T&C's

Competition Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

1. Entry into the competition is free and no purchase is necessary.
2. Entry will be via use of the hashtag #choosenuigalway – entries are viewable publicly on http://www.nuigalway.ie/choosenuigalway/
3. Employees (and their families) of NUI Galway, all relevant brands and all 3rd party agencies connected to this competition are not eligible to win any of the competition prizes.
4. Users may enter this competition as often as they wish.
5. The winners may be determined at random or based on the number of likes/shares.
6. All entrants must send a valid email address in order to claim their prize. This is a requirement by social media sites and does not affect your statutory rights. No data will be kept by NUI Galway unless you have chosen to opt in to our newsletter.
7. The winners will be notified via their valid email addresses/social media sites within 14 days of winning and will also be announced on the Facebook fanpage wall.
8. The prizes are non-transferable.
9. If a winner cannot be contacted to claim their prize within 12 hours of the announcement of the winners on the University social media sites then the prize will be forfeited.

10. No cash alternative will be awarded in lieu of prizes.

11. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entries that do not comply in full with these rules will be disqualified.

12. If for any reason a prize is unavailable we reserve the right, at our absolute discretion, to substitute a similar prize of equivalent value.

13. We reserve the right to alter, amend or end this competition without prior notice in the event that circumstances make this unavoidable.

14. NUI Galway, and their agents accept no responsibility for any technical difficulties experienced in submitting an entry to this competition.

15. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest/Snapchat/Twitter/Hashatit. You understand that you are providing your information to NUI Galway, and not to these sites. The information you provide will only be used for contacting the winners of this promotion unless the user opts-in to receiving newsletters.

16. Persons entering the competition will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

17. The prize is not in conjunction with any other offers.

18. The promoter is NUI Galway. Address:  NUI Galway, University Road, Galway.

Privacy Policy

We respect your right to privacy and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 (as amended). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to outline how we deal with any Personal Data you provide to us while visiting this application. Naturally, if you are not happy with this Privacy Policy you should not use this application.

By visiting this application, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such, and we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these other websites.

Types of Information Collected - we retain two types of information:

“Personal Data”

This is data that identifies you or can be used to identify or contact you and may include your name, address, email address, or any data you volunteer to Facebook. We only collect your email address and do so only for prize redemption purposes, unless you expressly ‘opt in’ to receiving communications from us.

“Non-Personal Data”

Like most applications, we gather statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate basis of all visitors to our application. This Non-Personal Data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our application.

Purposes for which we hold your Information:

Non-Personal Data:

We use the Non-Personal Data gathered from visitors in an aggregate form to get a better understanding of where our visitors come from and to help us better design and organise our sites, systems and applications.