LONG FORM SWEEPSTAKES RULES:
2025 World Baseball Classic World Qualifiers Attendee Survey Sweepstakes – Official Rules
- Eligibility: The 2025 World Baseball Classic World Qualifiers Attendee Survey Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to individuals who have received an email invitation to participate and complete the 2025 World Baseball Classic World Qualifiers Attendee Survey provided by Two Circles, Ltd. (“Promoter”). Entrants must be legal residents of Taiwan, 18 years of age or older. The Sweepstakes is not open to employees of the Promoter or the MLB Entities, their families, agents, or any third party directly associated with the administration of the Sweepstakes (the “Released Parties”). “MLB Entities” means the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, its Bureaus, Committees, Subcommittees, and Councils, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLB”), Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., The MLB Network, LLC, the Major League Baseball Clubs (“Clubs”), each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated, and related entities, any entity which, now or in the future, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Major League Baseball Clubs or the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, and the owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and agents of the foregoing entities. The Sweepstakes is void where prohibited and will be subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
- How to Enter: The Sweepstakes is free to enter, and no purchase is necessary. To receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes random draw, eligible entrants must follow the instructions provided in the survey email received from Promoter to complete and submit the online survey no later than 11:59 p.m. CT on March 11, 2025.
- Sweepstakes Period: The Sweepstakes will begin at 12:00 p.m. Central Time (“CT”) on February 25, 2025, and end at 11:59 p.m. CT on March 11, 2025 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). Entries not received during the Sweepstakes Period will not be accepted.
- Entry Limit: Limit of one (1) entry per person per email address. You may only use one (1) email address to enter the Sweepstakes. Additional entries received from any person or email address after the first entry received from that person or email address will be void. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network, or server failure of any kind.
- Winner Selection: Six (6) potential winners will be chosen by Promoter via random draw performed by a computer process on or about March 12, 2025 (“Draw Date”). The odds of being selected as a potential winner depend on the number of eligible entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Any entrant who provides false personal data, violates these Official Rules or breaches other applicable laws may have their eligibility for the prize canceled by the Promotor.
- Prizes: Six (6) winners will each receive a ZALORA gift card valued at NT$3,000. Limit of one (1) prize per person. The winner may be required to pay income tax on the gift card received, in accordance with applicable laws. It is the winner’s sole responsibility to manage any related tax obligations.
- Winner Notification: Each potential winner will be notified by email (using details provided at entry) on or about March 15, 2025. If a potential winner does not respond to the Promoter within 7 days of being notified by the Promoter, then the potential winner’s prize will be forfeited, and the Promoter will be entitled to select another potential winner in accordance with the process described above.
- Prize Delivery: The prizes will be sent to each winner by email within two (2) to four (4) weeks from the date of winner verification.
- Prize Conditions: The prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and no cash alternative will be offered.
- Replacement Prizes: The prizes will be supplied by the Promoter. The Promoter reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of comparable or higher value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control make it necessary to do so.
- Decisions are Final: The decision of the Promoter regarding any aspect of the Sweepstakes is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into about it. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, incomplete, late, delayed, inaccurate, misdirected, undelivered, or garbled entries or surveys; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines, or telephone systems; lost entries or transmissions; any error, omission, interruption, defect, or delay in transmission, or communication; interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), cable, satellite, or other connections, including those through and/or by any website; miscommunications, failed computer hardware or software, or technical failures; non-delivery; misdirected, blocked, or delayed email notifications; garbled, misrouted, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions; printing, typographical, or other errors appearing within these Official Rules, in any Sweepstakes-related advertisements or other materials; or other errors or problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human, telephone, electronic, or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, or downloading of materials from or use of the website, including, without limitation, the cancellation or postponement of any Major League Baseball event, errors, or problems which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, surveys, or email, or the announcement of the prizes. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the Sweepstakes if it becomes necessary to do so. Each entrant agrees to waive any and all claims against Sponsor and the MLB Entities for any injury, damage, or loss that may occur, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participation in the Sweepstakes, receipt or use of any prize (or any portion thereof), or any travel or activity related thereto.
- Winner List Request: For the first initial, last name, city, and state of each winner (available after March 22, 2025), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: World Baseball Classic World Qualifiers 2025 Attendee Survey Sweepstakes Winners, 30 W 26th St 3rd floor, New York, NY 10010, for receipt no later than April 21, 2025.
- Acceptance of Rules: Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these Official Rules upon entry. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these Official Rules.
- Dispute Resolution: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that: 1) any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the entrant; 2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and all proceedings at such arbitration; and 3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than entrant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
- Data Protection: No personal data supplied during the course of this Sweepstakes will be shared or processed outside of this Sweepstakes. See also Condition 12 with regard to the announcement of winners and the other personal data related matters described in the survey invitation e-mail. For more information, Entrants may view the Promotor’s privacy policy at https://twocircles.com/gb/privacy-policy/.
- Governing Law: The Sweepstakes will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, and entrants to the Sweepstakes submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of New York, New York.
- Promoter Information: The Promoter of this Sweepstakes is Two Circles, Ltd., C/O Corporation Service Company (UK) Limited 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HU.
- Acknowledgment: The MLB Entities are not responsible for this promotion and have no liability to any entrant in connection with this Sweepstakes. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com.
WHO ARE WE?
Two Circles is a sports marketing agency registered in the UK as Two Circles Limited (registered number 07753583, of Corporation Service Company (UK) Limited, 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HU).
THE PURPOSES OF PROCESSING
Two Circles processes the following categories of personal data for the purposes defined in the table:
Purpose | Category | Retention |
Capturing contact details for emailing survey | Email address, Name | Three (3) Months following emailing of the survey |
Capturing and hosting survey responses | Email address, Name, IP address, Sex Age,, Economic Status, Nationality | Three (3) Months following emailing of the survey |
Aggregating and anonymising survey responses | Email address, Name, Sex, Age, Economic Status, Nationality | N/A |
Administering prize draw | Email address, Name | Twenty-eight (28) days following the conclusion of the prize draw |
Retention of the prize draw winner’s details & announcing or otherwise sharing the prize draw winner’s details | Email Address, Name, County of residence | Twelve (12) months following the conclusion of the prize draw |
In Taiwan, we are relying on your consent to participating in the survey and your agreement to the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes as our lawful basis to conduct the above activities.
RECIPIENTS OF THE PERSONAL DATA
Recipient | Service | Location of Processing |
Alchemer | Survey Tool | USA |
Microsoft | Productivity and Data Hosting | UK |
Two Circles, Inc | Administrative Support Data Analytics | USA |
CROSS-BORDER TRANSFERS
Two Circles may engage in cross-border transfers of your personal data, but will only do so where it has ensured an adequate level of security for your personal data.
DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
You have various rights under the UK GDPR which entitle you, in certain circumstances and depending on the Privacy Laws which apply to you and us, to:
- ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
- correct your personal data;
- request that we delete your personal data;
- restrict the processing of your personal data;
- request the transfer of your personal data (or some of it) to a third-party service provider; or
- where you have provided your consent for something, in certain circumstances, you may withdraw this consent (but note that we may continue to use your personal data if we have legal grounds for doing so).
You understand that it is at your discretion as to whether you would like to provide your personal data to us and you also understand that if you refuse to provide your personal data with us, you will not be able to participate in the sweepstakes. Please contact us using the details set out below if you would like to exercise your rights. .
CONTACT US
If you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal information or if you have any queries about how we use your personal information, please let us know by contacting us at the following address: Data Protection Officer, Two Circles, Corporation Service Company (UK) Limited, 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HU, or by email at dpo@twocircles.com.