Official Rules

Official Rules for participating in the "WD Paint the Mural Contest"

NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Eligibility: WD Paint the Mural Contest (the "Contest") is open only to legal residents of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan and Korea who are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Employees of the Sponsor, or those of its subsidiaries, or other companies associated with the Contest, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such persons are not eligible.

Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. ("WDT" or "Sponsor").

Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

Contest Period: The Contest begins at 12:00:01 AM [UTC/GMT+8)]on June 01, 2012 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on August 01, 2012 (the "Contest Period"). Entries that are submitted before or after the Contest Period will not be eligible.

Creating and Submitting an Entry: Click on an uncoloured tile and fill in why WD is your preferred hard drive brand on the Website (www.wdthepowerofchoice.com) (your "Entry"). Your Entry must meet each of the following requirements:

 1. Entry should be no more than two hundred (200) characters, including spaces.
 2. Entry must not: (i) invade privacy rights or any other rights of any person, business, or group; (ii) depict any third party without his/her permission; (iii) be obscene or indecent; (iv) depict any risky behavior; (v) contain defamatory statements; or (vi) include threats to any person, place, business, or group, each of (i) through (vi) as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
 3. Entry must not contain any copyrighted elements or trademarks other than elements owned by you. Any elements that appear in the Entry, must be entirely original, created and performed solely by you, or be in the public domain. Use of any elements that are not original or in the public domain may result in disqualification of the Entry, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion.

Once you have created an Entry that meets each of the requirements set forth above, follow the instructions on www.wdthepowerofchoice.com (the "Website") to submit your Entry. There is a limit of one (1) Entry per person. Subsequent entries will be void.

Your Representations and Warranties : By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that the Entry: (i) is original to you, (ii) does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or any other rights of any third party, (iii) does not violate any law or regulation, (iv) has not previously been entered in any other contest, and (v) has not been previously published in any medium. If your Entry depicts any individual other than yourself, you have obtained permission from each such individual or, if that person is a minor, permission from that person’s parent or legal guardian, to grant the rights to the Sponsor described in the "Sponsor’s Rights to Entries" section below, and can make written copies of such permissions available to the Sponsor upon request.

Sponsor's Rights to Entries : By submitting an Entry, you: (i) irrevocably grant to the Sponsor, its agents, licensees, and assigns the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to copyright, reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, adapt, modify, create derivative works of, exhibit, and otherwise use the Entry as-is or as-edited (with or without using your name) in any media throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party; (ii) forever waive any rights of copyrights, trademark rights, privacy rights, and any other legal or moral rights that may preclude the Sponsor’s use of your Entry, or require any further permission for the Sponsor to use the Entry; and (iii) agree not to instigate, support, maintain, or authorize any action, claim, or lawsuit against the Sponsor on the grounds that any use of the Entry, or any derivative works, infringes any of your rights as creator of the Entry, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademark rights, and moral rights.

Selection of Winners : After the Contest Period, the Sponsor will evaluate all entries based on the judging criteria set forth below. The decisions of the judges are final and binding. The odds of being selected depend on the relative performance of all entrants and the number of eligible entries received.

Judging Criteria : Entries will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

 1. how well the post is written – 50%
 2. whether the post conveys an original sentiment – 30%; and
 3. whether you shared the Contest with your friends – 20%.**
**Note that the maximum number of individuals you can share the Contest with through the Contest Website is twenty(20), and that Sponsor does not encourage or promote, nor does it incentivize and provide additional points to, those who share the Contest with more than twenty (20) individuals.

Requirements of Potential Winners : Except where prohibited, each potential winner shall be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release within fourteen (14) days. If a potential winner fails to return the required documents in a timely manner or is otherwise ineligible to receive the prize, an alternate entrant may be selected in his/her place according to the procedures set forth above, if time permits. Prizes: Subject to these Official Rules, the following prizes ("Prizes") will be awarded:

1st Prize Choice of (i) EOS 600D Kit II or (ii) Nikon DSLR D90; and a 1TB WD Caviar Blue SATA 6 Gb/s Hard Drive
2nd Prize iPad 2 (16GB + 3G); and 
a 1TB WD Caviar Blue SATA 6 Gb/s Hard Drive
5 Consolation Winners A 1TB WD Caviar Blue SATA 6 Gb/s Hard Drive each

Any Prize details not specified above will be determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prizes are not transferable and must be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, which reserves the right to substitute a Prize with another item of equal or greater value if a Prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Each winner is responsible for any and all other costs and expenses not listed above. Prizes may be reported as income to a winner and each winner will be responsible for payment and reporting of all applicable taxes associated with the receipt of a prize.

Consent: By entering the Contest, entrants agree that, and expressly consent that, except where prohibited, Sponsor may use each entrant's name and likeness for publicity purposes (including, without limitation, advertising or internet usage) without compensation.

Use of Data: WD will be collecting personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its privacy policy. Please review WD’s privacy policy at http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdus/ContentTheme/pbPage.privacypage/ThemeID.21986300. By participating in this Contest, entrants hereby agree (i) to Sponsor’s collection and usage of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted Sponsor’s privacy policy and (ii) to allow Sponsor to periodically send notification of special offers and promotions via e-mail. If at any time you decide that you do not wish to be contacted further about special promotions via e-mail, follow the instructions in the e-mail.

General Conditions: In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either (a) suspend the Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or (b) select Contest winners according to the Judging Criteria from among eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. The 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 or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will be deemed to be the participant. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. The Contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

Release and Limitations of Liability: By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, its officers, directors, employees, and agents (the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any Prize, including, but not limited to: (a) any technical errors that may prevent an entrant from submitting an entry; (b) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (c) printing errors; (d) lost, late, postage-due, misdirected, or undeliverable mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Contest, or the processing of entries; or (f) injury, death, or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt of any Prize. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s fees. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.

Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the State of California, U.S.A. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of California, U.S.A., without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California, U.S.A. Results: Winners will be posted on the Website.