How to Be Single Sweepstakes

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OFFICIAL RULES
How to Be Single Sweepstakes
(the “Sweepstakes”)
By participating in the Sweepstakes, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules
and the decisions of the sponsor of the Sweepstakes, Boston Globe Media Partners
LLC (“Sponsor”), which are binding and final on matters relating to this
Sweepstakes. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local
laws. This Sweepstakes is not endorsed, sponsored, administered, or associated
with Twitter.
1. ELIGIBILITY. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase will
not increase your chances of winning. Void where prohibited. Open to legal
residents of the Greater Boston area, who are 18 years or older at the time of
entry. Sponsor, Allied Integrated Marketing and Prize Provider’s advertising and
promotion agencies (and each of their employees, parents, affiliates, subsidiaries)
and their respective immediate families and household members are not eligible to
enter or win.
2. TO ENTER. Entries must be submitted between 08:00 a.m. on January 13, 2016
and 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13, 2016. Entrants must have a Twitter
account. To get a Twitter account, go to http://twitter.com and create an account
by following the instructions on the website. Creating an account is free.
To enter:
a.
Follow @LoveLettersBlog on Twitter by searching for “@LoveLettersBlog” and
clicking on the icon, and then clicking the “Follow” button.
b.
Retweet the How to Be Single screening tweet from @LoveLettersBlog adding
the hashtag #sweeps and mentioning @LoveLettersBlog. This retweet will be
your “Entry” into the Sweepstakes.
Limit one Entry per person. Entrants using multiple Twitter accounts may be
disqualified. Duplicate Entries and Entries generated by script, macro, other
automated means, or by any means which subvert the entry process will be void.
Each entrant is solely responsible for any and all uses of his/her registered Twitter
account. By participating in the Twitter portions of this Sweepstakes, you agree to
the privacy policies and terms of Twitter.
3. DRAWING. Five (5) potential winners (each a “Potential Winner”) will be selected
from all eligible Entries in a random drawing to be held on or about January 14,
2016.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received.
Potential Winner will be notified through Twitter’s Direct Message feature and must
execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility within two days of date of issuance, or
such earlier date specified by Sponsor. If Potential Winner does not respond to the
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Direct Message within five days of the day that the notification is sent, notification
is returned as undeliverable, Affidavit of Eligibility is not returned to Sponsor within
the specified time period, or Potential Winner is not in compliance with these Official
Rules, the Prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate Potential
Winner may be selected. A Potential Winner is not an official winner (“Winner”)
until Sponsor receives Winner’s Affidavit of Eligibility and notifies him/her that
he/she is a Winner.
4.
PRIZE. 5 Winners will receive a pair of tickets to the How to Be Single
advanced screening at the AMC Assembly Row at 7 p.m. on January 25, 2016 (the
“Prize”). The total approximate promotional value of the tickets is $130.00 USD.
Details of the Prizes may change, based on availability. Sponsor reserves the right
to substitute the Prize or portions thereof if Prize cannot be awarded as described.
Sponsor will determine all elements of Prize in its sole discretion.
Sponsor
disclaims all and any liability for the actual provision, quality, or nature of any third
party product or service related to the Prize. Sponsor is not liable for injuries,
losses, or damages of any kind arising from participation in this Sweepstakes and
use of the Prize. Winner must comply with any third party terms and conditions
applicable to the redemption and use of the Prize.
Winner may not substitute, assign, or transfer the Prize or redeem the Prize for
cash. Winners are responsible for all applicable federal, state, and local taxes, as
well as gratuities and any other costs and expenses associated with the Prize.
Winners forfeit any unused portions of the Prize. The awarding of any Prize is
contingent on full compliance with these Official Rules. If a Winner is found to have
violated the Official Rules or otherwise does not meet eligibility criteria, that Winner
will forfeit the Prize and the Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner.
4. PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY. Except where legally prohibited, by entering and
providing the required entry information, Entrants consent to be photographed by
or on behalf of the Sponsor and/or Allied Integrated Marketing, and their parent
corporations, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and assigns, to use Entrants’ names,
likenesses, photographs, cities or towns of residence, Entries, and any materials
Entrants submit to Sponsor (“Entrant Materials”) in all media, throughout the
World, in perpetuity, and for any purpose (including advertising, publicity, and/or
trade purposes), without notice to Winner and without further compensation.
Entrants further agree that Sponsor has the right to use the Entrant Materials in
combination with such other material as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall
determine, and that Entrants have no right of approval, claim to compensation or
benefits claim, including without limitation, claims based upon invasion of privacy,
defamation, or right of publicity arising out of any use of Entrant Materials.

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Entrants agree that Sponsor may use Entrant Materials and any other personally
identifiable information collected or used in connection with the Sweepstakes in
accordance with the privacy policy posted on www.boston.com.
5. RELEASE. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late,
incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered, or
garbled entries or email for whatever cause or other errors whether human,
mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise
relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes. 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 Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or
damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting
from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the
Website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sweepstakes or
Website, who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by
Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated Entries will be void. Sponsor
reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the
Sweepstakes at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, if any
portion of the Sweepstakes is, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus,
worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole
opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or
proper play, or submission of Entries, and, if terminated, Sponsor may select the
Potential Winner in a random drawing from among all non-suspect, eligible Entries
received for such drawing prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and
appropriate by Sponsor.
By participating, Entrants agree that Sponsor, Allied Integrated Marketing, and their
respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies
and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents
(collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be
held harmless by Entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages
of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or
participation in this Sweepstakes. In the event of a dispute regarding Entries
received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized
subscriber of the email account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the
Entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is
the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the internet service
provider (ISP), online service provider, or other organization responsible for
assigning e-mail addresses.
Any and all claims, judgments and awards will be limited to actual out-of-pocket
costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes but
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in no event attorneys' fees and under no circumstances will any Entrant be
permitted to obtain awards for, and 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.
6. GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION. The Sweepstakes and these Official Rules
are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the substantive laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (as distinguished from the choice of law rules)
and the United States of America applicable to contracts made and performed
entirely in Massachusetts and where the relevant contacts are with such state.
Except where prohibited, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes,
Entrants agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of
or connected with this Sweepstakes, the prizes awarded, or the determination of
the Winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action.
Entrants further agree that in any cause of action, the Released Parties entire
liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Sweepstakes,
and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorneys' fees and/or
experts' fees and costs. By entering, Entrants waive the right to claim any damages
whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect
damages and further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

7. WINNERS’ NAMES. For the name of the Winners, send a self-addressed stamped
envelope to: How to Be Single Sweepstakes, c/o Boston Globe Media Partners LLC,
135 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125. Requests for Winner names must be
received no later than 60 days from the drawing date described in paragraph 3.

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