Rules

OFFICIAL RULES
1. Sponsor: Fetch for Fame Photo Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Best Bully Sticks, 5701 Eastport Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia (the “Sponsor”). The Sponsor is responsible for all aspects of the Contest. Participation in the Contest constitutes the participant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules, and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.
2. Eligibility: Contest (the "Contest") is only open to participants who are legal residents of United States, and who are 13+ at the time of entry (the “Entrant”). Employees of Best Bully Sticks (the "Sponsor"), their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Contest. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law, rule, or regulation.
3. Contest Period: Entries will be accepted online starting on March 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM and ending August 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM (the “Entry Period”). All online entries must be received by March 1, 2025 11:59 PM . All times are (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will not be eligible. Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for the Contest.
4. How to Enter: The Contest must be entered by submitting an entry using the online form provided on this site. The entry must fulfill all Contest requirements, as specified, to be eligible to win a prize. Entries that are not complete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Best Bully Sticks. You may enter only once and you must fill in the information requested. You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple e-mail addresses, identities or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. If you use fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the rules your submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of Best Bully Sticks.
5. Qualifying Submissions: Photo must be yours and feature a dog as a primary subject. Clear images with good lighting and a happy dog is more likely to be selected. For inspiration on what sort of photo is selected, please reference BestBullySticks on Instagram. We accept jpg, gif and png. Can enter 1x a month. Can win more than once.
6. Judging: The Contest entries will be judged based on: Creativity, Fulfilling of assignment & Clarity of photo. Judging will be conducted by the Best Bully Sticks team.
7. Prizes: The retail value of all prizes is $20 each prize. Approximately threewill be issued per month, for a total of $100 a month in credit. The prizes are a $20 in Recharge credit applied to your next recurring subscription order. Actual/appraised value may differ at time of prize award. The specifics of the prize shall be solely determined by the Sponsor. No cash or other prize substitution permitted except at Sponsor's discretion. The prize is nontransferable. Any and all prize related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and local taxes shall be the sole responsibility of the winner. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by winners is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Best Bully Sticks to use winner's name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.
8. Winner Notification: Winners of the Contest will be notified via e-mail or phone to the e-mail address or phone number they entered into the Contest if selected as one of the entries for March, April, May, or June 2024. Best Bully Sticks shall have no liability for a winner's failure to receive notices due to winners' spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for winners' provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If the selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 15 days from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration and releases as required, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. The receipt by winner of the prize offered in this Contest is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal and state laws and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY ANY WINNER (AT SPONSOR'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER'S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE CONTEST AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.
9. Rights Granted by you: By entering this Contest you understand that Best Bully Sticks, anyone acting on behalf of Best Bully Sticks, or its respective licensees, successors and assigns will have the right, where permitted by law, without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter in perpetuity and throughout the World, your entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements about the Contest, and biographical information as news, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation.
10. Terms: Best Bully Sticks reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest should (in its sole discretion) a virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In such case, Best Bully Sticks may judge submissions from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Best Bully Sticks. Best Bully Sticks reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or website or violates these Terms & Conditions.
Best Bully Sticks has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Contest, to void entries for any reason, including, but not limited to; multiple entries from the same user from different IP addresses; multiple entries from the same computer in excess of that allowed by Contest rules; or the use of bots, macros or scripts or other technical means for entering. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Best Bully Sticks reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. By entering the Contest you agree to receive email newsletters periodically from Best Bully Sticks. You can opt-out of receiving this communication at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter.
11. Limitation of Liability: By entering you agree to release and hold harmless Best Bully Sticks and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from (i) such entrant's participation in the contest and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof, (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (v) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries.
12. Disputes: THIS CONTEST IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF UNITED STATES AND Virginia, WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Contest, participant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Virginia having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Contest), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
13. Privacy Policy: Information submitted with an entry is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on the Best Bully Sticks Web Site. Read the Privacy Policy here: PRIVACY POLICY Effective Date: 9/14/2022 This Privacy Policy applies to www.bestbullysticks.com owned and operated by Best Bully Sticks. At Best Bully Sticks, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how Best Bully Sticks collects and uses the personal information you provide on our web site: www.bestbullysticks.com. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information. We use the information we collect to assist us in processing orders. Please read on for more details about our Privacy Policy. The Information We Collect: If you purchase a product from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact information which may include your name, residential and/or business address, shipping address, billing address, telephone number(s), email address and other information you choose to provide. As you navigate through and interact with the Web site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment and patterns, including details of your use, including traffic data, location data, logs or other communication data and the resources that you access and use, and information about our device including your operating system, IP address, and other sign-on data. We do not store credit card numbers. For example, when you set up your account and/or make online purchases, you will be asked to provide information necessary to facilitate the transaction; when you enter our contests, sweepstakes or other promotions, you may be asked for information necessary to fulfill the promotion; when you post comments or other content on our site (e.g., Product reviews, Q&A forum), anything you post will be available to us as well as visitors to our site; when you post information about us on social networking sites, we may collect such information; when you contact our customer service representatives, we collect additional information you choose to provide our representatives. We also collect information about your pet(s), including name, breed, gender, birthdate, veterinary information and photos. Our shopping cart is hosted on our third party service provider's platform. All of the information collected on these pages are collected by Best Bully Sticks. Our Privacy Policy governs the collection and use of this information. Our third party platform provider has no access or control to over this information. We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you. If you order a Gift Certificate for someone else we will collect their name, email address, and mailing address. We collect this information for the sole purpose of providing them with the gift certificate that you have purchased for them. We do not use this information for any other reason nor will we share this information with third parties. Your friend may contact us at info@bestbullysticks.com to request that we remove this information from our database. We, along with our third party service providers, may automatically collect information about you. This information includes, and is not limited to, browser information, operating system information, device IP, device information, IP address and the date, time, length of stay, geo-location, IP address, referring website, specific pages accessed and other actions you take on our site. We Do Not Share Your Personal Information: Best Bully Sticks does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information other than as disclosed within this Privacy Policy. This information is for our private records only. We restrict access to your orders to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. Personal information is not available to any third party via our website or through other means. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site. Agents/Service Providers We use other third parties such as a shipping company to fulfill orders, a third party shopping cart platform provider, and a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services. We use Live Chat to assist you if you have questions while using our site or regarding your order. We will share your name, billing address, shipping address and credit card information as necessary for the third party to provide that service. These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for promotional purposes. Email A Friend If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. Best Bully Sticks stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at info@bestbullysticks.com to request that we remove this information from our database. Updating/Accessing/Amending/Correcting Personally Identifiable Information If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update or delete it when you place another order on the site or by emailing our Customer Support at info@bestbullysticks.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Spam Email and Use of Email Addresses: We make every effort to minimize the amount of email correspondence you receive from us. 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When entering sensitive information such as your credit card number on our order forms, this information is SSL encrypted by our third party platform provider. Google Display Advertising The Google Analytics Display Advertising Features we've implemented collects anonymous information. Best Bully Sticks and Google use first-party cookies, such as the Google Analytics cookie, to collect anonymous site use data. You can opt-out of the Google Analytics Display Advertiser Features you use, including through Ads Settings, Ad Settings for mobile apps, or any other available means at any time by modifying your browser settings and/or by using Google's Opt-out Tool: OPT-OUT OF ANONYMOUS GOOGLE ANALYTICS INFORMATION. Google's complete privacy policy declaration may be found at this URL. Changes in this Privacy Policy We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy or provide notice of such changes in routine marketing materials so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of this page. All amended terms automatically take effect after they are initially posted on this page, unless a change in any applicable law requires immediate amendment. Your California Privacy Rights: If you are a California resident, you may have certain additional rights. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by us to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write, call or send an email to the below contact information. 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14. Winners List: For the names of the winners, please contact us at and in the body of the email type 'Please e-mail me the winners' list for the Best Bully Sticks Contest.
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