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The Cookie Connection Birthday Cookie Giveaway Official Rules

  1. Overview: Enter The Cookie Connection Birthday Cookie Giveaway (“Promotion”) to be eligible to receive one free dozen (12) cookies delivered or sent to you during the month of your birthday. The Cookie Connection will perform the monthly selection of the winner. Only entries with birthdates during the same month as the drawing will be included however you may submit your entry for your birth month at any time during the Promotion.
  2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Promotion begins on or about August 1, 2009 and ends July 31, 2010 (“Promotion Period”). The Cookie Connection (“Sponsor”) assumes no liability for damaged, lost or misdirected promotional mail or email. Void where prohibited by law. One entry per person/unique email address/birth date. Entrants must remain on The Cookie Connection’s active contact list at the time of winner selection to be eligible to win.
  3. Eligibility: Participation open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older. Entrants must remain on the “Opt-In” list to receive email communications from The Cookie Connection at the time of winner selection. Those who have chosen not to receive email communication from The Cookie Connection will no longer be eligible to win.
  4. How to Enter: Visit www.yoursweetneeds.com/birthday to submit the required entry form. Submissions must include first and last name, birthdate, email address and physical location address to which the prize will be delivered or sent (Sponsor will not ship to Post Office Boxes).
  5. Prize / Approximate Retail Value “ARV” / Odds of Winning: One (1) Grand Prize awarded each month: One (1) dozen cookies, ARV $16.95 includes shipping/handling / Odds are based on the number of eligible entries received. A total of 12 Grand Prizes will be awarded during the Promotion period. Cookie prize selection is determined by Cookie of the Month Club schedule.
    ALLERGY INFORMATION: Any of our products may contain or may have been in contact with nut and/or honey products.
  6. Winner Selection/Notification/Claim: Winner will be selected randomly by electronic number generator during the first 10 days of each month..Winners will be notified via the email address used to register for the Promotion. Prizes will be awarded within 4 weeks of winner notification. If you have been identified and notified as a winner and receive official winner notification email, you must complete our winner prize claim form. Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
  7. Conditions of Participation: Grand Prize winners are solely responsible for participating in the Promotion as well as claiming prize within 30 days of notification of winning. Prize or entry may not be transferred or assigned prior to award of prize. By participating, you agree to these official rules and decisions of the judges which are final and binding in all respects, and to release The Cookie Connection and all other companies and individuals associated with The Cookie Connection Birthday Cookie Giveaway from all claims or liability relating to your participation or acceptance or use of prize. Grand Prize winners must successfully complete our winner prize claim form within 30 days of notification of winning. Noncompliance with this time period will result in disqualification. Award of the Grand Prize will be made directly to the winner. Promotion subject to all federal, state, and local laws. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to the sponsor to use winner’s name and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and promotion without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. Sponsor may elect, at its sole discretion, to substitute any prize for an alternate prize of equal or greater value. Sponsor and its agents are not liable for any claims or damage associated with typographical or other mechanical errors in the promotional mailing or emailing, or the entry submission website. One entry per person/email address/birth date.
  8. Verification: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Promotion or disqualify a participant if fraud or technical failures destroy the integrity of the giveaway as determined by the sponsor. If due to a production error, or for any reason, more prizes are claimed than are intended, winner may be awarded in a random drawing from among all eligible prize claims received. In no event will more than the stated number of prizes be awarded.
  9. Internet: Sponsor is not responsible for lost or late entries nor for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone and cell phone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, network, or at any website or any combination thereof. If for any reason the promotion is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, including any network server or hardware failure or any other causes beyond the control of the sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this promotion, the sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the giveaway and to award all prizes from among all eligible entries received prior to action taken by sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process, the website, or the operation of the promotion. Additionally, sponsor reserves the right to prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law.
  10. Confidentiality: Information collected in connection with this promotion will be used in accordance with The Cookie Connection’s privacy policy and these rules. To review privacy policy, please go to www.yoursweetneeds.com/privacy.html
  11. NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS REGARDING REMOVAL FROM MAILING LIST: Any individual (or other duly authorized person) may elect to exclude the name and address of that individual from all lists used by the sponsor to mail or email. To elect to have an individual’s name excluded from all such lists, submit a removal request in writing to The Cookie Connection, Name Removal, 411 South Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15215 or send an email to info@yoursweetneeds.com with the word REMOVE in the subject of the email.
  12. Winner’s List: For a list of prize winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope no later than August 31, 2010 to The Cookie Connection, Winners List Request, 411 South Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15215. List of winners will be available after September 1, 2010. Sponsor not responsible for changes in postage rates therefore making the self-addressed, stamped envelope unable to mail.

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