TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PREDICTOR CHALLENGE NOVE MESTO NA MORAVE 2024

1. Scope: These Terms and Conditions apply to participation in the Predictor Challenge Nove Mesto Na Morave 2024 for the BMW IBU World Championships Biathlon Nove Mesto Na Morave 2024 from 4 to 18 February 2024 ("Prediction Game") on predictor.biathlonworld.com ("Website"), which is organized by the International Biathlon Union, Sonystraße 20, 5081 Anif (Salzburg), Austria ("Organizer").

2. Participants: Anyone who is at least 18 years old at the time of participation may take part in the Prediction Game. Each participant can only participate once. Multiple participations with different email addresses by the same person are prohibited. Violations of this provisions shall directly result in the complete exclusion of the respective participant. Participation shall only be possible personally by each participant. Participations via sweepstake agencies or other third parties who charge a fee for their services shall be excluded. Employees of the Organizer and/or employees of cooperation partners of the Organizer, who are/were involved in the organization of the Prediction Game, shall be excluded from participation in the Prediction Game.
Participants may join an existing prediction group or set up a prediction group themselves and choose a name for such prediction group. Discriminatory, insulting or otherwise offensive Prediction group names will not be tolerated. In the event of an intolerable name, the Organizer reserves the right to request the members of the prediction group to change the name of the prediction group, or to exclude the prediction group and/or members of the prediction group from the Prediction Game.

3. Procedure of the Prediction Game: Participants are asked to predict the podium of each competition at the Biathlon World Championships. Moreover, participants are asked to answer questions for each competition. The participants receive points for their predicitons according ot the rules of the game. Participation in the Prediction Game is free of charge and is not linked to any purchase of goods and/or the use of services. There is no right to participation. In order to participate in the Prediction Game, the participant must fill in the mandatory fields in the registration form provided on the Website.
In order to minimize the risk of abuse in connection with the registration form, the Organizer will send a confirmation link to the email address provided by the participant in the registration form. Only in the event that confirmation has been received within seven (7) days, the participant will be considered for the prize determination pursuant to clause 4. The official results of the Organizer shall be the binding figures for the Prediction Game. The Prediction Game ends on February 18, 2024.

4. Prize Determination and Prize: The overall winner of the Prediction Game will be determined at the end of the Prediction Game. In addition, the daily winner will be determined at the end of each day (overall winner and daily winner together "Winner"). The Winner is the person who has achieved most points in the Prediction Game. In the event of a tie, the Winner will be determined by random selection draw. Each Winner will receive the prize specified by the Organizer on the Website in connection with the Prediction Game ("Prize"). The prize stated in connection with the Prediction Game and the actual Prize are not necessarily identical; deviations (e.g. with regards to design, scope, etc.) are possible. The Organizer will inform each Winner after the end of the Prediction Game via email to the provided email address. If the contact details provided by the participant or his/her name are incorrect or undeliverable, the draw with regards to this Prize will be repeated, and a replacement winner will be determined. In the event the Winner does not respond to the notification email on the Prize within 7 days, the Organizer may, at its sole discretion, determine a replacement Winner. Prizes will not be paid in cash and are non-transferable.

5. Change, Interruption, Termination, Exclusion: The Organizer reserves the right to change the Prediction Game and its implementation modalities at any time without prior notice. Participants affected by such changes will be informed immediately in an appropriate manner. The Organizer shall not affect any claims to Prizes already validly and irrevocably accrued by the participants. Furthermore, the Organizer reserves the right to interrupt or completely terminate the Prediction Game at any time without prior notice, or to extend the Prediction Game by a reasonable period of time.

6. Liability: The Organizer assumes no liability for lost, damaged, misdirected or delayed entries in the registration form or for any technical difficulties affecting participation in the Prediction Game.
The Organizer, its legal representatives and/or vicarious agents shall only be liable for damages, regardless of the legal reason, in the event of intent or gross negligence or – in this case limited to the contract-typical damage foreseeable at the time of conclusion of the contract – in the event of breach of material contractual obligations. Material contractual obligations are those whose fulfillment are essential for proper performance of the contract, whose breach jeopardizes the achievement of the purpose of the contract and on whose compliance the participant regularly relies. This limitation of liability shall not apply to claims for damages based on injury to life, limb or health or based on other mandatory statutory liability.
Apart from that, claims by participants or third parties in relation to the Prediction Game shall be excluded. In particular, participants of the Prediction Game are not entitled to any claims (e.g. damages) in the event of changes of the Prize pursuant to clause 4 or to the Prediction Game itself by the Organizer pursuant to clause 5.

7. Data Protection: The personal data of the participants collected in the context of the Prediction Game will be used exclusively for the implementation of the Prediction Game, including notification of the Winners and handover of the Prizes. The Winners may be published with their full names. No later than six (6) months after the conclusion of the Prediction Game, all collected data will be deleted in full, unless a longer storage period is required for contractual or legal reasons. The Winners' data will be stored in accordance with Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO due to tax and commercial law retention and documentation obligations in accordance with section 147 (1) of the German Fiscal Code (AO) for vouchers for 10 years and in accordance with section 257 (1) of the German Commercial Code (HGB) for business documents for six (6) years. No further personal data will be processed or used, and will in particular not be passed on to third parties without authorization. Data will only be passed on for advertising purposes with the explicit and express consent of the participants. Each participant may at any time request information about the data stored about him/her and/or may object to the storage and/or use of his/her data with effect for the future and request the deletion or blocking of his/her personal data. The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b and f and – in the event of consent – lit. a DSGVO.

8. Applicable Law and Legal Action: The legal relationships between the participants of the Prediction Game and the Organizer as well as the conditions of participation shall exclusively be governed by the laws of Austria. Recourse through the courts shall be excluded.

9. Severability Clause: Should individual provisions of these Terms and Conditions be invalid in whole or in parts, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions or parts thereof. In the event that a provision is invalid, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace such provision by a provision that comes closest to the economic purpose of the invalid provision. The same shall apply with regards to any gap within these Terms and Conditions.

Status: January 2024