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Terms and Conditions “Pipetting Ninja”

§ 1 Organizer

The organizer of the “Pipetting Ninja” (in the following "Contest") is Eppendorf SE, Barkhausenweg 1, 22339 Hamburg, Germany, hereinafter referred to as „Eppendorf”.

By participating in this Contest, participants agree to the following conditions:


§ 2 Eligibility
(1) Participation in the Contest is free of charge and not linked to a purchase obligation and/or use of services. A purchase or use of services will not improve your chances of winning. Mere participation does not entitle a participant to win a prize.

(2) This Contest is open only to those who are over the age of 18 and located in a country in which Eppendorf products are sold (see www.eppendorf.com/worldwide ) and who have a registered myEppendorf Account.

(3) For participation in the Contest, all personal data must be entered truthfully. The participant is responsible for the accuracy of the submitted data.

(4) The following are excluded from participation: Public officials and those with special public service obligations, employees of Eppendorf SE or employees of its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, as well as their immediate family members (including wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons or other persons living in the same household) and any other persons or third party companies entrusted with duties in relation to this Contest.

(5) Eppendorf reserves the right to disqualify any individual from the Contest on the grounds of violation of the eligibility requirements. Anyone using illegal means or other manipulation to gain advantage shall also be disqualified. In these cases, prizes can also be subsequently disallowed and reclaimed, as necessary. Eppendorf reserves the right to reject submissions at any time without giving reasons; this refers in particular to submissions that are morally, ethically, or legally inacceptable.

§ 3 Contest Period and Description
(1) The Contest begins on July 24th 2024 at 8:00 a.m. CEST and ends on August 07th 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CEST.

(2) Participation in the Contest is only possible online. To take part in the Contest, participants must download the myEppendorf App and register a myEppendorf Account and play the game “master of dexterity” in the myEppendorf App as shown and explained in the Instagram post announcing the Contest. To win the participants have to take part in the ranking and be in the top 5 of the ranking list at the end of the Contest period. The game can be played as many times as wanted.

(3) The winners will be notified via their email address that is connected to their myEppendorf account within (30 days) after the end of the Contest. Organizer will ask the winner to specify his delivery address details for reward delivery purpose.

§ 4 Prizes
(1) Among all participants, the top 5 ranked will be selected.

(2) The prize for each winner is a winning bundle of 2 Eppi Collectors Cups and 3 Eppendorf pipette pens. There are 5 bundles available.

(3) Winners will be asked via their myEppendorf account emailto send their address details (first name, last name, company – if needed, street, postal code, city, and country) The organizer will sent the prizes to the given addresses and uses the given data only for this purpose.

(4) All prizes are non-refundable and cannot be converted to cash. Winners cannot make claim to cash payment of the price or exchange of the prize for another item.

(5) Prizes are non-transferable; they cannot be transferred to another person, but to the winner.

(6) The delivery will be organized by Eppendorf SE, Hamburg, Germany.

(7) If delivery of the prize to the winner is not possible, and if it is therefore sent back to the organizer, a new delivery will only be organized on request of the winner. The winner is in default of acceptance and has to bear the costs for the renewed shipment.

(8) If the winner is not responding to the email within 2 weeks, Eppendorf reserves the right to draw another winner, which would be the next on the ranking. If the winner is not responding to the email within 6 weeks, the claim to the prize is forfeited. If the prize cannot be delivered within one month of electronic notification for reasons that lie with the winner, Eppendorf cannot guarantee that the original prize is still available. The winner will then receive a replacement of approximately the same value. The winner accepts necessary changes of the prize if they are due to causes that are out of control of Eppendorf and/or other companies involved in the Contest. If the prize cannot be delivered within three months of electronic notification due to reasons that lie with the winner, the claim to the prize is forfeited.

(9) Delivery is free of charge.

§ 5 Compliance
The prizes as specified in § 4 are company-initiated benefits based on participation in the Contest. The winner is responsible for verifying whether he or she is permitted to accept this benefit in accordance with the internal compliance or anti-corruption rules of his or her company. Stricter rules regarding the acceptance of benefits may exist for public officials. These are also responsible for verifying whether or not they may accept this benefit. Eppendorf has paid tax on the prize and assumes no responsibility for the conformity of the winner's acceptance of the prize with any compliance rules or special obligations as a public official he or she may be subject to.

§ 6 Publication of Winners and Participants
By participating in the Contest, participants explicitly agree that their names (with the last name abbreviated) and their ranking score are shown via all Eppendorf channels, e.g. Social Media, print brochures, webpages

§ 7 Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Disclaimer
The Contest is promoted on Instagram via Eppendorf's group account. This promotion is not connected with Instagram in any way and is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram. Instagram is therefore not your contact for this competition. If you have any remarks or problems, please send an email to myeppendorf@eppendorf.de .

§ 9 Premature Termination of Contest
Eppendorf reserves the right to terminate the Contest at any point in time without prior notice and without giving reason. Eppendorf will make use of this possibility especially if proper execution of the Contest cannot be ensured due to technical reasons (e.g. viruses in the computer system, manipulation, or hard- and/or software errors) or legal issues. If premature termination is caused by a participant's behavior, Eppendorf may claim damages.

§ 10 Rejection of Submitted Data
Eppendorf reserves the right to reject submissions by the participants at any time without giving reasons; this refers in particular to data that is morally, ethically, or politically inacceptable.

§ 11 Data Protection
Eppendorf processes the participant's personal data for the purposes of administering the Contest including, but not limited to contacting and announcing the winners and fulfilling the award of the prizes (including delivery). Eppendorf processes the respective personal data on the basis of Article 6, paragraph 1 b) GDPR. Further information on the use of your personal data can be found at www.eppendorf.com/gdpr .

§ 12 Liability
Upon delivery of the prize, Eppendorf shall be exempted from all obligations, unless an earlier time results from these provisions. Eppendorf accepts no responsibility for lost, wrongly delivered, damaged, or illegible participant information, errors, omission, interruptions, deletion, defects or delays in sending data, theft or damage, as well as unauthorized access to or changes in participant details, all technical, network, telephone, electronic, computer, internet, hard- and software disruptions, erroneous transmittance or failed receipt of access information due to technical problems, e.g. internet overload, damage to the participant’s computer and to any other person due to participation in the Contest.

§ 13 Exclusion of Legal Recourse / Applicable Law and Jurisdiction / Invalidity of terms
Legal recourse is excluded. Exclusively the law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be applicable. Exclusive place of jurisdiction is Hamburg / Germany. In the event that any provision of these terms and conditions is or becomes invalid, either wholly or partly, the validity of the remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected hereby.
Eppendorf SE Contact: myeppendorf@eppendorf.de

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