I. Introductory Provisions
1.1 These general terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms") regulate the rights and obligations between the operator of the service (hereinafter referred to as the "Operator") and users of the service (hereinafter referred to as "Customers" ) who upload photos for the purpose of participating in a competition with the possibility of cumulative financial prizes (hereinafter referred to as the "Competition").
1.2 The service is provided through the website www.makephotoandwin.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Platform").
1.3 The system provides many categorized competitions that take place in a period defined within each competition with a specific set of Competition rules (hereinafter referred to as "Competitions").
II. Participation in the competition
2.1 The Customer participates in the Competition by uploading a photo to the Platform and paying the participation fee in the amount defined by the competition settings of which he is informed in advance (hereinafter referred to as the "Fee").
2.2 Each Customer can upload an unlimited number of photos to the Competition, unless otherwise specified in the rules of a specific Competition.
2.3 Photos must meet the technical and content requirements set by the Provider.
III. Fee and credit system
3.1 The fee for uploading a photo to the Competition is specified in the rules of the specific Competition and the Customer is always informed of its amount in advance.
3.2 Customers have their accounts on the Platform, where their credit balance is maintained (hereinafter referred to as "Credit").
3.3 The credit can be topped up using a payment card or other methods that the Provider allows.
3.4 The fee for uploading a photo and after confirming that the photo has been sent to the competition is automatically deducted from the Customer's Credit.
3.5 The credit balance on the Customer's account can be transferred back to the Customer's card at any time.
IV. Evaluation of the competition and winnings
4.1 After the deadline of the Competition is completed in the defined term, the evaluation of the results takes place.
4.2 The first three photographs with the highest number of points, which are awarded by the automated system based on the algorithm defined by the Provider, receive the cumulative financial winnings calculated as of the end date of the competition.
4.3 The amount of accumulated financial winnings is indicated at the current time in the competition interface.
4.4 If the Contest rules provide for a consolation prize, selected Customers who do not win the main prizes will receive a consolation prize equal to the Photo Submission Fee.
4.5 In the event that the competition does not contain more than 15 contestant photos, the competition will be canceled by the end date and the results evaluation process will not be carried out. Every customer who participated in this canceled competition will receive their fee for the uploaded photo back.
4.6 The credit system allows the balance to be transferred to another Customer.
4.7 Transactions within the Customer's credit account are not charged.
4.8 Transactions between Customer credit accounts are charged at the rate of 3.6% of the transaction price.
V. Conditions for uploading photos
5.1 Photographs must not infringe copyrights, trademarks, rights to the protection of personality or other legal norms.
5.2 The provider reserves the right to exclude any photo from the competition that is considered inappropriate, vulgar or otherwise objectionable.
5.3 In case of removal, i.e. elimination of the photo from the competition by the Provider, the participation fee will always be returned to the Customer.
5.4 By entering a photo into the competition, the given photo becomes 100% the property of the Provider, despite the fact that the Customer has paid the participation fee.
5.5 The customer can at any time exclude the entered photo from the competition free of charge until the end of the competition period. This also lapses the right to 100% ownership of the Provider's photo. If a photo is removed from the competition by the Customer, the participation fee is returned to the Customer.
VI. Protection of personal data
6.1 The Provider processes the personal data of Customers in accordance with applicable legal regulations on the protection of personal data.
6.2 Personal data is processed for the purpose of implementing the Competition, evaluating the results and handing over the winnings.
VII. Final Provisions
7.1 The Provider reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time.
7.2 The Provider will inform the Customers about changes to the Terms and Conditions via the Platform.
7.3 These Terms are valid and effective on the day they are published on the Platform.