Terms and Conditions

The ‘Legends of Geoscience’ 2023 Photo Contest is co-organized by the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) and the European Federation of Geologists (EFG).

The EAGE and EFG will not enter into correspondence concerning the Contest, including but not limited to the selection of winners, announcement of results, and decisions on disqualifications.

Participants must be natural persons; legal entities are excluded from participation. Participants must supply full details as required by the registration form, and comply with all rules to be eligible for the prize(s). No responsibility is accepted for ineligible entries or entries made fraudulently.

The co-organizers EAGE and EFG may disqualify any participant who is thought to be cheating in any way. Entries of disqualified participants will be withdrawn from the Contest.

If EAGE and EFG believe that a selected winner has broken any part of these Terms and Conditions, they reserve the right to choose an alternative winner.

Participants are solely responsible for any costs, taxes, duties or levies incurred as a result of participation in the Contest or winning the Contest.

The EAGE and EFG accept no responsibility for loss, delay, misdirection, damage, or failed delivery — whether due to technical difficulties affecting electronic communication or else — of entries.

The prize is as stated in the Terms and Conditions and is non-transferable and non-exchangeable. No cash or credit alternative will be offered. The EAGE and EFG reserves the right, if the stated prize is unavailable, to offer an award of similar value. All prizes are subject to the relevant terms and conditions of the supplier of the service included in the prize.

Participants grant the EAGE and EFG any and all rights required for distribution and public display of any photos, submitted text or other intellectual property rights that may arise from participation in the Contest, the prizes or related publicity, and hereby grant the EAGE and EFG the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to use, edit, copy, reproduce, distribute, translate, and publically display or publish the entries (along with a name credit), for whatever purpose, in any form or medium, either on the EAGE or EFG website or elsewhere, for promotional activities or events arranged by the organisers. EAGE and EFG will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use. The credit ‘© NAME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER, EAGE/EFG PHOTO CONTEST 2023’ will be displayed each time the photo is reproduced. Use by third persons is prohibited.

EAGE and EFG are committed to protecting your privacy. When we process personal data, we observe the rules laid down in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. We collect the following personal data when you participate in the Photo Contest: first name, last name, e-mail address, membership status. We collect this information to process your submission smoothly and check your eligibility to participate in the contest. The recipients of your data will be the EAGE and EFG staff in charge of the Photo Contest. Except for the purpose of this Contest (including subsequent promotions as stated in these Terms and Conditions), the EAGE and EFG will not disclose to any third-party, any personal information, including but not limited to, the participant’s name, e-mail address, membership status. Personal information will only be used in connection with the Contest. You have the right to access your personal data and the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data. If you have any queries concerning the processing of your personal data, you may address them to the EAGE Office at eage@eage.org or the EFG Office at info.efg@eurogeologists.eu. For further information about EAGE’s and EFG’s privacy policy you may check www.eage.org/en/support/eage-privacy-and-cookie-statement and www.eurogeologists.eu/privacy-notice.

The EAGE and EFG will under no circumstance whatsoever irrespective of the cause therefore, be liable for any loss, damage or personal injury to the winner nor to property or else caused or suffered in connection with this Contest or any prize(s) awarded in connection herewith.

The EAGE and EFG will under no circumstance whatsoever be liable for any delays, changes, disruptions, cancellations, diversions or substitutions, unavailability of the prize(s) due to local public holidays or other conditions affecting availability or enjoyment of the prize(s). The EAGE and EFG shall not be liable in respect of any non-performance of its obligations by reason of any act of God, civil war or strife, hostilities, act of foreign enemy, invasion, war, satellite failure, legal enactment, governmental order or regulation or any other cause beyond its control.

The photo upload application may contain links to external websites, resources and advertisers. The EAGE and EFG are not responsible for the availability of these external sites, nor do the EAGE and EFG endorse or agree to be responsible for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available on or through such external sites. The EAGE and EFG cannot, under any circumstance, be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage cased or alleged to have been caused to a user in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on such external sites. Participants should direct any concerns directly to such external sites’ administrators or Web-masters.

The photo upload application shall only be used for lawful purposes. Entries shall not contain any material and/or statement which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct or is conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any applicable law. The participant also warrants that he is fully authorised and entitled to enter into the agreements contained in these terms and conditions, in respect of all rights in the work including ownership, copyright, moral rights, the rights of the people, names, trademarks, designs or works of art depicted in the photographs, and that no further permissions or conditions are required to deliver these agreements. Entries failing to comply with this provision will be disqualified without prior notification. The EAGE and EFG reserves the right to remove any entries deemed inappropriate. The EAGE and EFG’s decision in this matter will be final.

The EAGE and EFG reserve the right to modify, discontinue temporarily or permanently, this Contest, at any time and from time to time without any liability whatsoever, with or without prior notice to participants.

In case of conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the General Rules of the Contest, these Terms and Conditions shall take precedence.