Photo Submission

Terms and Conditions

On submitting an entry form to Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation (“the Organiser”) for the 120-year “Tai O Heritage” Snap-It Competition (“the Competition”), the Contestants are deemed to have read, accepted and agreed to abide by the relevant rules of the Competition, including the Terms and Conditions, Image Upload Arrangement, Image File Requirements, Enrollment Procedures and any other rules and terms which the Organiser shall announce within the competition period (collectively as “Regulations”).

1. All photo entries must be original and taken in Tai O.
2. Destroying buildings, or engaging animals by unscrupulous means like baiting and capturing, would be disqualified.
3. All entries submitted for this Competition will not be returned.
4. Employees of the Organiser, judges, and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate in the Competition.

Format of Entries:

1. Each Contestant must submit digital files in JPEG or TIFF format.
2. All digital files must be 10 MB or smaller and must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a landscape image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a portrait image).
3. Only minor burning, dodging, color correction and/or cropping is acceptable. Any changes to the original photograph not mentioned here, including digitally adding or removing anything, and changing the color of the photograph, are unacceptable.
4. Watermarks are not accepted.
5. Once the entries are selected, the original photographic digital files (JPEG, TIFF or RAW files) and the untouched EXIF ​​data^^ will be requested. Contestants who fail to submit original files upon request will be disqualified.

^^EXIF stands for “Exchangeable image file format”, which is the information about how a photograph is taken, such as camera model, aperture and shutter speed. It is attached to JPEG, TIFF and other file formats. In Windows system, right click a photo and select properties to access the EXIF ​​information. For Mac, preview the photo and press “Command+I” to access the information.

Copyright of Photo Entries:

1. Contestants declare and warrant that the Entries are his/her/its team member’s original work. Contestants warrant and guarantee that they and their team members had not, have not and/or will not give the above license to any third party.
2. By submitting an Entry to the Competition, Contestants have given and shall procure their members to give an irrevocable perpetual non-exclusive license to the Organiser to use, edit, modify, reproduce, publish and/or disseminate the submitted Entry for any purposes, including but not limited to advertising and educational purposes by any means that the Organiser thinks fit, without prior notice or consent to the Contestants.
3. Contestants warrant and guarantee that they are the sole owner of all copyrights of the Entry and to the best of their knowledge that no complaint or claim shall be arisen from any third party in respect of such Entry.
4. Contestants declare the Entry does not/Entries do not:
   • infringe or violate, or involving elements that infringe or violate applicable law and regulations, including but not limited to crimes, violence, obscenity, indecency, libel, defamation, privacy invasion, or threatening;
   • infringe or violate any intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patent, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets or other proprietary rights, held by any third party, regardless whether such rights are known to the Contestants;
   • contain any confidential information of any third party;
   • contain an individual or group of persons, who does not give consent to take such pictures;
   • contain viruses, corrupted files, or other materials that may cause damage to another’s computer; or
   • advertise or otherwise solicits funds or sales of goods or services.
5. If an Entry submitted by the Contestant infringes or violates any third party’s rights, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, and/or any legislation, law or regulation, the Organiser will not be responsible for any consequences.
6. When the Organiser suffers from any claim or investigations conducted by any competent authorities, by reason of any right allegedly subsist in the Entry or infringement of the same, Contestant agrees to hold the Organiser harmless and to indemnify the Organiser in full for any direct or indirect loss and damage, economic loss, loss of reputation and/or any consequential loss and damage or otherwise, together with any expenses, costs and further loss and damage suffered and incurred by the Organiser as a result of such claims and investigations.

Personal Data:

The personal data provided and collected will be used by the Organiser for one or more of the following purposes:

For creation, processing and maintenance of the Contestants’ enrollment records, the administration and monitoring of the Competition, publication, printing, exhibition, display, promotion, issue or other purposes as the Organiser deem appropriate in connection with the Entry submitted by the Contestant for the Competition.

Contestants have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data under sections 18 and 22 and principle 6, schedule 1 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486).

Disqualification:

The Organiser reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to disqualify or exclude any person from the Competition who:

• gives incorrect or incomplete personal information during enrollment and/or in the Competition;
• breaches the Regulations and Terms and Conditions;
• engages in any unlawful or other improper misconduct; or
• the Organiser reasonably believes to have committed any of the above.

General:

The Organiser will have the sole and absolute right to cancel, adjourn or change any details including the date and venue of the Competition without prior notice to any parties.

The Organiser reserves the right to amend, delete, supplement and interpret the Regulations from time to time, and to adjudicate any dispute arising from the Competition. A decision of the Organiser will be final and binding on all Contestants.

In case of any inconsistency between the English version and Chinese version of these Terms and Conditions, the English version shall prevail.