Update: Our competition is now closed. Thank you to all that entered!

SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. All entries received before 4pm on 4th November 2011, will qualify for chance to win 2 weeks free full access membership. Any entries after this time will not be entered into the competition.
2. DatingAgency.com will draw ONE winner at random from the entries on Monday 7th November 2011. We reserve the right to announce the competition winner at any time after the competition has closed.
3. You must ‘like’ us on facebook to enter. There are no other ways to enter this particular competition.
4. You may only enter once.
5. In order to win, you must be over 41 years of age, and have joined, or be able to join, DatingAgency.com with the following information: Full name, Email address, Date of birth, Gender.
6. To accept the prize you must have a working email and internet connection.
7. You must supply us with your membership number via email in order for us to provide you with your full prize (instructions for obtaining your membership number will be provided on winning).
8. You are eligible to win the prize if: you are a basic member of DatingAgency.com, you are a full member of DatingAgency.com, you are not a member of DatingAgency.com.
9. You may not publicise your experiences on DatingAgency.com membership in any way, unless otherwise stated.
10. This competition is only available to UK residents.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.1 These terms and conditions (which we will refer to as our “General Terms”) are the overarching general terms and conditions that apply to all the competitions promoted by the radio stations controlled by DatingAgency.com. We refer to all these competitions as the “Competitions ” in these General Terms.

1.2 Competitions may also have their own specific terms and conditions (such as the details of how to enter, what the opening/closing dates are and what sort of prize you may win). Any such Competition-specific terms and conditions will be made available by means of the relevant media as part of the promotion of the particular Competition. In these General Terms, we will refer to these Competition-specific terms and conditions as the “Specific Terms “.

1.3 You should therefore read these General Terms in combination with any applicable Specific Terms. Where any such Specific Terms conflict with these General Terms, the Specific Terms will take precedence.

1.4 We may change these General Terms at any time. You should check our website regularly for any changes which will apply from the date that they are uploaded.

1.5 By entering any Competition you agree that you will be legally bound by these General Terms and also any applicable Specific Terms.

2. IDENTITY OF THE PROMOTER OF THE COMPETITION

2.1 The “promoter” of a Competition is the person who is legally responsible for operating it. Unless any Specific Terms tell you otherwise, the promoter of the Competitions will be DatingAgency.com (“the Promoter”).

3. ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR OUR COMPETITIONS

3.1 Unless we impose a particular age limit in relation to any of our Competitions, they are open to all persons resident in the UK at the date of their entry. We reserve the right to require that all entrants are eligible to become a member of DatingAgency.com.

3.2 It will be our sole decision as to whether any eligibility requirement has or has not been met and we may require evidence or confirmation from entrants before awarding prizes.

3.3 Employees of the Promoter and their immediate families may not enter any Competition: neither may the employees of any third party sponsors, prize providers or their immediate families.

4. ENTRY AND ENTRY METHODS

4.1 Your entry will be via Facebook only. There is no alternative entry method.

4.2 We reserve the right to reject entries that are unlawful, indecent, racist, inflammatory, defamatory or which we consider to be otherwise harmful to the goodwill and reputation of our website that is running the Competition in question. We accept no responsibility for any late or misdirected entries not received due to technical disruptions, network congestion or any other reason.

4.3 Automated Entry: The use of any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits any person to enter any Competition repeatedly is prohibited.

4.4 Names: Entrants must enter Competitions using their legal name once only. We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant who uses multiple names and to require them to return any prize they may have won.

4.5 Multiple Entries. Unless otherwise permitted pursuant to any Specific Terms, no person may enter any Competition more than once and persons may not enter or participate as part of a syndicate or on behalf of any other person, syndicate, group, society or company.

5. PRIZES

5.1 The Prize is Two weeks full membership to DatingAgency.com. In the case that the winner is currently a non-paying Basic member, the prize will be a free two week upgrade for a period of not shorter than 14 days. In the case of the winner being a full paying subscriber, we will extend your existing membership subscription by a period of not shorter than 14 days.

5.2 We reserve in all cases the right to replace the stated prizes with prizes that we consider to be of broadly equivalent value. We offer no cash alternative for non-cash prizes and prize winners must accept prizes in the form offered. Where a prize is won by a person younger than 41, we reserve the right to award the prize to the prize winner’s parent or guardian on behalf of the prize winner.

5.3 All prize winners will be notified that they have won a prize within twenty eight (28) days of the closing date of the Competition via at least one of the following methods:

(a) DatingAgency.com Facebook Page status update.

5.4 We reserve the right to request proof of a prize winner’s identity in the form of a passport or driver’s licence and proof of address in the form of a utility bill. In the event that a prize winner cannot provide us with proof of identity reasonably acceptable to us, we may withdraw the prize and select another prize winner.

5.5 We make no representation or warranty in relation to prizes provided and to the fullest extent permitted by law we shall have no liability to you in relation to any prize, its fitness for purposes, merchantability or otherwise. We reserve the right to disqualify entrants from entering our Competitions or prize winners from receiving their prizes where any such person engages in unsafe, illegal, unsociable or inappropriate behaviour.

5.6 All stated prize values are at the supplier’s recommended retail price in pounds sterling and are correct at the time of promotion. We take no responsibility for any fluctuations in prize values.  Any other arrangement will be at our discretion.

6. UNCLAIMED PRIZES

6.1 All prizes must be claimed within 7 days of our notification of winning unless otherwise stated.

6.2 We reserve the right to award prizes unclaimed after this period to alternative prize winners or not to award them at all.

6.3 If you call to claim a prize from a “withheld number” line you must provide us with your contact details: otherwise we may be unable to contact you and you may as a result forfeit your prize.

7. PUBLICITY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

7.1 Should an entrant be required to submit a third party’s personal information as a part of entry into or participation in any Competition, each entrant must ensure that any other person whose details have been provided by the entrant to us has given or will give their consent for their details to be provided to us and to be contacted by us in relation to the relevant Competitions.

7.2 It is a condition of your entry to our Competitions that we have the right to publicise, broadcast and communicate to the public the name of the winner.

7.3 All entrants and particularly prize winners, may be required by us to participate in publicity. In this regard you agree that we shall have the right to use all the resulting publicity materials in any medium (including, without limitation, the internet) and in any manner we see fit, unless you advise us at the time of entering the Competition that you wish to retain your anonymity. If you elect for anonymity, we may not be able to include you in certain Competitions.

7.4 No fees shall be payable to any entrant in relation to their entry in any Competition.

8. DRAWS

8.1 Where any prize is awarded via a prize draw, prize winners will be chosen at random from all qualifying entries within twenty eight (28) days of the Competition closing date.

9. COPYRIGHT

9.1 By entering our Competitions all entrants:

(a) assign to us all rights (including present and future copyright) in their entry and their publicity materials in all media (including, without limitation, the internet) and whether in existence now or created in the future;

(b) agree not to assert any moral rights in respect of their entry and the publicity materials (wherever and whenever such rights are recognised) against the Promoter, its assigns, licensees and successors in title;

(c) undertake to us that their entry is not in breach of any third party intellectual property rights and will not contain anything, which is defamatory, indecent, harassing or threatening and that they will indemnify us for any loss, damage or liability arising should this turn out not to be true. If relevant, we reserve the right, but not the obligation (and without limiting entrants’ warranty and indemnity as set out above), to screen, filter and/or monitor information provided by the entrant and to edit, refuse to distribute or remove the same;

(d) Confirm that they have the right, power and authority to grant the rights set out above and that they have obtained all consents and permissions necessary to grant us the same.

10.2 For the avoidance of doubt, all rights in the name and title of the Competition and the format rights for the Competition are our sole property and we may exploit the same our absolute discretion.

11. TAMPERING AND OTHER MATTERS

11.1 If for any reason any Competition is not capable of running as planned as a result of any (including but not limited to) technical failures, unauthorised intervention, computer virus, mobile network failure, tampering, fraud or any other causes beyond our control which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of a Competition, we reserve the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition and/or any draw/s or judging related to the Competition and/or to disqualify any individual who (whether directly or indirectly) causes (or has caused) the problem.

12. TERMINATION OF COMPETITION

The Promoter may vary the terms of, or terminate, a Competition at any time at its absolute discretion without liability to any contestant or other person. The Promoter will not award the prize if the Competition is terminated.

13. DECISIONS FINAL

13.1 All our decisions relating to the Competition and/or redemption of the prizes are final. No discussions or correspondence with entrants or any other person will be entered into.

13.2 Tiebreakers, disputes, conflicts, questions or concerns will be managed by us and, if required by law, by an independent adjudicator.

13.3 Where a Competition involves voting, the accuracy of the pooled results received and published by us will be deemed to be final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.

14. FAILURE TO ENFORCE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

A failure by us to enforce any one of the terms and conditions in any instance(s) will not give rise to any claim or right of action by any entrant or prize winner, nor shall it be deemed to be a waiver of any of our rights in relation to the same.

15 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY

15.1 Except as specifically set out herein and to the maximum extent permitted by law, all conditions, warranties and representations expressed or implied by law are hereby excluded.

15.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, we hereby exclude and shall not have any liability to any entrant or prize winner in connection with or arising out of any Competition howsoever caused, including for any costs, expenses, forfeited prizes, damages and other liabilities, provided that nothing herein shall operate so as to limit or exclude our liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph 19.2 shall also apply in respect of any prize provided by a third party provider.

15.3 In the event that any provision of these General (or any Specific) Terms are held to be illegal, invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed from the remaining provisions which shall continue in full force and effect.

16 LAWS

These General Terms (and any Specific Terms) shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of England and Wales.