Official Rules
NEA Member Benefits
October 25, 2022 – November 10, 2022
The Cutest Pet Contest
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. THIS PROMOTION IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED, OR ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, PETS BEST INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, OR ITS AFFILIATES.
1. TO ENTER. Between 12:00:01 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on October 25, 2022 and 11:59:59 a.m. ET on November 4, 2022 (the “Entry Period”), enter The Cutest Pet Contest (this "Contest") by registering at www.neamb.com (the “Website”). Entries must include complete name of the National Education Association (“NEA”) member, mailing address, email address, and name and photograph of NEA member’s pet (photograph must not include any people; photographs including people will not be considered) in order to be valid. No post office boxes or APO addresses. By entering the Contest, an entrant understands that he or she must agree to the Voluntary General Release Form that can be found at: https://www.neamb.com/-/media/files/neamb/landing-pages/the-cutest-pet-contest/voluntary_general_release_form_2022_the_cutest_pet_contest.pdf. Limit (1) entry per eligible NEA member per day. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means are void. All entries become the exclusive property of NEA Member Benefits (“MB”) and will not be returned. For a copy of these Official Rules, access and print them from the Website.
2. ELIGIBILITY. Open only to NEA members who: (1) are legal residents of the U.S. or the District of Columbia; and (2) are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of MB or the NEA, and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, agents, officers, consultants, directors, and the immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling), or persons residing in the same household of such employees, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of MB, which are binding and final on all matters relating to this Contest. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
3. DRAWING. MB will select the Contest winner from all eligible pet photographs submitted during the Entry Period on or about November 11, 2022, and such winning pet photograph will be named “NEA Member Benefits Cutest Pet for 2022-2023”. The Contest winner will be notified by email. By entering, entrants give their express permission to be contacted by MB.
4. GENERAL. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address in the subject entry. The Authorized Account Holder is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses to the domain associated with the submitted email address. By entering the Contest, the winner grants permission for MB and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness, survey statements, and other submitted information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. (Tennessee residents need not consent to, or sign, any publicity release). Entrants need not be present to win. Should any portion of the Contest be, in MB’s sole opinion, compromised by any virus, bugs, worms, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of MB, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, MB reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend or terminate the Contest and, in such event, MB will select the Contest winner from all eligible entries received up to the time of such termination or suspension.
5. LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY. By entering this Contest, entrant releases MB, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, retail locations, and advertising and promotion agencies and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, dealerships, partners and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) for any and all injuries, claims, losses liabilities or damages of any kind (each, a “Loss”) arising in connection with entrant’s participation in this Contest, or resulting from the receipt, possession, ownership, use or misuse of the prize, including any resulting tax liability. By entering this Contest, entrants also release the Released Parties from any Loss arising from injury or damage to entrant’s or to any other person's computer related to, or resulting from, participating in this Contest or downloading materials from the Website. Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, delayed, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, illegible, damaged, or garbled, entries, tickets, number codes, or for postage-due entries or mail; (b) interrupted or unavailable network, server, ISP, Website, or other connections; (c) availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, (d) computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind, whether human, mechanical, electronic, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the printing or processing of entries, the announcement of the winner or in any Contest-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest.
6. DISPUTES. Except where prohibited, by entering entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising from this Contest will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively in state courts located in Montgomery County, Maryland or the federal court located in Greenbelt, Maryland, and entrant waives any claim to indirect, punitive, consequential or special damages. All issues concerning the construction, validity, enforceability and interpretation of these Official Rules will be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Maryland, without application of any conflicts or choice of law rules.
7. CAUTION. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Contest or the Website or who violate these Official Rules, as solely determined by MB, will be disqualified from this Contest. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS; AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MB RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ AND EXPERTS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT OR OTHER PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING SEEKING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
8. ENTRANT’S PERSONAL INFORMATION. All information collected from entrants is subject to MB’s Privacy Policy, which may be reviewed and printed from the Website.
9. WINNER(S) LIST. The winner’s name will be posted on the Website on or after November 11, 2022. In the alternative, for the names of the winner(s), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope on or before April 1, 2023 to: NEA Member Benefits, ATTN: Winner(s) List, October 25, 2021 – November 10, 2022 NEA Member Benefits The Cutest Pet Contest, Marketing Services, 900 Clopper Road, Suite 300, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20878-1356.
10. SPONSOR AND OPERATOR. The sponsor and operator of this Contest is NEA Member Benefits, 900 Clopper Road, Suite 300, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878.