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GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO SWEEPSTAKES
ORGANIZED ON PARTNERS.THRUSTMASTER.COM


Most recent update: September 6 , 2023


SWEEPSTAKES FREE OF CHARGE AND WITH NO PURCHASE REQUIRED.
NO PURCHASE WILL INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THE PRIZES AVAILABLE.


Article 1. ORGANIZATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE SWEEPSTAKES


Guillemot Corporation, a public limited company with capital of €11,617,359.60, registered under
number 414 196 758 in the Vannes Trade and Companies Register, whose registered office is located
at Place du Granier, BP 97143, 35571 Chantepie Cedex, France (hereinafter the
Organizing Company ”), organizes from time to time, on its social networking pages , web site pages
and during physical events , sweepstakes with no purchase required (hereinafter individually the
Sweepstake ” and collectively the Sweepstakes ”), according to the terms and conditions set out in
these rules and regulations.
These Sweepstakes are
accessible on a link provided by the Organizing Company and/or its commercial partners :

https://partners.thrustmaster.com/giveaway/fr/ISjonTAXYt8FY2BW


Communications relating to the Sweepstakes may be shared on the Organizing Company’s
Websites and on the sweeptakes partner s official communication assets , web pages and social networks ,
either in plain text or on a printed QR Code


None of the Sweepstakes are associated with, administered, sponsored or endorsed by Instagram,
Twitter or Discord. The information that participants provide is provided to the Organizing Company
and not to Instagram, Twitter or Discord.


Article 2. ACCESS TO THE SWEEPSTAKE


These Sweepstakes, which are FREE OF CHARGE AND WITH NO PURCHASE REQUIRED, are open to
any natural person of legal age, residing in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the
United Kingdom or the United States of America, excluding staff memb ers of the Organizing Company
and its subsidiaries, as well as their families, including common law spouses, and, in general, of
companies directly or indirectly involved in the implementation of these Sweepstakes.


Participation in the Sweepstakes is exclusively online,on pages hosted on partners.thrustmaster.com


Participation in the Sweepstakes requires Internet access, a valid email address.

Participation in the Sweepstakes is subject to the Participant’s full consultation and acceptance of
these rules and regulations.

Only one entry per Sweepstake per person shall be accepted, and only one prize may be won per
household, a household being determined by all persons living under the same roof (at the same
postal address).

The Organizing Company reserves the right to carry out any verification, in particular of identity and
contact details, prior to any acceptance of participation or awarding of a prize. Any person who does
not meet the conditions of these rules and regulati ons, or who refuses to provide proof thereof, will be excluded from the Sweepstake in which he or she has taken part and will not be able, in the event of a win, to benefit from the Prize as defined in Article 5 of these rules and regulations (hereinafter of a win, to benefit from the Prize as defined in Article 5 of these rules and regulations (hereinafter the “the “Prize”).

Article 3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKE AND DESIGNATION OF WINNERSWINNERS

To participate in a Sweepstake, participants must visit the Social Network where the Sweepstake is
organized, and follow the instructions in the post on the Social Network regarding the Sweepstake.

This post will indicate, among other things, the start and end dates of the Sweepstake, the Prizes to
be won, the date on which the winner(s) will be announced, and a link to these rules and regulations.

Each participant will be asked to read these rules and regulations and to accept the conditions
without reservation.

The designation of a Sweepstake’s winners will take place by way of a random draw by the Organizing
Company, on the day indicated in the post on the Social Network on which the Sweepstake is held.

Article 4. NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

The Organizing Company shall inform the winners of their prize(s) by private message on the Social
Network where the Sweepstake was held, within fifteen (15) working days following the date of the
draw for the Sweepstake.

In parallel, the Organizing Company may, either at the time the Sweepstake draw is held or
subsequently, subject to the winners’ agreement, publish the initial of their surname, first name(s)
and/or pseudonym(s) on the Social Network on which the Sweepstak e in question is organized.

Within twenty (20) calendar days following the private message from the Organizing Company
announcing the prize, the winner must accept the Prize and send his or her complete postal address,
for the purpose of shipping the Prize, by email to the following address: [email protected] ,
or by reply to the private message sent by the Organizing Company. The Organizing Company shall
not be held liable for any malfunction of the device for sending emails and/or private messages.
Failure by the winner to explicitly accept the Prize and to s end his or her complete postal address
within the aforementioned period will be considered a forfeit. In that case, the winner will lose the
full benefit of said Prize and will not be able to claim any indemnification or compensation. The Prize
will not be put back into play and the Organizing Company may freely dispose of it.

Article 5. PRIZES TO BE AWARDED

The nature, quantity and value of the Sweepstakes’ Prizes will be indicated in the post on the Social
Network on which each Sweepstake is held.

Article 6. AWARDING OF THE PRIZES

The winners will receive their Prize within one (1) month after sending their acceptance of the Prize
as set out in Article 4 of these rules and regulations. The Prize will be sent to each winner by or on
behalf of the Organizing Company.

In the event that the winner does not wish to or cannot, for any reason whatsoever, benefit from all
or part of the Prize that has been won, under the conditions set out in these rules and regulations, he
or she will lose the full benefit of said Prize and may not claim any indemnification or compensation.
The Prize will not be put back into play and the Organizing Company may freely dispose of it.

The Prize shall not give rise to a dispute of any kind on the part of the winner, nor to the awarding of
the Prize’s exchange value in cash (full or partial), nor to its replacement or exchange for another
prize, of whatever value, for whatever reason.

In the event of force majeure (as defined by the French Civil Code and according to French case law),
or where circumstances require, the Organizing Company reserves the right to replace the Prize won
with a prize of equivalent or higher value.

Without prejudice to any legal proceedings and its right to terminate the participant’s registration,
the Organizing Company is not obliged to allocate any prize or award to a beneficiary participant if
said participant has not correctly entered his or her contact information, if said participant has clearly
distorted the outcome of the Sweepstake by any means whatsoever, or if said participant has not
complied with these rules and regulations.

The winner shall bear the risks associated with the loss, deterioration and/or destruction of the Prize
during its shipment to the address the winner has indicated to the Organizing Company. Any
complaints must be made by the winner directly to the organiz ations responsible for the delivery. Any
Prize that is returned to the Organizing Company by mail or by the service provider in charge of
delivery, for any reason whatsoever (for example: “no longer lives at this address”), will be deemed to
have been forf eited by the winner.

Article 7. PARTICIPANTS’ OBLIGATIONS

Participation in the Sweepstakes requires that participants comply with applicable law and these
rules and regulations.

Participants are informed that the information they provide is required for the consideration of their
participation in the Sweepstake and the selection of winners. Participants therefore undertake to
provide the Organizing Company with accurate and comple te information. Any false or erroneous
and/or incomplete statement will automatically render participation in the Sweepstake null and void.
The Organizing Company reserves the right to carry out any verification, in particular of identity and
contact details, prior to any acceptance of participation or awarding of a prize.

It must be noted that only one participation per person is allowed for each Sweepstake. Any attempt
or action to circumvent this rule will result in the entry in question being disqualified. In particular,
participating in a Sweepstake by using multiple em ail addresses, multiple social media accounts,
and/or multiple IP addresses (whether temporary or not) cannot be validated.

It is strictly forbidden, by any means whatsoever, to modify or attempt to modify the features of the
Sweepstake, in particular in order to modify the results or any element determining the outcome of a
Sweepstake and its winners. The Organizing Company re serves the right to exclude from a
Sweepstake and to prosecute any person who has cheated or disrupted the proper functioning of a
Sweepstake. The Organizing Company may decide to cancel a Sweepstake in the event of fraud
affecting the Sweepstake, in any f orm whatsoever.

Insults, aggressive, sarcastic, denigrating or provocative phrases, phrases that incite violence, racism,
any form of segregation or which are obscene, particularly in the comments following the post on the
Social Network on which the Sweepstake is held, a re strictly forbidden.

Participants agree not to share with the Organizing Company any personal data in their comments
following the post on the Social Network on which the Sweepstake is held.

In addition, in general, in the context of their participation in a Sweepstake, participants undertake
not to send sensitive data (i.e. data relating to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or
philosophical beliefs, trade union membership , data relating to health or sex life, criminal record,
convictions, security measures for any person), or illegal content (i.e. content that is defamatory,
pornographic, degrading, incites hatred, or more generally violates the rights of third parties, or is
contrary to the rules of the Social Network on which the Sweepstake is organized, etc.), in particular
in their comments following the post on the Social Network on which the Sweepstake is held, or in
their communications with the Organizing Company.

The Organizing Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to dismiss, disqualify or invalidate
any person who does not meet the conditions of these rules and regulations, does not respect them,
or refuses to prove his or her compliance therewith. In the event of a win, the participant will not be
able to benefit from the Prize. An exclusion, disqualification or invalidation of participation in a
Sweepstake will result in permanent inability to participate in that Sweepstake, with no ability to play
again at a later date. The Organizing Company shall have sole discretion to exclude, disqualify or
invalidate any participant in a Sweepstake, based on the information available to the Organizing
Company. In the event of a complaint, it the responsibility of participants to prove that they have
behaved in accordance with applicable law and these rules and regulations. The Organizing Company
shall not be held liable in this regard.

Article 8. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORGANIZING COMPANY

BY PARTICIPATING IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, PARTICIPANTS AGREE TO RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND HOLD
HARMLESS THE ORGANIZING COMPANY, ITS PARENT COMPANY, AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES,
ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATION PROVIDERS, AND ANY OTHER ENTITY INVOLVED IN THE
DEVELOPME NT AND/OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY,
CLAIMS, LOSSES AND/OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES OR THEIR ACCEPTANCE, RECEIPT, POSSESSION AND/OR USE
OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE WON.

WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE LIABILITY OF THE ORGANIZING COMPANY IS LIMITED TO THE
MAXIMUM TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PRIZES AVAILABLE TO BE WON.

THE ORGANIZING COMPANY SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE IF, FOR REASONS BEYOND ITS CONTROL
OR IF CIRCUMSTANCES SO REQUIRE, THE TIME FRAME FOR A SWEEPSTAKE MUST BE SHORTENED,
EXTENDED, POSTPONED, CHANGED OR CANCELED. IN PARTICULAR, THE ORGANIZING COMPANY
RESERVES T HE RIGHT, AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO MODIFY OR TERMINATE THIS SWEEPSTAKE IN
THE EVENT OF THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY FACT OR ACTION WHICH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IS OF
SUCH A NATURE AS TO COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY, ADMINISTRATION, PROPER FUNCTIONING,
FAIRNESS OR IM PARTIALITY OF THE SWEEPSTAKE IN THE EYES OF THE ORGANIZING COMPANY.

THE ORGANIZING COMPANY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LATE, STOLEN, LOST, ILLEGIBLE,
FALSIFIED, MISDIRECTED, ALTERED OR INCOMPLETE ENTRIES, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED NULL
AND VOID.

THE ORGANIZING COMPANY SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY FACT WHICH IS NOT
ATTRIBUTABLE TO IT, WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF ITS WILL, OR WHICH PRESENTS THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF FORCE MAJEURE, IN PARTICULAR IN CASE OF MALFUNCTION OR
INTERRUPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS O R TELEPHONE LINES, MALFUNCTION OR INTERRUPTION
OF THE INTERNET NETWORK, DELAY IN TRANSMISSION OR LOSS OF ANY DATA OR INFORMATION
TRANSMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SWEEPSTAKE, ANY TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE FAILURES OF ANY KIND, HAVING PREVENTED OR LIMITED THE
POSSIBILITY OF TAKING PART IN A SWEEPSTAKE OR HAVING DAMAGED THE SYSTEM OF A
PARTICIPANT, AS WELL AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNICAL FAILURES, INCORRECT ROUTING OF
MAIL, INCORRECT ROU TING OF THE PRIZES, LOSS OF THE LATTER DURING THEIR SHIPPING, NON
RECEPTION, DETERIORATION OR LATE DELIVERY (NON EXHAUSTIVE LIST).

THE ORGANIZING COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY RELATING TO POSSIBLE
DISSATISFACTION OF THE WINNERS CONCERNING THEIR PRIZE, WITHIN THE LIMITS ALLOWED BY
APPLICABLE LAW.

IT IS THE RESPONISBILITY OF EACH PARTICIPANT TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO
PROTECT HIS OR HER OWN DATA AND/OR SOFTWARE STORED ON HIS OR HER COMPUTER
EQUIPMENT AGAINST ANY ATTACK. ALL PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN SWEEPSTAKES DO SO UNDER
THEIR OWN RESPONSI BILITY.

Article 9. DATA PROTECTION

Personal data collected in the context of a Sweepstake is subject to computer processing.

The Organizing Company is responsible for the processing of personal data provided when registering
for a Sweepstake and when designating the winners.

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27
April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on
the free movement of such data (known as “GDPR”) and with the French Data Protection Act of
January 6, 1978, as amended, you have a right of access, of opposition, of rectification, erasure,
portability and limitation of the processing of personal data relating to yourself, as well as the right to
define directiv es concerning the fate of such data after your death, which you may exercise by
contacting the Organizing Company by email at [email protected]. Finally, if you are not satisfied
with your exchanges with us, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale
de l’Informatique et des Libertés (the French Data Protection Authority), 3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA
80715, 75334 PARIS CEDE X 07, France.

The personal data provided when participating in a Sweepstake and when designating winners is
collected for the administration of the Sweepstake. It is intended to identify any participant wishing
to win a Prize. It is necessary for the Organizing Company to be able to proceed with the selection of
winners and deliver or ship the Prizes. In the absence of said personal data, participation cannot be
taken into account. Finally, this personal data will be used to ensure compliance with the conditions
of parti cipation and to manage complaints in the context of each Sweepstake, as well as to manage
the exercise of your rights regarding your personal data.

This personal data is reserved for the use of the Organizing Company and may only be communicated
to the Organizing Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, part of the data relating to the winners
(surname(s), first name(s), full address, and if email address) will also be communicated to
transport provider(s) (which may be located outside of the European Union). In addition, subject to
the agreement of each winner, the Organizing Company may, either at the time a Sweepstake draw is
held or subse quently, publish the initial of their surname(s), along with their first name(s) and/or
pseudonym(s), on the Social Network on which the Sweepstake in question is held.

This personal data will be stored on servers hosted by the Organizing Company.

The Organizing Company has computer resources intended to manage, store and protect the
personal data collected during participation in the Sweepstake.

The Organizing Company undertakes not to divulge or resell this information to third parties other
than its subsidiaries or service providers who need to be aware of this information for the purposes
indicated in Article 9, except when necessary to protect the security, property or other rights of the
Organizing Company, third parties or where required by law.

The personal data collected when registering for a Sweepstake will be destroyed six (6) months after
the end of the Sweepstake, if the Participant has only consented to the use of his or her personal data
for the management of the Sweepstake. Notwithstandi ng the foregoing, the personal data provided
by the winners will be kept for three (3) years from the last contact made by each winner.

Article 10. CLAIMS/REIMBURSEMENTS

10.1. CLAIMS

Any dispute or claim related to a Sweepstake may not be considered beyond a period of one (1)
month from the end of the Sweepstake, as evidenced by the postmark. Any dispute or claim must be
sent by post to the address of the Organizing Company:

GUILLEMOT CORPORATION S.A.
BP 2
56204 LA GACILLY
FRANCE

This letter must indicate the exact date of participation in the Sweepstake, the participant’s full
contact information and the exact reason for the dispute. No other method of filing a dispute or claim
shall be taken into account.

The Organizing Company shall have sole authority to make a decision regarding any question of
application or interpretation of these rules and regulations, or in the event of any deficiency therein
during the course of the Sweepstake in question.

Postal fees related to the sending of the dispute or claim may be reimbursed on the basis of the
slowest postal rate in effect (20 g), to any participant who is entitled to such under the applicable law
in his or her country of residence and who sends a wr itten request, accompanied by a bank
statement, to the Organizing Company.

10.2. REIMBURSEMENTS

The Internet connection fees for participating in a Sweepstake may be reimbursed to any participant
who is entitled to such under the applicable law in his or her country of residence and who makes a
written request to the Organizing Company, at a flat rat e of €0.30 including tax. Only one refund of
connection fees may be made per household, defined as all persons living under the same roof (at
the same postal address), for the duration of the Sweepstake.

However, given the current state of service offerings and technology, as some Internet Service
Providers offer a free or flat rate connection to Internet users, it is expressly agreed that any access to
Social Networks that is on a free or flat rate basis (such as, in particular, via cable internet, ADSL or a
specialized connection) shall not give rise to any reimbursement, insofar as the subscription to the
services of the access provider is in this case contracted by the Internet user for his or her use of

the Internet in general and the fact that the participant’s connection to the Social Networks and
participation in a Sweepstake does not incur any costs.

In order to obtain reimbursement, the participant must send to the following postal address:

GUILLEMOT CORPORATION S.A.
SOCIAL NETWORKS GIVEAWAYS
BP 2
56204 LA GACILLY
France

(Hereinafter collectively the “Documents ” or individually the “Document“).

No incomplete or erroneous refund request will be taken into account. No claims will be accepted.
The request must be made within a maximum of one (1) month following registration in the
Sweepstake for which the participant requires reimbursement.

Postal fees related to the sending of the refund request will be refunded upon written request on the
basis of the slowest postal rate in effect.

The cost of photocopying related to the justification of the request for reimbursement will be
reimbursed up to €0.20 including tax per Document listed in Article 10.

Requests for connection refunds will be honored within four (4) weeks following receipt of the
written request.

Article 11. APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS

These rules and regulations shall be subject to the law applicable in the country of residence of the
participant, provided that the participant is domiciled in one of the countries set out in Article 2 of
these rules and regulations.

Participation in a Sweepstake implies full and complete acceptance of these rules and regulations.
The Organizing Company shall have the final decision on any question relating to the application of
these rules and regulations or any question which may ari se therefrom, not settled or provided for by
these rules and regulations.

These rules and regulations may be sent to any person who submits a request by email to the
following address: [email protected] , both before and during the duration of a Sweepstake.