NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL CST SUBSCRIBERS IN CANADA AND IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF CANADA. BY ENTERING, ENTRANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE CONTEST RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF THE SPONSOR WHICH SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL RESPECTS.   

CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest (the “Contest”) will commence on January 8, 2024 at 12:00:01 AM (ET) and end at 11:59:59 PM (ET) on February 7, 2024 (the “Contest Period”). All entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM (ET) on February 7, 2024 (the "Final Closing Date").

 

GENERAL: This contest is being conducted by C.S.T. Savings Inc. and C.S.T. Spark Inc. (collectively CST or, the “Sponsor”) and the survey is being facilitated by J.D. Power and Associates (the “Organizer”).

 

 

ELIGIBILITY: To enter and be eligible to win, a person must be enrolled in a Registered Education Savings Plan (“RESP”) offered by CST, must be the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which he or she is residing at the time of entry into the Contest and have received an email invitation to the Contest.

 

Employees, representatives, agents, officers, and directors (including members of their immediate families and any other person living in the same household of such person whether related or not) of the Sponsor, the Organizer and their affiliates (including, without limitation, its parent, sister and subsidiary companies), advertising or promotional agencies and suppliers of materials or services related to the Contest are not eligible to enter the Contest or to receive the Prize. For these Official Rules, "immediate family" means mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter and spouse, including common law spouse, regardless of where they reside.

 

The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest and the awarding of the Prize. Groups, clubs, organizations, businesses and commercial and non-commercial entities cannot participate. The Sponsor shall have the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility to participate in the Contest. Failure to provide such proof may result in disqualification. All personal and other information requested by and supplied to the Sponsor for the purpose of the Contest must be truthful, complete, accurate and in no way misleading. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant, should such an entrant at any stage supply untruthful, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter by completing the survey received on your valid email address: By completing the survey in its entirety, you will be automatically entered in the Contest. Only one (1) email address per entrant and only one entrant per email address is allowed during the entire Contest Period.  Internet entries received other than through the survey URL are invalid.

All entries received will be automatically entered into the draw. All entries must be received no later than 11:59:59 PM (ET) on February 7, 2024 (the “Final Closing Date”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION:  The Sponsor and the Organizer respect your right to privacy. By entering this contest, you consent to the Sponsor and the Organizer’s collection, use and disclosure of your personal information to conduct the Contest.  The Sponsor and the Organizer will not use your personal information for any other promotional purpose. All personal information provided to conduct this Contest is maintained in a secure environment and will be kept for a period of no more than 1 year from the Draw Date to manage any contest disputes.

For information about our privacy practices, for CST Plan subscribers, see our Privacy Policy available at https://www.cstsavings.ca/Privacy, for CST Spark RESP subscribers see our Privacy Policy available at https://www.cstspark.ca/en/privacy-and-security or contact the Chief Privacy Officer by mail at 1600-2235 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto ON M2J 5B8 or by e-mail at privacy@cst.org.

For a copy of the Organizer’s privacy notice visit

https://www.jdpower.com/privacy

LIMIT OF NUMBER OF ENTRIES:  Limit of one (1) entry per person. Any person who is found to have entered more than one (1) time will be disqualified and all their entries may be disqualified. Proof of transmission (screenshots or captures etc.) does not constitute proof of delivery. Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and the Organizer upon receipt and none will be acknowledged or returned.

PRIZES: There will be a total of three (3) prizes available to be won. One (1) cash prize of $1,000, one (1) cash prize of $500, and one (1) cash prize of $250 will be awarded.  Any costs or expenses incurred by the Winners in claiming or using their prizes will be the responsibility of the Winners.

DRAWS: A random draw will be held on February 23, 2024 (the “Draw Date”) at or about 4:00 PM (ET) at 2235 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto ON M2J 5B8 by the Sponsor. Odds of being selected for a prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Each selected entrant will be contacted by e-mail or registered mail within ten (10) business days of the Draw Date. In the event that a selected entrant declines the prize or does not return the Form (as described in paragraph 9 below) within fifteen (15) business days from the mailing date, the entrant will be disqualified, and at the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor, his/her entitlement to receive the cash prize will be forfeited, and an alternate eligible entrant will be randomly selected from the remaining eligible entries and the above process will be repeated. As a condition of being declared a Winner, each selected entrant must first correctly answer without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by e-mail, mail or courier. In the event that a selected entrant incorrectly answers the mathematical skill-testing question, he/she will be disqualified and another entrant will be randomly selected and the process above will be repeated. This process will be repeated until such time as there are three (3) confirmed Winners.

RELEASE: Each Winner must complete and return the Sponsor’s Declaration of Compliance and Release of Liability and Publicity Release Form (the “Form”).  By completing and returning the Form, and accepting a cash prize, a Winner confirms compliance with the Official Rules and acknowledges that the cash prize must be accepted as awarded. The Form must be returned within the time period specified in paragraph 8 above or the cash prize will be forfeited. Further, upon acceptance of a prize, each Winner releases the Sponsor and the Organizer, and their respective affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all liability in connection with the Contest and the awarding and use of the cash prize.  The Winner also consents, to the extent permitted by law, to the use of his/her name, image, voice, likeness, address (city and province), and/or photographs, without further remuneration, in connection with any publicity carried out by or on behalf of the Sponsor or the Organizer with respect to the Contest. The cash prize will be delivered by mail within 50 days of receipt of the Form at the address indicated on the contest entry. No correspondence will be entered into except with the Winners.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: By entering the Contest, entrants (i) acknowledge compliance with these Official Rules including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor and the independent contest organization, made in their sole discretion, which shall be final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. Entrants who have not complied with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification.

If a dispute arises regarding who submitted an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address to which the survey link was sent. An “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the e-mail address to which the survey link was sent.

GENERAL: The Sponsor and the Organizer do not assume any responsibility and are not responsible for:

• the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information or entries which fail to comply with the Official Rules;
• late, lost, delayed, altered, destroyed, incomplete, inaccurate, illegible, postage-due, misidentified, misdirected or undeliverable entries, winner notifications and/or submitted Forms;
• any failure of the website during the Contest Period, including any problems, human or technical error, printing errors, lost, delayed, garbled data or transmissions, omissions, interruption, deletion;
• defect or failures of any telephone or computer lines, or technical malfunction of any computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software;
• failure of any e-mail or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof;
• any damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from downloading any material in the Contest, all of which may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest;
• any loss, damage, or claims caused by the awarded cash prize or the Contest itself; or
• any other matter whatsoever.

Entries deemed irregular by Sponsor or Organizer or that otherwise are not in compliance with the Official Rules, will be considered void.

Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. Void where prohibited.  Sponsor reserves the right to correct any typographical, printing, computer programming or operator errors.  Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  If any provision of the Official Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then the Official Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.  Should a winner make any false statement(s) in any document referenced above, the winner will be required to promptly return to Sponsor his/her prize, or the cash value thereof.  Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process, the operation of the Contest and/or Contest website, violates the Official Contest Rules, or acts with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONTEST OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
 

RIGHT TO CANCEL, SUSPEND OR MODIFY: If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, subject only to the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the “Régie”) with respect to the province of Quebec, and disqualify any individual who is responsible for such action.  If terminated, subject to the permission of the Régie, the Contest Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the Winners from among all eligible on-line entries received up to time of such action using the procedures outlined herein and all mail-in entries received by the Final Closing Date.
 

For Québec Residents: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of this Contest in Québec may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling.  Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.