June 2021 #BigBlueFuture Instagram competition

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. By participating in this competition, you are  deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by and comply with these terms and conditions. If you have any questions about these terms and conditions or the competition, please email [email protected] OR direct message us at @MSCecolabel on Instagram.

The prize

One of two virtual cooking sessions, each for 5 people - who can either be in the same room or in different locations - with MSC chef ambassador Chef Charlotte Langley. Each of the two sessions will be held via Zoom for 60 minutes:

• Americas/Europe session: Wednesday 21 July 2021
  6pm BST (London,  United Kingdom) / 1pm EDT (Ontario, Canada)
  
• Asia-Pacific session: Wednesday 21 July 2021
  8pm JST (Tokyo, Japan) / 7am EDT (Ontario, Canada)

During the cooking session the group will cook a sustainable seafood dish. 

How to enter

For a chance of winning the prize, you must complete all of the following steps between Monday 14th June and Wednesday 23rd June at 09:00 BST:

1. Share to your story, a video or photo of you using our new Instagram filter, which can be found under beneath the smiley face icon on the @MSCecolabel Instagram profile. You can choose any of the backdrop / foreground options within the filter. 

2. In your story, @MSCecolabel must be tagged and the hashtag #BigBlueFuture must be included; both clearly visible. 

3. Save your story and send it to the @MSCecolabel Instagram profile via private message.  

4. Follow the @MSCecolabel Instagram profile, if not already following.  

   

Restrictions on entries

1. No purchase is necessary to enter this competition but you will need an internet connection and an Instagram account.

2. This competition is open to over 18s only in any geographical location, except for any locations where this competition would be prohibited by law. You cannot enter this competition if you are an employee of the Marine Stewardship Council. 

3. Only one entry per person is permitted.

Our use of your content and data

By entering this competition, you give us permission to use your content on:

a) The @MSCecolabel Instagram account, to encourage more competition entrants before the competition closing date.  

b) The @MSCecolabel Instagram account after the closing date, if you are randomly selected as the winner.  

You can object to any of your personal information being published by us by emailing [email protected] OR direct message us at @MSCecolabel on Instagram.  

As outlined in the “Winner selection and notification” below, if randomly selected as the winner, we will contact you via Instagram Direct Message and request an email address. By sending your e-mail address to us via Instagram direct message, you agree to allow us to contact you regarding this competition. We will not add your e-mail to any marketing lists or distribute it to any third party. Data will be deleted once the competition winner has been confirmed. 

Winner selection and notification

1. The draw will take place within 1 day of the closing date and time; a prize winner will be selected at random.

2. The winner of the competition will be notified within 1 day of the draw date and time via Instagram Direct Message. Via this Instagram Direct Message, we will request an email address from the winner. When you send us your email address, we will then email you with information on how to prepare for your virtual cooking session prize.

3. We will announce the winner on the @MSCecolabel Instagram account story within 1 week of the draw date. If you are selected as the winner and you do not want us to publish your personal details (including your name, Instagram handle and profile picture) please tell us when you respond to our Instagram Direct Message. 

4. Please make sure you check your messages regularly; if we don’t hear back from the winner within 48 hours, that person will no longer be eligible to receive the prize and a new winner will be chosen at random from the remaining valid entries.

Further terms and conditions

1. The promoter of this competition is Marine Stewardship Council, of Marine House, 1 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2DH (MSC) and all references to “us”, “we” or “our” mean MSC.

2. The virtual cooking session prize date and time cannot be changed.

3. The prize cannot be sold or exchanged for the cash equivalent or for an alternative in any circumstances. We reserve the right to substitute an alternative prize of equal or greater value.

4. All costs and expenses not included within the prizes are the responsibility of the winner and their guest(s).

5. The MSC: 

May require a winner to verify their age and identity before providing the prize to them, in order to confirm that they were eligible to enter the competition and win the prize. 

Reserves the right to alter, amend or otherwise change the terms of the competition in exceptional circumstances in order to protect the interest of the participants without prior notification. For example, in foreseen circumstances such as malicious use of the filter. 

Accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault. 

Accepts no responsibility for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition. 

Reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award a prize to anyone who it reasonably suspects is in breach of these terms and conditions or who posts anything on social media in connection with this competition (or tags MSC in any post) that is, in MSC’s reasonable opinion, inappropriate, offensive, defamatory or upsetting to other participants, contrary to applicable law or Instagram’s terms of use. 

6. The competition and these terms and conditions, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them, are governed by English law. However, as a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident.  Nothing in these terms and conditions, including the paragraph above, affects a participant's rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law.

7. Any dispute relating to the competition and these terms and conditions will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

8. The competition is not in any way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.  You acknowledge that Instagram shall not have any liability to them in connection with the promotion.

9. If we fail to comply with these terms and conditions, we will be responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of these terms and conditions or our negligence, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if they were an obvious consequence of the promoter's breach or if they were contemplated by you and us at the time that you entered the promotion.