to disregard any competition entries received after the Closing Date. 

3.3.           To enter the Competition you must :

3.3.1.     post to your social media platform two (x 2) facts about the future and one prediction about the future; 

3.3.2.     “Tag” @sxswlondon and #sxswlondon on your social media platform;  

3.4.           (the Competition Entries)

3.5.           The Competition is free to enter. You may need to have access the internet in order to enter. Costs for this may vary, please check with your service provider for current charges.

3.6.           We will not accept:

3.6.1.     responsibility for competition entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any postal failure, equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or 

3.6.2.     proof of posting or transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the Competition.

3.7.           By choosing to participate in the Competition, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions. 

3.8.           The Competition Entries will be judged by a panel of three judges based on the most creative submitted Competition Entry. The decision of the panel of judges (acting reasonably) will be final.

3.9.           We will send the full names of the judges to anyone who writes within one month after the Closing Date of the Competition requesting details of the judges. 

4.      Eligibility

4.1.           The Competition is open to all residents in the UK over the age of 18, except our employees (or employees of our holding or subsidiary companies or of our agents or suppliers) or anyone who is professionally connected with the Competition or its administration. 

4.2.           In entering the Competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim a Prize. We may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the Competition.

4.3.           We will not accept Competition Entries that are:

4.3.1.     automatically generated by computer or created by artificial intelligence (including but not limited to chatbots such as ChatGPT or similar software applications);

4.3.2.     completed by third parties or in bulk;

4.3.3.     photocopies; or

4.3.4.     incomplete.

4.4.           There is a limit of one entry per social media channel per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.

4.5.           If anyone other than you appears in your entry, you must have their permission to use their name and/or likeness in the manner contemplated by this Competition and such person(s) must be aged 18 years or over.

4.6.           Each entry:

4.6.1.     must be suitable for display and publication online and should not be obscene or indecent (including but not limited to including any nudity, pornography or profanity); it must not contain defamatory statements or words or symbols that are offensive either generally or to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group; it must not include threats to any person, place, business or group; it must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity; and it must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards;

4.6.2.     must not contain or refer to any products or personal data (such as your address or other personal details) other than your own appearance; and it must not contain or reference any third party trade marks or logos unless such inclusion is merely incidental and is not prominent and as long as it is included with due cause and in such a way that it does not take unfair advantage of any third party trade marks;

4.6.3.     must be the entrant’s own original creation and must not contain the whole or a substantial part of any copyright protected works (other than as owned by the entrant).

4.7.           If you submit an entry that includes material with the rights in which are owned by a third party, including intellectual property rights such as copyright and trade marks, you will be responsible for any legal action that party may take against you.

4.8.           You shall indemnify and hold Us and our respective affiliates, directors, agents, or other partners (the Indemnitees) harmless from any claims, actions, proceedings, costs (including reasonable legal fees) and expenses brought or asserted by a third party against any of the Indemnitees arising as a result of our use of the entrant's submission including but not limited to any breach of third party intellectual property rights.

4.9.           Entries received in connection with this Competition may be reviewed by Us or a third party moderator after they have been placed online to confirm they comply with these terms and conditions. If any such entries are or could reasonably be construed as being unlawful or contrary to these terms and conditions, We may remove them from our social media accounts immediately. We reserve the right to delete or remove any published entries from our social media accounts at any time without prior notice to entrants.

4.10.       We also reserve the right to reject entries that violate these terms and conditions. Entries will only be accepted if they comply with all entry instructions.

4.11.       Competition Entries cannot be returned.

5.      The Prize

5.1.           The Prize is x2 complimentary festival passes to SXSW London per each winner (a Prize). There will be 3 (three) winners of the Competition.

5.2.           Each Prize is not negotiable or transferable. There is no cash alternative to any Prize.

5.3.           Each Prize may not be sold, offered for sale or used in connection with any other competition or promotion by the Prize winners.

6.      Winners

6.1.           The decision of SXSW London is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.

6.2.           The winners of the Prize Drawer will be randomly selected by a verifiable computer process. 

6.3.           We will contact the winners personally as soon as practicable after the prize draw has taken place using Instagram DM. Only the winners will be contacted. 

6.4.           We will send the surname and country of major prize winners and, if applicable copies of their winning entries, to anyone who emails hello@sxswlondon.com within one month after the Closing Date of the Competition. 

6.5.           If you object to any or all of your surname, county and winning entry being published or made available, please contact Us hello@sxswlondon.com.  In such circumstances, We must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request. 

7.      Claiming a Prize

7.1.           We will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winners.

7.2.           If any of the winners cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed their Prize within fourteen (14) days after the date of the prize draw, or is unable to comply with these standard terms and conditions, We reserve the right to offer that Prize to the next eligible entrant drawn at random from the entries that were received before the Closing Date.

7.3.           We do not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up a Prize.  

7.4.           To redeem a Prize you must provide your e-mail address and We will arrange for the Prize to be delivered to you.

8.      Ownership of Competition Entries and Intellectual Property Rights

8.1.           All competition entries and any accompanying material submitted to us with become our property on receipt and will not be returned.

8.2.           By submitting your Competition Entry and any accompanying material, you agree to:

8.2.1.     assign to Us all your intellectual property rights with full title guarantee; and

8.2.2.     waive all moral rights, in and to your Competition Entry and otherwise arising in connection with your entry to which you may now or at any time in the future be entitled under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended from time to time and under all similar legislation from time to time in force anywhere in the world.

8.3.           You agree that We may, but are not required to, make your entry available on our website https://www.sxswlondon.com/ and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, and in connection with any publicity of the Competition.  You agree to grant Us a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence, for the full period of any intellectual property rights in the Competition Entry and any accompanying materials], to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and sub-licence the Competition Entry and any accompanying materials for such purposes.

9.      We use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Notice

How we use any personal data you give us is set out in our Privacy Notice (available here). 

10. General

10.1.       The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook, Instagram, X or TikTok. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Competition must be directed to Us and not to Facebook, Instagram, X or TikTok. You release Facebook, Instagram,  X or TikTok from all liability relating to the Competition.

10.2.       Insofar as is permitted by law, We, nor our agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the Prize except where it is caused by our negligence of the Us, our agents or distributors or our employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.

10.3.       If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, We, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the Competition or from claiming a Prize.

10.4.       We reserve the right to withdraw, amend or terminate (temporarily or permanently) these terms and conditions or the Competition with or without prior notice where it becomes necessary to do so due to any unforeseen circumstances outside their reasonable control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud or in the event of technical or other difficulties that might compromise its integrity).

10.5.       These terms and conditions (including all non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. If any entrants to this promotion wish to take court proceedings, then they submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England & Wales.