January 2022 Capture the Flag Competition

Official Rules  -  NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

The promoter of this competition is LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. ("Sponsor"), a company incorporated in Georgia with its registered office located at 1000 Alderman Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30005.

The Capture the Flag competition ("Contest") is open only to:

• legal residents of the fifty (50) states of the United States and the District of Columbia (void, Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories, and wherever prohibited or restricted by law); and
• the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland); and
• Brazil 

who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older, as of the date of entry, with access to the Internet and an email account during the Contest Entry Period (defined below) and subsequent Prize Award Period (as defined below). Questions regarding the Contest may be directed to the following email address: capturetheflag@lexisnexisrisk.com 

All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Entry in the Contest requires your full and unconditional acceptance of these official rules ("Official Rules"), including, but not limited to, your consent to receive email messages from the Sponsor solely in connection with the Contest.

The Contest entry period begins now through January 16, 2022, at 11:59 pm EST. (the "Contest Entry Period"). Any entries received outside of the Contest Entry Period will be invalid. The Contest will be January 18, 2022, at 8:00 am ET and end on January 20, 2022, at 11:59 pm ET.

To enter the Contest you must submit your legal first name, legal last name, username to be used for the contest event and email address via email to capturetheflag@lexisnexisrisk.com. In the email, you must include the subject line January 2022 Capture the Flag Competition. Entries must be received by January 16, 2022, at 11:59 pm ET, to be considered for the Contest.   

Maximum of one (1) entry per person, per email address and per household. Any attempts by an entrant to submit more than one (1) entry into this Contest will result in such entrant being disqualified.

When the Contest Entry Period closes, the Capture the Flag scoreboard will be reviewed by a judge selected by Sponsor ("Judge") to identify the Top 3 prize winners ("Prize Winners") based on the scores within the scoreboard:

In the event of a tie, the Judge will break the tie by randomly selecting an entrant from all tied entries as one to be included in the Top 3.  Decisions of the Judge will be made on January 26, 2022, and are final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Contest. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Entry Period. The winners will be contacted on January 27, 2022.

At the sole discretion of the Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture and the selection of an alternate winner may result from any of the following: (I) a potential Prize Winner's failure to respond to notification promptly after its transmissions; (2) the return of an email notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts; (3) a potential Prize Winner's failure to provide Sponsor with satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency; (4) a potential Prize Winner's failure to validly claim the prize by January 31, 2022; (5) any other non-compliance with the Official Rules. In the event of prize forfeiture, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited prize to an alternate winner.

Winners will be announced on February 1, 2022. The names of the Prize Winners will be posted at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/CTF.

There are a total of three prizes available to be won in this Contest, which will each consist of: First Place – Apple iPad 64 GB, Second Place – Yeti Cooler or Bose QuietComfort Headphones and Third Place – Apple Air Pods, Kindle or Raspberry Pi (the "Prizes"). All expenses not specifically mentioned herein are not included as part of any prize package and are solely the Prize Winner's responsibility.

Prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferable, except to a surviving spouse residing in the same household. Sponsor retains the right to provide a different prize of equal or greater value, at its sole discretion. The Prizes will be awarded provided they are validly claimed by January 31, 2022, after which no alternate winners will be selected, nor unclaimed prizes awarded. The Prizes will only be shipped to addresses in the United States, United Kingdom and Brazil.

As a condition of entry into the Contest, except where prohibited by law, each entrant by entering and each Prize Winner by accepting a Prize grants to the Sponsor a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license and right to publicize, display and/or otherwise use the Contest entrant's name, county, city/country (collectively, "Licensed Rights"), in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity for advertising and publicity purposes.

By entering or participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules, the terms and conditions of the Sponsor' websites, and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor is not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information or technical failures of any kind, (2) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; or (3) any other computer, network, technical, human or other error, problem or malfunction that may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing of entries, or the selection or notification of winners. Further, if, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned for reasons outside the control of the Sponsor which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest (or portion thereof), Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to postpone, modify or suspend the Contest (or portion thereof). In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, Sponsor reserves the right to select the Prize Winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such action.

Sponsor also reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify the entry of any individual found to be (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or any website operated by the Sponsor,(b) using any robotic, macro, automatic, programmed or like entry methods, which will void all such entries; (c) violating these Official Rules or the terms of service, conditions of use, and/or general rules of any Sponsor property or service; or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Sponsor is not responsible for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the Prizes; participation in this Contest or in any activity or travel related thereto or from any interaction with computer Contest information. Sponsor makes no warranties, and hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, concerning any Prizes furnished in connection with this Contest.  These Official Rules may be updated by the Sponsor.

Any disputes that may arise hereunder shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Georgia without regard to the conflicts of laws principles of any jurisdiction. Venue with respect to any such disputes shall be had in the state and federal courts of the State of Georgia. However, if you are a consumer and you live in a European Union member state in which this Contest is being run you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the member state in which you are resident and can bring legal proceedings in the courts of that member state.

The Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations.

In any cause of action, the Sponsor liability will be limited to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), and in no event shall the Sponsor be liable for attorneys' fees and/or experts' fees and costs. By participating in the Contest, each entrant waives the right to claim any additional damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, incidental or indirect damages.

All personal data submitted in connection with the Contest will be processed by the Sponsor for the purposes of administering and managing the Contest and prizes (where applicable) and verifying the eligibility of each entrant subject to the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Privacy Policy located at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/group/privacy-policy.