Conditions of Participation in Prize Competitions of AV-Medien (Österreichischer Agrarverlag)

1. Eligibility to participate

Any natural, German-speaking person residing in Austria, Germany and Switzerland who has reached the age of 16 at the time of their participation is entitled to participate in prize competitions organised by the brands and media of AV-Medien or “Österreichischer Agrarverlag Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H. Nfg. KG” (registered office: Sturzgasse 1a, 1140 Vienna, Austria).
Sweepstake clubs or persons who use automated services to participate in prize competitions (bots, scripts) are not eligible to participate.
Furthermore, any person who performs any type of function at or for the organiser AV-Medien is also ineligible.
Every natural person may only participate once in one and the same prize competition. If it is established that a person is participating in a competition using several identities (e.g. several e‑mail addresses), the person and all of his/her identities will be automatically excluded from the competition.

2. Data Protection and General Terms and Conditions

AV-Medien’s current data protection policy applies to all prize competitions organised by AV-Medien at the time of the start of the competition. The policy can be accessed at any time at: https://www.av-medien.com/privacy-policy/
In the respective prize competitions, the participant will be asked to agree to this data protection policy. Only those who give their consent can participate in prize competitions organised by AV-Medien, as a proper carrying out of a competition would otherwise not be possible.
Purpose of data processing:3.1. The main purpose of processing personal data in the course of prize competitions is subordinate to the proper carrying out of prize competitions. Personal data need to be requested from participants primarily when a draw takes place and a winner is to be informed of his/her prize or when the prize is to be sent to the winner. For this purpose, it may also be necessary to make required data available to third parties (e.g. the sponsor of the prizes). These third parties will be requested by AV-Medien to use the data only for the above-mentioned purpose and to delete them afterwards. In addition, personal data will be used by AV-Medien to inform participants about possible changes to the course of the respective prize competition.3.2. Personal data may also be used by the brands and media of AV-Medien for advertising purposes. This is understood to mean the advertising of AV-Medien’s products or third-party products. This type of advertising is generally limited to e‑mail marketing, but may also go beyond it in individual cases (this will be communicated separately for each prize competition). The participant must actively give his/her consent to these advertising purposes in the respective prize competition. If participation results in registration for a newsletter, the participant will be informed of this during registration for the prize competition or its announcement — including information on which newsletter he/she is registering for and the approximate content of the newsletter. If the participant does not consent, AV-Medien reserves the right to exclude him/her from participation. If consent is given, a barter arises between AV-Medien and the participant (participation in the prize competition in return for registration for advertising messages), which will be communicated to each participant in a manner that is clearly comprehensible during registration for the competition or in its announcement.3.3. AV-Medien reserves the right to publish the names of the participants on its own media (print and online, newsletter, social media, etc.) depending on the type and location of the prize competition. In the interests of data minimisation, only the first name and place of residence of the participant will be published. The participant may object to this publication immediately in the course of his/her participation and in any case before the closing date for participation. Objections must be submitted in writing and usually to the contact address stated in the respective prize competition. In the event that no contact address is provided, objections may also be sent to datenschutz@agrarverlag.at.3.4. Participants may have to submit photos, videos, texts, drawings, etc. in order to participate in certain prize competitions. By submitting them, AV-Medien receives, from the sender, the right to publish these types of content in its own publications for an indefinite period. AV-Medien may also use these submissions for commercial purposes. Content submitted by users may be reproduced, published and edited for advertising purposes without any restrictions in terms of location and time, free of remuneration and without naming the respective author.
Data controller:
At AV-Medien, the person responsible for handling personal data is publishing director Winfried Eberl. For questions and complaints, please contact datenschutz@agrarverlag.at.
Participants‘ rights:
Every participant in competitions organised by AV-Medien has the right to objection to, obtaining of information about, deleting or correction of data and to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority. Participants also have the right to cancel their subscription to mailing lists at any time.
Legal basis:
The legal basis for carrying out prize competitions at AV-Medien is Article 6 “Lawfulness of processing” of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
General Terms and Conditions of AV-Medien:
For the General Terms and Conditions of AV-Medien, please go to:: https://www.av-medien.at/services/agb.html

3. General conditions/rules of a prize competition

The general conditions of any prize competition organised by AV-Medien are defined in the respective competition itself or in its announcement. In order to be able to participate in a prize competition, an eligible person must observe and comply with the respective rules of the game.

4. Start and end of competitions

Whenever a prize competition does not start with its announcement, the start will be announced directly as part of the competition itself or by means of a separate announcement.
AV-Medien will define the closing date of a prize competition in advance during the development phase and will communicate it to the participants. The closing date can be extended once by AV-Medien — provided that corresponding information is provided in the course of the competition itself. A possible extension, including the duration of the extension, will be announced at the start of the respective prize competition, thereby providing the participant with a foreseeable final closing date of the competition.

5. Prizes

The prizes of a competition are presented during the competition itself or in its announcement and are provided either by AV-Medien itself or by partners of AV-Medien. The winner is not entitled to any exchange, refund, guarantee, cash equivalent or other additional services in connection with the prize. Prizes are not transferable. Only prizes stated in the competition will be raffled. AV-Medien expressly reserves the right to replace the respective announced prizes with prizes of equal or greater value without giving reasons.

6. Determination of the winners

The winner(s) will be determined after the closing date in a non-public draw without the presence of a notary. If winners are unavailable or cannot be contacted within seven days of the first notification by AV-Medien, another winner will be determined. Winners will be contacted by personal message via email, telephone or the respective social media channel (depending on the nature and location of the prize competition).

7. Acceptance, rejection and passing on of a prize by AV-Medien

Each participant is free to accept a prize. As a rule, AV-Medien assumes that the winner will accept his/her prize. If a prize is not accepted, the winner must inform AV-Medien of this in writing. In that case, the prize will either be awarded to the positive participant directly following the winner or the draw will be repeated among the other remaining participants (depending on the type of the competition). If a competition involves several prizes, a participant is only entitled to accept one prize — unless otherwise regulated.

8. Possible additional costs that may be associated with a prize

Unless otherwise communicated, AV-Medien only raffles the prizes listed in the competition itself but not their transport and/or any additional services, resources and/or expenses that may be associated with a prize. Possible additional costs must be borne by the winner, if he/she wishes to accept the prize. In the event that these costs are borne by AV-Medien or a partner of AV-Medien, this will be communicated individually and in advance in the course of the competition.

9. Exclusion of liability

AV-Medien exercises the greatest possible care in carrying out prize competitions. AV-Medien is not liable for any damages in connection with the participation in a competition. AV-Medien reserves the right to withdraw a competition or make changes to it in the event of unforeseen circumstances beyond its reasonable control or for important reasons — without liability to participants, winners or third parties.
AV-Medien accepts no liability if the location of a competition (website, social media, etc.) is unavailable or does not function without problems. AV-Medien will at all times attempt to fix technical faults as quickly as possible (insofar as this is within its power), but excludes any liability for them.

10. Prize competitions on social media or other channels

If a prize competition does not take place on one of AV-Medien’s own platforms or channels (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Google, platforms of partner companies, etc.), the external platform has no connection with AV-Medien — unless otherwise communicated. AV-Medien’s prize competitions are in no way sponsored, supported or organised by third-party platforms. The exclusive recipient of the data provided by the participant is AV-Medien.

Version: 28.02.2024