IE – Whats Your Story

1.About the Competition Rules

If you do not accept the following rules, please do not enter the Competition.

 

By taking part in the Competition, you are agreeing to these official rules (“Competition Rules”).

“We” and “Us” mean Trend Micro EMEA Limited, and we sponsor the What’s Your Story internet safety education programme and the Competition. We are an Irish limited liability company (number 364963) and we are at IDA Business & Technology Park, Model Farm Road, Cork, Ireland.

 

“You” means a person, wanting to enter the Competition. You also means someone who takes part or appears in an Entry. It is the responsibility of the entrant to make sure that each participant is made aware and accepts these Competition Rules. This means that if you submit a video, please make sure that all of the actors (who are called “participants”) and their parents (where the participants are under 18) are happy for you to agree to these Competition Rules. We recommend that you have all participants review these Competition Rules.

 

2. About the Competition

We run the Competition to raise awareness and educate our community about the risks, dangers and also the exciting opportunities available to us all when we are online. The Competition gives you the opportunity to create a short video (an “Entry”) and upload it to the What’s Your Story Website. Create and upload a video ,between 1 & 2 minutes long, answering the following question:

 

Should AI do your homework?

While the internet is a great resource for us all, there are more reasons than ever before to question all that it offers. Artificial intelligence could be understood as a tool that meaningfully improves the lives of those who use and need it most. Should we consider however, how it should and should not be used?  What is your understanding of AI? When it comes to homework should it do your homework for you?

So many good things are possible because of the internet.  It’s useful, entertaining, it connects us to others far away, it’s amazing.  Many of us use the internet in positive, harmless, or productive ways. You can help by sharing your thoughts about the role of AI in the future when it comes to homework.

If you have an opinion, then tell us your story. Be funny. Be dramatic. Be creative. Whatever you do, be real.

Create a two-minute video to answer this question for a chance to win one of our great prizes. Use live action, stop action, animation, original music or none.

 

Once we have checked that your Entry meets the Competition Rules, it will be posted online. All entries will be reviewed and scored according to criteria as outlined under section 11. Please also see section 9, Prizes. A panel of Judges will select the winning Entries .

 

3.Key Dates and Deadlines

The Opening Date for uploading entries is June 12^th 2023, and the Closing Date for uploading entries is June 14^th @ 12 am, 2023

The judges will meet on Thursday afternoon June 15^th to determine the winner.

 

4.Who can enter the Competition?

The Competition is open to individuals (“Individual Entrants”), who participate in the Cyber Security Academy 2023, hosted online by Cyber Futures on June 12^th – June 15^th.

You must be a legal resident of Ireland at the time of entry into the Competition.

All Individual Entrants must be at or below secondary level in Ireland.

With respect to Individual Entrants in Ireland, the Competition is open only to legal residents who are eight (8) years of age or older at time of entry.

Parent’s consent required – if you are under the age of 16 on the date of entry into the Competition, then you must obtain your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to participate in the Competition. Your parent or your guardian will receive an email asking for their consent. They need to respond to this email and give their consent before you can continue to enter the Competition. Please ensure that you ask your parents for permission to use their email address before you share that email address with us as part of the registration process.

If any potential winner is under the age of 18, any prize may be awarded in the name of the winner’s parent or legal guardian. Your parent or guardian must agree and sign a legal release (“Release Agreement”) and/or any other document(s) that we reasonably request before you are entitled to any prize.

Our employees or their families or anyone connected with the promotion or organisation of this Competition, or their families are not allowed to enter the Competition.

 

5. How to enter

Beginning -June 12^th – to enter the Competition, visit the Website https://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.ie/ and complete the registration process on the Website with the information requested and follow the online instructions to upload and submit your video (your “Entry”) directly to the Website.

 

6. Entry Requirements

Each Entry that is entered into the Competition must meet the following “Entry Requirements”:

 

You promise that all information that you give us is true, accurate and complete in every respect and that you are eligible to enter the Competition.

Your Entry must be your own original work and you must you have permission to use any music or content that you did not create.

Video Entries:

(a) your video must be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes long, no larger than 100MB and only in .mov or .mp4 or .wmv file format.

 

(b) the video must be your original, previously unpublished work, and must not infringe any third-party copyright or trademarks, breach privacy, or any other third party rights;

 

(c) the video content must not be discriminatory, obscene, offensive, or defamatory.

 

– Your Entries must be in English or Irish language.

– There is a limit of one Entry per Individual Entrant.

– Entries must be received by the Closing Date. No substitutions of any Entry with new versions will be accepted under any circumstances once the original Entry is submitted for consideration.

– Entries which violate any of these requirements will be deemed ineligible to be included in the Competition and your Entry will be disqualified.

-We reserve all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Competition.

 

7. Data Privacy and Publicity

When you take part in the Competition, you provide personal information to us. By taking part in the Competition, you agree that we can hold and use your personal information to administer the Competition. We promise to use your information only in connection with this Competition in accordance with the privacy notice found on the Website.

 

If you win, we can, at no cost, use your name, region of residence and likeness as part of the Competition for reasonable publicity in any form including on our website and on social media.

 

8. Ownership of your Entry and Copyright

Copyright in your Entry and your right to be identified as the creator of your Entry remains with you. However, once your Entry has been submitted, it is important that we are able to use it for purposes connected to What’s Your Story.

 

As a requirement of the Competition, you grant to us a permanent right to use your Entry, for example, by posting it on the internet and social media, copying it, publishing it, editing, or adapting it. You also allow us to grant the same rights to other carefully selected organisations so that they can use your Entry for educational purposes without seeking further permission from you.

 

We promise that we shall never use your Entry for commercial purposes.

 

9. Prizes

The winning Entries will be those that are judged to be the most visually appealing, creative, effective, original, and self-explanatory and captures the competition’s theme.

 

A prize is available for the overall winner:

Overall winner prize €500

 

-If we do not receive enough eligible Entries, or if the Judges consider that not enough Entries are good enough to award a Prize, then the Prize may not be awarded.

-The Prize money will be paid electronically to the winning Entrant or to their parents or legal guardians if they are Minors.

– The prize winners shall be solely responsible for any required or applicable local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the applicable prize.

 

10. Selection of Finalists

After you upload your Entry, we will check it complies with the Competition Rules and if it does; we will approve it. It will then be live on the Website.

The Sponsors will choose 3 finalists based upon creativity (style, message delivery, execution, etc.) the appropriateness of your Entry (on topic, etc.) and how effective you have been in putting across your message.

There will then be one winner.

If you are chosen as the winner, you will be required to sign and return the release agreement prior to being declared a winner. The release agreement requires you to confirm that your Entry complies with the Competition Rules and also to formalise the agreement that gives us the right to use your Entry, referred to in the section headed ‘Ownership of Your Entry and Copyright’.

 

If you are under the age of 18, the release agreement must be signed by your parent/legal guardian.

 

If you do not sign and return the release agreement within three days of being formally requested, or if we don’t receive them within that time period for any reason, we will have no liability to you.

 

If you have broken any of the Competition Rules you may be disqualified. If that happens, we will appoint someone else as a winner in your place.

 

11. The Judging

We will appoint a panel of Judges that are supporting our What’s Your Story Competition. The Judges will review the Finalist Entries during the Final Judging Period and select the winning Entry.

 

The Judges will take account of your creativity (style, message delivery, execution, etc.) the appropriateness of your Entry (on topic, etc.) and how effective you have been in putting across your message. Of course, there is no right or wrong answer, so the Judges will be using their personal judgement. The Judge’s decision is final and not open for review or subject to challenge.

 

The winner will be notified on June 16^th 2023. If you are the winner, the organisers of the Cyber Security Academy (Cyber Futures) will use the contact details you have provided to get in touch with you and let you know the good news.

Before we can confirm any winner, we will need to verify your eligibility. If we decide someone is not eligible to be a winner for any reason, our decision will be final and binding and not subject to challenge.

 

We shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winner for any reason. If any potential winner does not respond within the time specified in the notification, or if any winner notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to a potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his/her prize and an alternate winner may be selected based on the results of the aforementioned judging criteria. If any potential winner is found to be ineligible or if he/she has not complied with these Competition Rules or declines the prize for any reason, such potential winner will be disqualified, and the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner based on the results of the aforementioned judging criteria.

 

12. The Winner

The competition winner list shall be announced on the website on June 15^th 2023.

 

13. General

Right to cancel the Competition: We have the right to cancel the Competition or change the Prize or Competition Rules without notice and without liability to any entrant. In the event we do not receive enough Entries by the Closing Date or if we are prevented from awarding a prize or continuing with the Competition as contemplated herein for any reason, we shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Competition.

 

We may at our sole discretion disqualify you if you are found to be tampering or interfering with the entry process or operation of the website, or to be acting in any manner deemed to be disruptive of or prejudicial to the operation or administration of the Competition.

 

Our decisions are final, and we shall not open into any correspondence with any entrant concerning any aspect of this Competition.

 

Other than for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, so far as is permitted by law, we exclude all liability for any loss, damage, cost and expense, whether direct or indirect, howsoever caused in connection with the Competition or any aspect of the Prize. You are entering this Competition at your own risk.

 

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Ireland. Disputes arising in connection with this Agreement shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.