Australian Worst Website Renovation Contest
   

Contest Rules and Legal Disclaimer

  1. No Purchase necessary. Purchasing will not improve your chance of winning.
  2. Website entered must be a current Australian Business, Company or organisation.
  3. Entries are being accepted until 9:00 a.m. Australian EST on Febuary 15, 2006 (the "Entry Period").
    Voting begins at 9:00 a.m. Australian EST on Febuary 15, 2006 and ends at 9:00 a.m. Australian EST on March 1, 2006 (the "Voting Period") 
  4. There is only one way to enter the contest by registering online at http://websiterenos.com/enter.php. You may enter the contest at any time during the Entry Period. 
  5. Limit one entry per company. You may only enter a company’s website if you are an employee of that company responsible for the company's website and are authorised to make decisions regarding the company's website. You may NOT enter any website that is not yours or if you are not authorised to make decisions regarding the entering website. Violating entires will be disqualified.
  6. Should you encounter any entry that is in violation of company’s rules, codes, procedures or policies, please write to webmaster@websiterenos.com  to request the removal. Such requests will be honoured within 2 business days. Should any entry be found in violation of any of the contest's rules, it will be automatically disqualified.
  7. Each entry (including the story) must be original, of entrant's own style and creation. It must not have been entered in any other competition, including other competitions conducted by Web Smart Central Pty Ltd. The story may not mention the full personal name and/or contact information of any individual that is not the entrant themselves nor mention the name of the company who developed the entering website. Moreover the entry may not violate the privacy rights of any other parties. The entry may not be offensive or defamatory nor contain vulgar or profane language, as determined by Web Smart Central Pty Ltd.
  8. Entrant assigns and transfers to Web Smart Central Pty Ltd all right, title, and interest to the entry submission. Web Smart Central Pty Ltd shall have all rights to copy, edit, publish, and use, in whole or in part, the story, and any other intellectual property protected or protectable materials submitted by entrant, in any manner without further compensation during and after the contest period, except where prohibited by law. 
  9. Your entry will be accepted and published on the website pending a review by Web Smart Central Pty Ltd. Web Smart Central Pty Ltd reserves the right to deny or remove any entry for any reason during the Entry Period or the Voting Period.
  10. 12 entries that Web Smart Central Ptd Ltd deams to be the worst websites or have the most compelling story will be chosen to enter the voting round.
  11. Each entry will be ranked by visitors of the website by selecting a score on a scale from 1 (Dump It) to 5 (Reno It). Limit one vote per user per website. IP addresses are logged.
  12. All entries will be ranked by their average score (sum of all points received divided by the number of votes) to determine the winner. A qualified entry with the HIGHEST score at the end of the Voting Period will be the winner of the contest.
  13. In order to qualify, each entry must collect at least ½ of the average number of votes per all entries in the contest. In the event of a tie, the entry with the most votes wins.
  14. The Contest is open to individuals who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry, are legal residents of Australia as of the time of contest entry and who have an email account as of the time of contest entry. The following promotion is intended for viewing in Australia (the "Eligibility Area") only. Do not proceed further in this site or these materials if you are not located in the Eligibility Area.
  15. Contest subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.
  16. Sponsor of this Contest is Web Smart Central Pty Ltd. Employees of Web Smart Central Pty Ltd and their advertising agencies, affiliates, and/or promotional partners and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter or win.
  17. There will be one (1) Grand Prize awarded in this contest. The Grand Prize winner will receive a free web site designed by Web Smart Central Pty Ltd and equipped with a Content Management System. The exact project specifications will be at a sole determination of Web Smart Central Pty Ltd and will be provided upon request. Total approximate value of the Grand Prize is $2,000. 
  18. Winners will be notified by email and telephone. If a winner does not respond within 3 days of the date appearing on the prize notification, or fails to comply with the instructions contained in the prize notification within that time period, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification. Unclaimed prizes may not be awarded. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the person submitting an entry online, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the email account is registered. Winners may be required to provide evidence of identity in connection with claiming the prize.
  19. Entries that are lost, late, misdirected, garbled, incompletely received, mutilated, or illegible, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser or network failure, malfunction, congestion or incompatibility at WebsiteRenos.com or Web Smart Central Pty Ltd’s website or elsewhere, will not be eligible and Sponsor is not responsible for any technical problems related to online entries. Proof of sending will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Web Smart Central Pty Ltd. Web Smart Central Pty Ltd reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate this Contest in the event that it becomes infected by a computer virus or is otherwise technically impaired or if the Contest cannot be conducted as planned by causes beyond the control of the Web Smart Central Pty Ltd.
  20. Acceptance of a prize constitutes consent and agreement to use winner's name, website, story, and likeness for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes, without further compensation during and after the contest period, except where prohibited. By entering and/or by accepting a prize, you agree to release Web Smart Central Pty Ltd, its affiliates, and their directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability arising out of your participation in this Contest with respect to the awarding, receipt, use and/or misuse of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy.
  21. Winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility, a publicity release (where permitted by law), and/or a liability release, which must be signed and returned within 3 days of the date on the prize notification or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be chosen. By entering and/or by accepting the prize, you agree (where permitted by law) to use of your name and likeness for publicity purposes without further compensation.
  22. No substitution of prize, including cash substitutions, except by Web Smart Central Pty Ltd in which case a prize of greater or equal value will be substituted. Prizes are not transferable, cannot be redeemed for cash and the Grand Prize may not be exchanged. 
  23. You agree that you shall not upload, post or transmit any materials which contain any computer viruses, hidden code, worms, trojan horses or other harmful component or programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information. Web Smart Central Pty Ltd reserves the right to disqualify any entrant found tampering with the entry process or with the operation of the Contest or who violates these official rules. Caution: any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and will result in disqualification of such entrant. Should such an attempt be made, Web Smart Central Pty Ltd reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorney's fees) from any such participant to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.
  24. All entries become the property of Web Smart Central Pty Ltd and will not be acknowledged or returned. Web Smart Central Pty Ltd is not liable for lost, stolen, misdirected, or late entries. 
  25. This Contest is governed by the laws of Australia. The formation, interpretation and performance of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of Australia applicable to agreements made and to be performed by Australian residents entirely within Australia without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.
  26. By entering, you agree to be bound by these rules. Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this promotion but in no event attorney's fees; and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you.
  27. The final winner's list will be posted on Web Smart Central Pty Ltd's site, after the end of the contest, with the link displayed prominently on WebsiteRenos.com
  28. Information collected from entrants is subject to Web Smart Central Pty Ltd’s Privacy Policy. The privacy of our site visitors and entrants and the security of their email addresses is important to us. Personal information will never be given, traded, sold, released or otherwise communicated in any form to any third party.