“#1Hertz” Contest Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
DATES OF CONTEST: The “#1Hertz” Contest (the “Contest”) begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on October 14, 2020 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on December 31, 2020 (the “Contest Period”).
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal United States residents residing in the forty-eight (48)
contiguous United States and the District of Columbia who are licensed and insured drivers and at least
twenty (20) years of age or older at the time of entry (each, an “Entrant”). Officers, directors, managers and
employees of The Hertz Corporation (the “Sponsor”) and each of its respective parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, and related companies, advertising and promotion agencies, consultants and
agents, any others engaged in the development, production, execution or distribution of this Contest (all
collectively, referred to herein as “Contest Entities”) are not eligible to participate. Contest is subject to all
federal, state and local laws and regulations, is void outside the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States,
the District of Columbia and where restricted or prohibited by law. By entering, Entrants unconditionally
accept and agree to comply with, and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which
shall be binding in all respects.
TO ENTER: There is one (1) way to enter the Contest via either LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and/or
Twitter (“Social Media Channel(s)”). Entrant may enter as many times as they wish on their Social Media
Channel. At any time during the Contest Period Entrant must log onto their respective Social Media Channel
and using the hashtag “#1Hertz” share their best Hertz experience. This may be in the form of a video,
photograph and/or written description of the outstanding experience received by Sponsor that complies
with the Content Guidelines as set forth below. By entering this Contest, you agree that you have read and
understand these Official Rules
Entrants can open an Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook account for free by registering with
instagram.com, twitter.com, linkedin.com or facebook.com. Entrant must be in compliance with the
respective Social Media Channel’s Terms of Use and accept that channel’s Privacy Policy. Message and
data rates may apply if entrant enters Contest via mobile device. For Instagram and Facebook, Entrant’s
account must be set to “Public” to be entered into the Contest. The Contest is in no way sponsored,
endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook.
In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry the entry will be deemed
submitted by the person who is named on the Social Media Channel account associated with the entry.
Contest Entities assume no responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, theft or
destruction or unauthorized access to, or alternation of entries. Contest Entities shall not be responsible
for incorrect or inaccurate entry information. Sponsor will not confirm receipt of entries for Entrants.
By entering Entrant consents to Sponsor’s entry, use of his/her name, likeness (photograph and/or video),
biographical information, and voices in advertising/publicity/trade (including amplification with any Digital
Marketing Channel) without compensation, notice or approval; and, Prize Winners disclaim any ownership
rights of such advertising/publicity/trade material (TN residents will not be required to sign a publicity
release).
CONTENT GUIDELINES: Entrant warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who
are identifiable in the photo/video or identified in the text consent to the submission and use of the entry in
the Contest and to its use as otherwise set forth herein.
Photo entries must include at least one photo. Video entries must be 30 seconds or less. Text entries must
be less than 100 words. In addition, all entries must comply with the following:
- must be entirely the original work of the Entrant;
- must not have been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind and has not been exhibited or
distributed previously in any media;
- must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, including but not limited to privacy,
publicity or intellectual property rights, including copyright infringement, or legal or moral rights of any third
party, living or deceased (e.g., names, logos, symbols, slogans, photographs that belong to others,
photographs of other people, quotes from other people, or parodies of other people);
- must not disparage Hertz or any other third party (e.g., any person, product, location, retailer, company
or brand);
- must not in any way contain any names, logos, symbols, slogans, parodies or trademarks of any retailer
other than those of Hertz;
- must not include personally-identifiable information;
- must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, lewd, pornographic, obscene, hateful, tortious,
defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or features gratuitous violence dangerous stunts, real weapons of any
kind, illegal drug use, marijuana use (whether legal or not), excessive alcohol use, drunk driving or
otherwise promotes unsafe driving;
- must not contain material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual
or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
- must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of, or contrary to any laws or regulations;
and
- must contain a transparency statement indicating the post was incentivized by the Contest (e.g. #contest).
WINNING/ODDS: Starting on or about Wednesday October 21, 2020, five (5) prize winners (each a “Prize
Winner”) will be selected weekly during the Contest Period with the last prize winners being selected on
December 31, 2020. Winners will be selected based on which Entrant submitted the best Hertz experience
during the Contest Period up through the previous week. Prize Winner to be determined by Sponsor in its
sole discretion based on the following criteria: 1) Consistency with theme of positive Hertz customer
experience 60%; 2) Creativity 20%; 3) Originality 20%. In case of a tie, the tied entries will be re-judged
and the total score will be judged the Prize Winner, and if still tied the highest score in criteria 1. Odds of
winning depend upon the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
PRIZES: Fifty-five (55) prizes are available (five (5) per week during the Contest Period). Each prize
consists of 3,000 AnyDay Gold Plus Rewards points valid on a two-day Hertz Rental, redeemable at
participating U.S. Hertz locations. Total approximate retail value (“ARV”) of each Prize is $90. Total value
of available prizes $4,950.
PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: The prize restrictions/conditions stated herein are not all-inclusive and the prizes
described above may be subject to additional restrictions/conditions, which may be stated on the certificates
themselves and/or other release documents. Prize subject to terms and conditions of the Gold Plus
Rewards Program. There is no charge for membership in the Gold Plus Rewards Program. A Prize Winner
later found ineligible or non-compliant will be immediately required to return and forfeit any prize awarded.
No cash alternative or prize substitutions will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a
prize of comparable value.. Prize redemption is subject to expiration. Products, vouchers, photographs /
recordings and any other element received as a prize may not be resold, auctioned, bartered, or placed
into any other unauthorized channels of distribution. Any prize pictured in advertising or promotional
materials is for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual prize awarded. All terms and conditions
of Hertz rentals apply.
Prize is not transferable prior to award. Prize consists only of the items specifically listed as part of the
Prize description.
No more than the (55) Prizes set forth in these Official Rules will be awarded
PRIZE CLAIM/NOTIFICATION: The potential prize winner for each corresponding day, will be notified by
direct message via the relevant Social Media Channel by 12:00 p.m. ET. Sponsor shall have no liability for
any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. If,
despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within seventy-two (72) hours of the first
notification attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such
potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and the prize will go unawarded. If any
potential prize winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or
declines the prize or fails to return required documents for any reason prior to award, such potential prize
winner will be disqualified. Sponsor shall have no liability or obligation to such individual. Potential prize
winners may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and/or publicity/content releases without additional
consideration (except in TN).
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Neither Sponsor nor any of the Contest Entities is responsible for any entry that
is lost, late, misdirected or undeliverable, whether due to system errors, omissions, interruption, deletions,
defects, delay in operations or transmissions, theft or destruction or failures, faulty transmissions or other
telecommunications malfunctions, entries not received resulting from any hardware or software failures of
any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or telephone
transmissions, typographical or system errors and failures, faulty transmissions, technical malfunctions, or
otherwise. Should any portion of the Contest be, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, compromised by virus,
worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole discretion of the
Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries,
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and
conduct the Contest in a manner which in its sole discretion is fair, appropriate and consistent with these
Official Rules. Notice of such action by Sponsor will be posted to the Website. In such event, Sponsor
reserves the right to award the Prizes from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the
impairment. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be
tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official
Rules or in an unsportsmanlike, disruptive manner or in a manner which is not desirable to Sponsor.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify or reject any incomplete, inaccurate or false entry. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. SPONSOR'S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY TERM OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THESE PROVISIONS.
RELEASE: By participating in this Contest, Entrants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and each
of its respective officers, directors, trustees, managers, employees, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents,
members, shareholders, insurers, servants, divisions, predecessors, successors, representatives,
distributors, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, consultants and legal advisors, the Contest
Entities and the Social Media Channels (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or
cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt, redemption or use of any part of the
Prize.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a); unauthorized human
intervention in any part of the entry process or as it pertains to the Contest; (b) electronic or human error
which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; (c) any injury or damage
to persons or property (including but not limited to Entrant's wireless device, or mobile phone) which may
be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Entrant's participation in the Contest; (d) any
printing or typographical errors in any Contest-related materials (if applicable); (e) stolen, lost, late,
misdirected, corrupted, incomplete, or indecipherable entries or the unavailability or inaccessibility of any
transmissions, telephone, wireless device carrier networks or Internet Service (as applicable); (f) technical
failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, mobile device, cable,
network (including Entrant’s particular wireless device carrier network), hardware or software; (g) Entrant’s
inability to connect to his/her particular mobile device carrier network for any reason, including due to poor
carrier reception and/or signal strength at any particular location (if applicable); and (h) the unavailability or
inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, wireless device carrier networks or Internet service. All
federal, state and local regulations apply.
DISPUTES:Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of, or
connected with, this Contest (including, without limitation, any alleged violation of these Official Rules, any
controversy relating to the arbitrability of any dispute, or any claim that these Official Rules (or any part
thereof) are invalid, illegal, or otherwise voidable (or void) shall be resolved individually, without resort to
any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration to be held solely in New York, New York under the
auspices of the American Arbitration Association; (b) any and all claims, judgments, liabilities, and/or
awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with Entrant’s
participation in this Contest or otherwise accessing this Contest, and in no event will Entrant be entitled to
receive attorneys’ fees or other legal costs; and (c) under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain
awards for, and Entrant hereby waives, all rights to claim, punitive, special, incidental, and/or consequential
damages and any other damages, other than out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have
damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Judgment upon the arbitration award may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction thereof. This arbitration provision shall be deemed to be self-executing, and
in the event that either party fails to appear at any properly noticed arbitration proceeding, an award may
be entered against such party notwithstanding said failure to appear. In no event shall Entrant seek or be
entitled to rescission, injunctive, or other equitable relief or to enjoin or restrain the operation of this Contest,
exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of this
Contest or any content or other material used or displayed on this Contest. All issues and questions
concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights
and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law
or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ALL CLAIMS AND
ISSUES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WHETHER SOUNDING IN
CONTRACT OR TORT, AND INCLUDING ANY CLAIM FOR FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT THEREOF.
PRIVACY: Information collected from an Entrant is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy, available here.
SPONSOR: The Hertz Corporation, 8501 Williams Rd, Estero, FL 33928.