LEGAL STATEMENT Hill's Pet Nutrition
South Africa (Proprietary) Limited ("Hill's"), maintains
this Internet site as a service to the Internet community.
The content (images and text), placed by Hill's or any of
its group related companies, including its holding company,
Colgate-Palmolive Company, are copyrighted. The brand names,
logos, labels and package designs ("trademarks") that appear
on this site belong to Hill's and/or any of its group related
companies and/or its licensors where noted. By placing these
trademarks on the site, Hill's is not granting a license
to use or reproduce them. Marking of trademarks denotes
Hill's trademark ownership status in the Republic of South
Africa or in another relevant jurisdiction as the case may
be. Status and markings of trademarks may vary by country.
You may download the content in this site only for your
personal, non-commercial use. The content may not be otherwise
copied and may not be modified.
Hill's will use
reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information,
but makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy
or completeness and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law Hill's disclaims all warranties, conditions and other
terms relating to this website and its contents, including
any warranties, conditions and terms which may be implied
and whether relating to quality, fitness for purpose, title,
non-infringement or otherwise.
In no event shall
Hill's be liable (whether for breach of contract, negligence
or for any other reason) for any loss of profits, exemplary
or special damages, loss of sales, loss of revenue, loss
of any software or data, loss of use of computer equipment,
software or data, loss of or waste of management or other
staff time or for any indirect, consequential or special
loss, however arising.
For the sake of clarity,
Hill's shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising
out of your inability to access a Hill's maintained site
or your reliance on the information on the site.
Clicking on certain links within www.hillstransforminglives.co.za
and other domains owned and operated by Hill's or other
members of the Hill's group of related companies will take
you into other web sites for which hillstransforminglives.co.za
and other domains owned and operated by Hill's or other
members of the Hill's group of related companies will take
no responsibility.
Hill's collects information that
can identify you only when it is voluntarily offered. Hill's
uses this information in accordance with its privacy policy,
which is described below.
Any non-personal information,
communications or material you send to www.hillstransforminglives.co.za
and other domains owned and operated by Hill's or other
members of the Hill's group of related companies or to Hill's
by Internet electronic mail are on a non-confidential basis.
We are free to use and reproduce any such information freely,
and for any purpose whatsoever. Specifically, we will be
free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
contained in such information for any purpose, including
developing, manufacturing and/or marketing products. Any
information you send to www.hillstransforminglives.co.za
and other domain owned and operated by Hill's or other members
of the Hill's group of related companies must be truthful,
and not violate the rights of others and be legal.
Hill's reserves the right to withdraw products referred
to in www.hillstransforminglives.co.za and other domain
owned and operated by Hill's or other members of the Hill's
group of related companies and to change this legal statement
at any time, without notice.
PRIVACY POLICY
Hill's takes care to respect the privacy
of its on-line visitors. Our privacy policy is outlined
below. As the technology of the Internet changes, this policy
may also change. Any change will be promptly reported in
these pages.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? Information that
can identify an on-line visitor is collected only when voluntarily
offered. Except as specifically stated herein and where
an on-line visitor's consent has been obtained for another
purpose, we collect identifiable information only to respond
to our visitors' questions about our Company and its products
and services, to mail out Company literature, e.g., brochures,
or to contact the winners of contests or promotions. We
don't use your e-mail address and/or other personal information
for any purpose other than responding to your request or
message, save as specifically stated herein and where an
on-line visitor's consent has been obtained for another
purpose. We don't use it internally, and we don't share
it with anyone outside the Hill's group of related companies,
other than as specifically set forth herein. There may be
occasions where Hill's will in its sole discretion, share
certain pet stories provided to it from time to time on
this site, from an on-line visitor (which may include the
on-line user's name, pet name and/or location). Such disclosure
will not occur unless the consent of the relevant on-line
visitor has been duly provided to Hill's, in accordance
with the consent and on-line testimonial release section
below.
When you visit our site, we automatically
log your IP address (the unique address, which identifies
your computer on the internet), which is automatically recognized
by our web server. We use IP addresses to help us administer
the site and to collect broad demographic information for
aggregate use.
Our site sometimes includes information
about sweepstakes or other promotions that Hill's is offering
or is offering jointly with another Internet enterprise,
and in some cases, we may allow you to enter electronically.
If that occurs, Hill's and/or our authorized representatives
will use the information you provide for the purpose of
conducting the promotion (for example, to contact you if
you have won) and with your consent, to offer you products
and services of Hill's and our joint sweepstakes sponsors.
In addition, we may also collect demographic and other data
for market research, advertising and promotional purposes.
As part of the services offered to you through our
site, the information you provide to us may be transferred
to countries outside of the Republic of South Africa (“RSAâ€).
By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers
are from time to time located in a country outside of the
RSA or one of our service providers is located in a country
outside of the RSA. We also share information between our
group related companies, which are located in countries
worldwide, including Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. of the United
States of America. These countries may not have similar
data protection laws to the RSA.
COOKIES
I hereby freely give and grant Hill's, and its other
members of the Hill's group of related companies, and their
respective assignees, licensees, successors in interest,
agents, and legal representatives (herein collectively the
"Licensed Parties"), the right to use, publish and copyright
my name, name of my pet, testimonial statements, and/or
any photos, videotapes and other electronic and/or digital
likenesses or images of me and/or my pet(s) (such photos,
videotapes or electronic and/or digital likenesses or images
are hereafter collectively referred to as "Images"), which
have been submitted by me online this date via Hill's web
site, for unlimited worldwide usage in all media and types
of advertising and promotion of Hill'sâ„¢ brand pet foods.
I agree that the Licensed Parties will have the
right to attribute such submitted testimonial statements
(or statements in different words which have substantially
the same meaning) to me, which I hereby certify is an expression
of my personal experience and belief.
I further
certify that: (a) any submitted Images are solely of me
and/or my pets, and do not include the likeness or image
of any other person or of pets not owned by me; (b) such
Images are owned by me; and (c) that I am 18 years of age
or older and have full authority to grant the rights to
Licensed Parties as referenced above. I agree and understand
that Images submitted by me shall become the property of
the Licensed Parties and will not be returned to me.
I agree that no advertisement or other materials need
be submitted to me for any further approval prior to Licensed
Parties' use.
I hereby release and discharge Licensed
Parties from any and all claims, debts, demands, actions
or causes of actions, suits, sums of money, damages, and
liabilities of whatsoever kind or nature, which have arisen
or may arise as a result of Licensed Parties' exercise of
the rights I've granted to them as set forth herein. I further
agree that I shall keep the Licensed Parties harmless and
shall indemnify the Licensed Parties from and against all
costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by Licensed Parties
in connection with the defense of any claim or claims on
account thereof, including reasonable attorney's fees.
Nothing herein will constitute any obligation on
the Licensed Parties to make any use of any of the rights
set forth herein. For the sake of clarity, Hill's reserves
the right to withdraw any content referred to on www.hillstransforminglives.co.za
and other domain owned and operated by Hill's or other members
of the Hill's group of related companies, without notice.
TRANSFORMING LIVES TESTIMONIAL COMPETITION (the
"Competition")
PRIZE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- This Competition starts 1 June 2017 and ends
31 December 2017 ("the Competition Period")
- The Competition is open to residents of the
Republic of South Africa and Namibia over the age
of 18 years old. Employees of Hill's, its affiliates
and any of the agencies or companies associated
with this Competition, including their immediate
families may upload testimonials but are not eligible
for prizes.
- You can gain an entry into the Competition ("Participant")
every time you:
- submit your story;
- share your story (1 entry for a share on
Facebook, 1 entry for a share on Twitter and/or
1 entry for a share via email);
- share a story you like (1 entry for a share
on Facebook, 1 entry for a share on Twitter
and/or 1 entry for a share via email); or
- get a friend to submit a story (each friend
that submits a story counts as an extra entry).
- The prizes are as follows:
- Monthly prizes: 10 x R3,000.00
vouchers from either Woolworths or Takealot.
Winners may only choose one of these retailers
at which they may spend the full R3,000.00 (three
thousand rand) voucher.
In addition, monthly
winners will get to choose one registered NPO
animal welfare organization from a supplied
list, to which Hill's will donate
R3,000.00 (three thousand rand) worth of
Hill's food on the winner's behalf.
- Holiday Prize: This prize
is a travel voucher from a registered travel
agent to the value of R50,000.00 (fifty thousand
rand). Any other related expenditures, over
and above the travel voucher, will be for the
prize winner's account. It is the responsibility
of the prize winner to make all necessary travel
arrangements with the travel agent and ensure
they have a valid passport, travel insurance,
they obtain the necessary vaccinations and visas
for their trip, if any. In addition, the prize
winner will be afforded the opportunity to choose
one registered NPO animal welfare organization
from an approved list as supplied by Hill's,
to which Hill's will donate R50,000.00 (fifty
thousand rand) cash or R50,000.00 (fifty thousand
rand) worth of Hill's food on behalf of the
prize winner. The nominated charity will be
offered the choice of either cash or a Hill's
food donation.
- Prize winners will be selected by Hill's as
follows, for the duration of the Competition Period:
- Monthly prizes: on the last working day
of each month, Hill's will randomly select 10
winners from the bank of entries at that date,
under independent supervision. Participants
cannot win more than one monthly prize but will
still be eligible for the grand prize of a holiday
destination. Should the bank of entries not
have enough eligible entries, Hill's will only
select winners from the eligible entries and
the balance of the prizes will become null and
void.
- Holiday prize: on the 22 January 2018, 1
grand prize winner will be selected randomly
by Hill's, under independent supervision, from
all entries submitted during the Competition
Period.
- Winner notification and timings:
- The Monthly prize winners will be notified
by a Hill's representative via email or phone
within 10 working days from the date of draw.
Winners will need to respond to Hill's within
15 calendar days to claim their prize or forfeit
this prize. If a prize is not claimed, Hill's
will draw a new prize winner. If the second
winner does not claim their prize within the
stipulated time, the prize becomes null and
void. Should Hill's be unable to contact the
winner or should the winner be unable to accept
the prize, Hill's reserves the right to award
the prize to an alternative winner, drawn in
accordance with these terms and conditions.
Please allow up to 20 (twenty) working days
for delivery once the winners' details have
been confirmed.
- The Holiday prize winner will be notified
by a Hill's representative via email or phone
within 15 working days from the date of draw.
Winners will need to respond to Hill's within
15 calendar days to claim their prize or forfeit
this prize. If a prize is not claimed, Hill's
will draw a new prize winner. If the second
winner does not claim their prize within the
stipulated time, the prize becomes null and
void. Should Hill's be unable to contact the
winner or should the winner be unable to accept
the prize, Hill's reserves the right to award
the prize to an alternative winner, drawn in
accordance with these terms and conditions.
Please allow up to 20 (twenty) working days
for delivery once the winner's details have
been confirmed.
- The Monthly NPO prize winners will be notified by a Hill's representative via email or phone within 10 working days from the date of draw. Winners will need to respond to Hill's within 15 calendar days to claim their prize. If a prize is not claimed, Hill's will reserve the right to place a Hill's food order to the value of R3,000.00 on behalf of the winning NPO. Should Hill's be unable to contact the winner or should the winner be unable to accept the prize, Hill's reserves the right to award the prize to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions. Please allow up to 20 (twenty) working days for delivery once the winners' details have been confirmed.
- All prizes are not transferrable and no cash
alternative is offered.
- Hill's reserves the right to substitute a prize
for one of equal or greater value if the designated
prize should become unavailable for any reason.
- In the event of a dispute, Hill's decision is
final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Any tax liability arising from this competition
will be the responsibility of the relevant winners.
- Hill's is entitled to institute any reasonable
security measures to ensure that the rules are adhered
to. Hill's reserves the right to delete duplicate
and fraudulent entries, as well as disqualify participants
if we suspect any activity not deemed within the
spirit of the Competition has taken place.
- If this Competition is interfered with in any
way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably
anticipated due to any factor(s) beyond the reasonable
control of Hill's , Hill's reserves the right and
the sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted
by the law to disqualify any entrant or winner and/or
to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the Competition
as appropriate.
- Hill's reserves the right to alter, cancel or
delay this Competition without notice.
- Participants will be deemed to be bound by and
have accepted these terms and conditions.
- Any person may obtain a copy of these Competition
rules by contacting Hill's on 0800 228783.
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP - WIN A YEAR SUPPLY OF HILL'S
- This promotion will run from 1 June 2017 until
31 December 2017.
- The draw will take place on 1 September and
1 November 2017, respectively
- This promotion is open to residents of the Republic
of South Africa and Namibia, who are over the age
of 18 years old, excluding employees of Hill's,
its affiliates and any of the agencies or companies
associated with this promotion, including their
immediate families.
- It is not a requirement to purchase a Hill's
product to enter.
- Only one entry per person accepted.
- To enter this free prize draw, you must fill
in and submit your registration online.
- Once registered, you will be entered into the
next and any subsequent prize draw for 12 months.
Each person will only be eligible to win one prize.
- Each draw will close at the end of the calendar
month of August and October and a winner will be
selected at random under independent supervision.
Each time, two reserves will also be drawn. The
winner will be notified by telephone, email or post
within 7 days of each closing date. Winners will
be informed of how they can redeem their free food
by a representative of Hill's upon notification
of their win.
- The name and region of the prize winner will
be available on written request to Hill's. No other
correspondence will be entered into concerning this
promotion.
- Prize winners may choose either the Science
Plan or the Ideal Balance range as set out in point
11 and 12 below.
- Science Plan prize: 12 x 2kg or 1.5kg bags of Hill's Science Plan for winners with a cat, 12 x 2.5kg or 3kg bags of Hill's Science Plan for winners with a mini breed dog, 12 x 7.5kg bags of Hill's Science Plan for winners with a medium breed dog, 12 x 15kg bags of Hill's Science Plan for winners with large breed dogs.
- Ideal Balance prize: 12 x 1.5kg or 2kg or 2.72kg of Hill's Ideal Balance for winners with a cat. 12 x 1.81kg or 12 x 2kg bags of Hill's Ideal Balance for winners with a small breed dog. 9 x 12kg or 13.6kg bags of Hill's Ideal Balance for winners with a medium breed dog. 12 x 12kg or 13.6kg bags of Hill's Ideal Balance bags for winners with a large breed dog.
- All prizes are not transferrable and no cash
alternative is offered.
- Hill's does not accept responsibility in respect
of entries corrupted in transit. Proof of submission
is not proof of entry.
- In the event of a dispute, Hill's decision is
final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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