Bentley University’s

“#TrickorFlex”

Halloween Scavenger Hunt Official Rules for Halloween Scavenger Hunt 2015

No Purchase Necessary To Enter Or Win. Void

Where Prohibited. This Giveaway is in no way

sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram,

Facebook, Twitter, Burlington Mall, or Snapchat. 1. Giveaway Period/Description: The “#TrickorFlex” Giveaway (“#TrickorFlex”) begins at

9:00:00 am Eastern Time (“ET”) on 10/29/15 and ends at 6:00:00 pm ET on 10/30/15 (the

“#TrickorFlex Period”). Throughout the day, ten (10) Flex stuffed animals in costume will be

hidden around campus at staggered times and one (1) hint will be posted to Snapchat. Winners

who find each stuffed animal will keep it and have the option of posting a picture with the stuffed

animal to Instagram or Twitter to be entered in a random drawing to win one of three (3) prizes

(see “Approximate Retail Value (ARV)”).

2. Eligibility: #TrickorFlex is open only to enrolled, full­time or part­time, matriculating graduate

or undergraduate students of Bentley University, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, or

the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, whichever is greater, as of the date of their

entry. Employees, directors and officers of Bentley University Marketing & Communications

Team (“Sponsor”) are not eligible. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. The Giveaway

is subject to all federal, state and local laws. By entering the Giveaway, participants are bound

by and agree to these Official Rules, and the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and binding.

3. How To Enter: Internet access and a Snapchat account are required to enter. If you don’t

already have a Snapchat account, download the official Snapchat app to create one. It is free to

create an account. Once you have an account, you must become a follower of @bentley_u. You

can unfollow @bentley_u once the Giveaway Period and the notification/verification period has

ended. To enter, watch the @bentley_u account for hints about the hiding spots for each stuffed

animal Flex and then find it on campus. If you are successful, post a picture to Instagram or

Twitter with your stuffed animal to be entered into a random drawing to win one (1) of three (3)

additional prizes. It is free to create an account on either platform; download the Instagram or

Twitter app and create an account or go to https://twitter.com/ to create a Twitter account. Each

person is limited to winning one (1) time during the #TrickorFlex Period. Claiming one of the

Flex stuffed animals constitutes your consent to these official rules.

4. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): Those who find a stuffed animal Flex on 10/29/15 or

10/30/15 will be winners. There will be ten (10) Prize winners total throughout the day. Prize

winners will receive one (1) stuffed Flex doll dressed in costume at approximately twenty dollars

($20) each, for a total value of two hundred dollars ($200). All winners have the option of

posting a photo to Instagram or Twitter to be entered in a random drawing for the chance to win

a grand prize. There will be three (3) Grand Prize winners total throughout the day. The Grand

Prize winners will receive a twenty­five dollar ($25) gift card to the Burlington Mall. The total

ARV of all prizes awarded in this Giveaway is two hundred and seventy­five dollars ($275). In

the event not enough Flex stuffed animals are found to award the applicable prize(s), Sponsor

retains the right not to award such prize(s). The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding

on all matters relating to this Giveaway. Odds of winning a prize are dependent upon the total

number of people participating in the Scavenger Hunt. There is a limit of one (1) Prize per

person, throughout the entire Giveaway Period.

5. Winner Notification/Acceptance: All potential winners must comply with these Official Rules

as published in order to accept a prize and be confirmed as an official winner. After selecting

three (3) random Grand Prize winners from those who post a photo to Instagram or Twitter, an

administrator will notify the potential Prize winner(s) via an email from GA_Social@bentley.edu

to the winners’ Bentley University email address or, if unable to discern the correct email

address, comment on the Instagram photo entered or reply to photo Tweeted. Upon notification

or notification attempt, potential Prize winner(s) will be required to respond to such message

accepting the prize and provide his/her physical mailing address for prize delivery purposes

within five (5) calendar days of such notification or notification attempt, or the prize will be

forfeited, and an alternate potential prize winner will be selected and notified. If in any instance,

notification attempt(s) for the potential prize winner(s) fails for any reason, or if a potential prize

winner is found to have not complied with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and

an alternate potential winner will be selected from among remaining eligible entries, if any.

Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use the

name, Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat account information, and all Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat

posts related to the Giveaway in connection with the Giveaway without additional compensation

unless prohibited by law. Further, winners shall indemnify the Released Parties from any claims,

damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from breach of these

Official Rules. In the event of a dispute as to any Account, the authorized account holder of the

email address that first contacted GA_Social@bentley.edu will be deemed to be the entrant.

The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet

access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email

addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

6. General Rules: By participating in the Giveaway, participants agree to be bound by these

Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

7. Limitations of Liability: Participants, by participating in the Giveaway, release and agree to

hold the Released Parties harmless from and against any and all liability, claims or action of any

kind whatsoever, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death and

bodily injury, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance,

possession, use or misuse of any prize and/or participating in this Giveaway or in any

Giveaway­related activity, whether sponsored, held by or paid for by a third party or by Sponsor.

Additionally, the Released Parties are not responsible for late, misdirected, or incomplete

entries, or for any virus contracted by an entrant’s computer through participation in the

Giveway or viewing the rules, for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by a

human or by a computer or Internet malfunction or interference, tampering, manipulation,

weather or natural disaster, acts of war, or by any of the equipment or programming associated

with or utilized in the Giveaway, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission,

interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation; or for failed computer, satellite, telephone,

wireless or cable transmissions, lines or technical failure. Released Parties are not responsible

for any errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, electronic, computer, network,

typographical, printing, administrative or otherwise relating to or in connection with the

Giveaway, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with

the administration of the Giveaway, the verification of the participant or prize or in any

Giveaway­related activity or materials. The Released Parties are not responsible for lost,

interrupted or inaccessible or unavailable network, server, wireless service, Internet Service

Provider (ISP), website, or other connections or any combination thereof. Sponsor reserves the

right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects of tampering with the

participation process or the operation of the Giveaway, to be acting in violation of the Official

Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy,

abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of any devices, which subvert the

participation process, will void all participation by such methods, and disqualify any entrant

using such methods. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY

WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A

VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE

SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM

ANY SUCH PERSON (S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT

PERMITTED BY LAW. If, for any reason, the Giveaway is not capable of running as planned by

reason of, but not limited to, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures,

virus, bug, worm, unauthorized human intervention or any other causes which Sponsor, in the

sole opinion of Sponsor, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,

integrity or proper conduct of this Giveaway, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to

cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway and post notice of the action where they

deem fit. If Sponsor terminates the Giveaway prior to the end of the Giveaway Period, Sponsor

may elect to award the prizes from a random drawing from among all eligible entries received

prior to the termination.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AWARDS

FOR, AND ENTRANTS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIM, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL,

CONSEQUENTIAL, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER. IN NO EVENT SHALL

SPONSOR BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTRANT OR WINNER FOR DAMAGES THAT EXCEED

THE VALUE OF THE PRIZE TO BE AWARDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT IN THIS

GIVEAWAY. SPONSOR’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION IN THESE OFFICIAL

RULES WILL NOT BE DEEMED A WAIVER OF SUCH.

8. Governing Law and Venue: THE GIVEAWAY IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE

CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN

MASSACHUSETTS. IF THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED

THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION, IT SHALL THEN BE RESOLVED BY

FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL BE EXPERIENCED AND

LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. ALL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT

PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE COUNTY OF

MIDDLESEX. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES,

AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE,

EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’

FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS

AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. EXCEPT

WHERE PROHIBITED, YOU AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND/OR

CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF, OR CONNECTED WITH THE GIVEAWAY OR ANY

PRIZE AWARD SHALL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM

OF CLASS ACTION, AND EXCLUSIVELY BY THE APPROPRIATE COURT LOCATED IN THE

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

9. Privacy Policy/Terms: Any personally identifiable information collected during this Giveaway

will be collected by Sponsor and used by Sponsor, its affiliates, agents and marketers for

purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Giveaway as described in these

Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor's Privacy Policy as stated at

http://www.bentley.edu/offices/information­security­data­privacy/policy and as allowed by law.

By participating via the Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat platforms, participants are also subject to

Instagram’s, Twitter’s, and Snapchat’s Term of Use located at

https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511, https://twitter.com/tos?lang=en, and

https://www.snapchat.com/terms.

10. Winners’ List: For a list of the winners, available after the Giveaway has ended, send a

stamped, self­addressed envelope by 09/08/15 to: Associate Director, Content and Social

Media Strategy, #TrickorFlex Winners List, Bentley University, Marketing and Communications

Dept., 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452.

11. Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Giveaway is Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham,

MA 02452.

This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram, Facebook,

Twitter, Burlington Mall, or Snapchat.