General conditions of participation in competitions
The organiser of the competition is sigikid, H. Scharrer & Koch GmbH & Co KG. Further details can be found under legal notice.
By participating in the competition, participants accept the terms and conditions for participation. Legal recourse is excluded.
Eligibility to participate
Only natural persons of legal age who are residents in Germany may participate; minors may only participate with prior consent of their legal guardians.
Collective participation (in particular with the involvement of companies that are orientated towards this) is expressly excluded. This also applies to participation by employees (including their relatives) of sigikid, H. Scharrer & Koch GmbH & Co KG, companies affiliated with sigikid or their service providers.
Participants must take part in person and may not use any unauthorised technical resources. If there is reasonable suspicion that auxiliary programs or similar have been used, we reserve the right to exclude the participants concerned from participation. Furthermore, we reserve the right to discontinue the competition for compelling legal reasons (e.g. judicial or official prohibition of implementation, etc.) as well as in the event of technical manipulation and disruption of proper implementation (e.g. hacker attack, data loss, etc.) or - if sufficient - to adjust the conditions of participation.
Participation and rights to content
Insofar as participation is associated with the submission or publication of content by the participant (e.g. submission of images, texts, etc. for the purpose of participating in a competition), the participant is responsible for this and warrants that he/she is the owner of all rights (in particular copyrights) to this content. By participating, the user grants sigikid, free of charge and irrevocably, a transferable right of use, unlimited in terms of time, content and territory, for the (promotional) use of the content on all digital communication platforms. The user expressly agrees that sigikid may make the content available online to advertise its own products.
Prize and drawing of the winners
The prize offered can be found in the respective competition post.
The prizes will be raffled off among all participants. The participation period can be found in the competition. The winners will be determined after the closing date for entries as part of a random draw among all participants.
The winners will be informed by private message after the end of the competition; we reserve the right to use an alternative communication channel if participants have provided further contact details as part of their participation.
The prize will only be handed over to the winner or to the legal representative of the underage winner. It is not possible to exchange, collect or pay out the prize in cash. The prize is non-transferable.
Any costs incurred for the dispatch of the prize will be borne by the operator. Any additional costs associated with claiming the prize shall be borne by the winner. The winner is responsible for any taxation of the prize.
If the winner does not respond after two requests to do so within a period of 3 weeks, the prize may be transferred to another participant.
Data protection
The data transmitted to us on the occasion of participation in the competition will only be used for the organisation of the competition and to notify the winners, unless the participant has consented to further use of his personal data or has subscribed to our newsletter as part of participation in the competition. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the execution of the competition) and, in the case of the participant's consent, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. In addition, our privacy policy applies. In particular, you will also find information there on the rights to which data subjects are entitled.
Responsibility and exemption
The competition is organised exclusively by sigikid, H. Scharrer & Koch GmbH & Co KG.
The following applies to competitions on social media: They are in no way connected to Instagram, facebook or any other social media platform and are in no way sponsored, supported or organised by Instagram/Meta Platforms, Inc. Meta Platforms, Inc. is indemnified under the Instagram Terms and Conditions by participants in connection with the competition; this indemnification therefore forms the basis for the competition. Please also note the privacy policy at https://about.meta.com/uk/actions/protecting-privacy-and-security for the handling of data on Instagram or facebook by Meta Platforms, Inc.