NetApp Official Rules for 2016 Flash Feud Game Sweepstakes (Sweepstakes)

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. OPEN ONLY TO NATURAL PERSONS WHO ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA, EXCLUDING QUEBEC, WHO ARE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.

1. SPONSOR

NetApp, Inc., 495 E. Java Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089, is the sponsor of the Sweepstakes in the United States and NetApp Canada, Ltd, 100 Milverton Drive, Suite 404, Mississauga, Ontario L5R 4H1, is the sponsor of the Sweepstakes in Canada (collectively referred to as Sponsor).

2. ELIGIBILITY

The Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the United States or Canada, excluding Quebec, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, who participate in the Flash Feud Game (Game) during the specified Entry Period (see Section 3).

The Sweepstakes is not open to employees, directors, officers, representatives or agents of the Sponsor and its related affiliates and subsidiaries. Government officials or employees of state-owned entities are not eligible to win.

3. ENTRY PERIOD

Entries must be submitted between January 28, 2016 and April 30, 2016. All entries must be received by 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on April 30, 2016 to be eligible.

4. HOW TO ENTER

To be entered into the Sweepstakes, you must complete a round(s) of the Game during the Entry Period. The Game consists of three (3) rounds with five (5) questions in each round. For each completed round, you will be entered for a chance to win a prize (see Section 5 for more details on determination and notification of winner and Section 6 for more details on prizes). You must provide your name, title, company, and email address to be entered in the Sweepstakes. Residents of the United States do not have to answer all of the questions correctly to be entered for a chance to win. Residents of Canada must answer 100% of the questions correctly for the round in order to be eligible to win the corresponding prize. Answering 100% of the questions correctly does not increase your chances of winning a prize. No purchase or payment necessary to enter. The Game can be found at: 
http://flashfeud.netapp.com?cid=flashfeudlandingpad
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Limit one (1) entry per person. Multiple entries for a single person will be disqualified. Entries must be received during the Entry Period. Entries received after the Entry Period will be declared invalid. Your entry is confirmation that acceptance of the prizes described below do not violate your employer’s rules regarding the acceptance of gifts. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules.

You may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. If, in the Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected tampering or evidence of actual tampering or technological corruption, Sponsor reserves the right to void any suspect entries. Any attempt by an entrant to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person and to seek other remedies to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, void, and/or corrupted entries, or for any problems, bugs or malfunctions entrants may encounter when submitting their entry.

5. DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION OF THE WINNER

The names of all valid entrants for each round will be randomly drawn to select three (3) winners. The first name drawn will be the winner of the first round and will receive a 38mm Apple Watch®. The second name drawn will be the winner of the second round and will receive a DJI® Phantom 3 Professional Drone. The third name drawn will be the winner of the third round and will have a choice between receiving a gift certificate to Skip Barber’s Racing School or Exotics Racing®. Each entrant is only eligible to win one (1) prize. If an entrant’s name is drawn more than once, the entrant will only be eligible to receive the first prize for which their name was drawn and an alternate winner will be selected. Entrants do not need to be present to win. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Winners will be notified via email to the email address they entered the Sweepstakes with on or about May 6, 2016 by Sponsor with instructions on how to claim their prize. Failure to claim a prize will result in forfeiture of the prize and an alternate winner may be selected. Winners may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry and that all eligibility requirements are met. Sponsor may require winners to provide tax identifying information in order to claim their prize. Failure to provide tax identifying information to Sponsor will result in forfeiture of the prize. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsor for the purpose of the Sweepstakes must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. Sponsor reserves the right, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant should such an entrant supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information. If a potential winner is unable to participate in or accept the prize or any portion of the prize for any reason, Sponsor shall have no further obligation to such potential winner.

6. PRIZES

Sponsor will award the winner of the first round a 38mm Apple Watch®, with an approximate retail value of $349.00 USD. Sponsor will award the winner of the second round a DJI® Phantom 3 Professional Drone, with an approximate retail value of $1,259.00 USD. Sponsor will award the winner of the third round a gift certificate valued at $2,000.00 USD to the winner’s choice of Skip Barber’s Racing School (
http://skipbarber.com
), with locations in Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin, or Exotics Racing® (
http://www.exoticsracing.com/
), with locations in Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV. Sponsor is not responsible for providing travel and/or accommodation arrangements to the winner of the third round. Winner of the third round is solely responsible for all travel and/or accommodation expenses, fees, and costs. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prize; the prize is offered and must be accepted “as is” without warranty of any kind.

The approximate retail values are subject to change based on current market conditions at the time of prize fulfillment. Winners are not entitled to any surplus between actual retail value (ARV) of prize and stated ARV and any difference between stated ARV and actual value of the prize will not be awarded. No substitution, assignment, transfer, or cash redemption of any prize is allowed by the winners. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value should the advertised prize become unavailable for any reason.

7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Sweepstakes is governed by these Official Rules. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to these Official Rules and understand that the Sweepstakes results are final in all respects. Entrants agree that all decisions regarding the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to the selection of the winners, will be made by Sponsor, whose decisions shall be final and binding.

The winners are solely responsible for all shipping fees and costs associated with the shipment and/or transmittal of the prizes and all applicable national, federal, state, provincial and local taxes. All national, federal, state, provincial and local laws apply.

Entrants agree that Sponsor is not responsible for [i] lost, late, delayed, misdirected, stolen, unintelligible, or incomplete submissions; [ii] telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties; [iii] errors in transmission; or [iv] any condition caused by events beyond Sponsor’s control that may affect the Sweepstakes. All entries become the property of Sponsor

By entering the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees to release and hold Sponsor harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions of any kind in connection with the Sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, including, without limitation, personal injuries, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, misappropriation of likeness, or invasion of privacy. Entrants agree that the Sponsor shall have no liability whatsoever for any deficiency or malfunctioning of any prize, for any damage incurred from use or participation of the prize, or from participation in the Sweepstakes.

Sponsor reserves the right to change, alter, or amend these Official Rules or terminate the Sweepstakes, in its sole discretion, to provide fair administration of the Sweepstakes or to comply with applicable law.  No cash or other substitution is permitted, except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Prizes are nontransferable, unless otherwise specifically approved by Sponsor in writing.

8. DATA PROTECTION

All information, including personal data, collected in submission of entries during the Game, will be maintained and protected by Sponsor in accordance with applicable data protection laws. The personal data you provide will be used strictly for the purpose of managing the Official Rules of this Sweepstakes, and to provide you with information related to NetApp products, services and events. You may opt out of receiving information from NetApp at any time by writing to 
privacy@netapp.com
NetApp will not share your personal data with any third-party partners without your explicit consent. You may access our privacy policy at 
http://www.netapp.com/us/site/privacy.html
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9. NETAPP BRAND

The names and logos identifying NetApp® products and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. All other brands or products referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. A current list of NetApp trademarks is available on the web at 
http://www.netapp.com/us/legal/netapptmlist.aspx
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